Ryanair, the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, appears to have rebranded the Boeing 737 MAX to 737-8200.
Most of the airlines indicate the aircraft type on the exterior of its plane just bellow the flight deck; and on photos taken by Woodys Aeroimages at the Boeing factory in Renton, near Seattle, it’s possible to see the fifth 737 aircraft in Ryanair colours with the word “MAX” replaced by the number “8200”.
This change would already be an action to unlink the MAX name of the new 737 models, since the designation has been quite shaken around the world; especially with news about new problems encountered with the faulty system, that led to the two recent crashes.
It is not yet known if this was a decision made by Boeing, Ryanair or both or if any other airline will follow the same procedure.
Ryanair has 135 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on order. The low-cost carrier is set to become the first operator of the Boeing 737 MAX 200 variation, a modified version of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 with densely-configured cabins.
With this modified version the aircraft has additional seats and an extra emergency exit. It can hold 197 passengers, eight more than the standard 189 in its existing fleet of 737-800 aircraft, which is the only type the airline currently flies.
The first Boeing 737 MAX 200 of Ryanair was expected to enter service in April 2019, but due to the 737 Max grounding, that is yet to happen.
Feature Image by Woodys Aeroimages
What do you guys think of this rebranding?
The 737-MAX is a fundamentally unsafe re-design, and should be scrapped. The combination of errors in its design mean than the airframe is unstable and cannot be modified to stability. They then tried to compensate for this error by means of software – which Boeing had made by the cheapest Indian software company that they could find.
Ryanair are all about maximising profits and continually compromise safety by poor (or omitted) maintenance and by over-working their exhausted crews. They are just as unsafe as these new Boeing deathtraps, so they’re certainly a match!
I will NEVER fly with them and would advise anyone else not to do so if they value their lives!
They put profit over safty, and make sure the passengers will not know what aircraft they are flying in. People should boycott Ryanair, plain and simple.
Ryanair is absolutely despicable.
Might be easier just to drop the designation completely
Ryanair can only hide their 737 Max 8s if they change the winglets in every plane too.
I’m surprised that they haven’t rebranded their Max 8s as ….. Airbus A320s
I wouldn’t want to fly on an unstable 737, based on a 50 year old design that has needs software to stop its natural tendency to pitch up an stall.
Good business opportunity for EasyJet.
This just sums up the dishonesty of Ryanair.