Alaska Airlines is 'anxious' to begin taking deliveries of the larger Boeing 737 MAX 10 to help it carry more passengers once the plane is certified, the carrier's CEO Ben Minicucci said on Wednesday.
A Boeing 737 MAX-10 performs a flying display at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, June 20, 2023. REUTERS/Benoit Tessieris "anxious" to begin taking deliveries of the larger Boeing 737 MAX 10 to help it carry more passengers once the plane is certified, the carrier's CEO Ben Minicucci said on Wednesday.must first win approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for its smaller MAX 7 before it can get approval for the MAX 10.
"Basically we like bigger airplanes," Minicucci said in an interview of the preference for the MAX 10, which can carry 189 passengers, up from 178 on the MAX 9. "For essentially the same trip costs I put 11 more passengers on." "We're anxious that it gets approved," Minicucci said. "Of course it has to be safe and certified appropriately but we'll be a big fan of the -10 when it comes out."
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