Jet Airways announces induction of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft

Full-service carrier Jet Airways on Thursday announced the induction of the latest variant of the Boeing 737 single-aisle aircraft, the 737 MAX 8, with the first flight scheduled to take off from Mumbai and fly to Hyderabad on July 1.

The Naresh Goyal-promoted airline, the second largest in the domestic market, last week announced a new order for the Boeing 737MAX aircraft, taking its total to 225 such aircraft. It is believed that the airline will have a mix of 737MAX variants- 9 and 10 in its fleet as it takes the future deliveries.