{"id":689,"date":"2026-10-20T20:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:05:41","slug":"faa-certifies-boeing-737-max-10-after-years-of-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"BOEING\u2019S 737 MAX 10 IS FINALLY CLEARED TO FLY! | Supposed to carry passengers in 2020, it got its FAA sign-off on a Tuesday in late 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It only took about SIX YEARS. The <strong>Federal Aviation Administration<\/strong> on Tuesday signed off on the <strong>Boeing 737 Max 10<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/20\/boeing-737-max-10-certification.html\">CNBC<\/a> reported. It\u2019s the largest jet in the Max family and the last one to win government approval.<\/p>\n<p>The Max 10 was supposed to start flying in <strong>2020<\/strong>. Then came extra scrutiny after the two Max crashes in 2018 and 2019, other safety problems, and required engineering changes, including to an anti-icing system for the engines. The green light also comes weeks after federal officials reviewed a navigation system glitch on the plane and decided it was not a safety-of-flight issue.<\/p>\n<p>FAA Administrator <strong>Bryan Bedford<\/strong>: \u201cThe FAA\u2019s decision follows a thorough review of the aircraft\u2019s design and safety requirements. We will continue to hold Boeing to the highest safety standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a BIG deal for Boeing\u2019s wallet. CEO <strong>Kelly Ortberg<\/strong> said in September that Max 10 orders make up about <strong>30%<\/strong> of the company\u2019s backlog, and customers include Alaska, American, United and Delta. Airlines pay most of a jet\u2019s price on delivery, which is why Boeing has been racing to ramp up production. It opened a fourth 737 Max line in Everett, Washington, in July.<\/p>\n<p>How long was the wait? United CEO <strong>Scott Kirby<\/strong> told CNBC in August that the lie-flat seats the airline bought for the plane no longer make sense and are sitting in a warehouse. Don\u2019t book your Max 10 seat yet, either: airlines can start flying certified planes soon, but working them into schedules can take months. The smaller Max 7 was approved in early August.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image: editorial illustration by Bugle Blast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/20\/boeing-737-max-10-certification.html\">CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supposed to carry passengers in 2020, it got its FAA sign-off on a Tuesday in late 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bb-boeing-max10-faa-1020.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugleblast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}