737 MAX 9 — flights, routes and operators

Stretched MAX variant competing with the Airbus A321neo. Operated by United, Alaska, Copa, Lion Air. Subject to door-plug inspection orders following the January 2024 Alaska Airlines 1282 incident.

First flight 2017-04-13. Capacity 178-220 pax. Range 6570 km. Engines: CFM LEAP-1B.

Color reflects time since the last recorded fatal hull-loss involving this type, drawn from public datasets (NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, Wikidata). It is not a commercial safety rating and does not normalise for flights flown, hours, or fleet size — for those, see the manufacturer or IATA Safety Report.

Operators

Operated by 8 airlines (top by frequency in our observed-flights dataset):

• ASA — 24 observed flights
• UAL — 18 observed flights
• CMP — 15 observed flights
• AMX — 11 observed flights
• LNI — 2 observed flights
• VSV — 1 observed flight
• THY — 1 observed flight
• FDB — 1 observed flight

Top routes

• ANC → LAX (1 flight)
• AUS → LAX (1 flight)
• BOI → SAN (1 flight)
• CGK → KNO (1 flight)
• CJS → MEX (1 flight)
• DEN → PUJ (1 flight)
• DEN → SAN (1 flight)
• DXB → GYD (1 flight)
• EWR → AUA (1 flight)
• EWR → LAX (1 flight)

Part of the Boeing 737 (all variants) family.