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Which airlines have the most 737 MAX 8s?
FlightQ’s directory, checked August 24, 2026, lists these five airlines as having the most MAX 8 aircraft in service:
| Rank | Airline | MAX 8 aircraft in service | Source and snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest Airlines | 323 | FlightQ, checked August 24, 2026 |
| 2 | Ryanair | 210 | FlightQ, checked August 24, 2026 |
| 3 | United Airlines | 123 | FlightQ, checked August 24, 2026 |
| 4 | American Airlines | 103 | FlightQ, checked August 24, 2026 |
| 5 | WestJet | 70 | FlightQ, checked August 24, 2026 |
Southwest’s own 2025 Form 10-K reports 300 Boeing 737-8 aircraft at year-end 2025. A separate January 2026 analysis based on REDBOOK Fleet+ also reports 300 Southwest MAX 8s and identifies the airline as the largest operator of that variant. Those figures are lower than FlightQ’s later count of 323; they should be treated as different dated snapshots, not combined into a single fleet total. Southwest’s 2025 Form 10-K and the January 2026 REDBOOK-based analysis document the earlier figures.
American’s April 2026 fleet fact sheet gives a third useful dated checkpoint: 98 MAX 8s at the end of the first quarter, with 14 MAX 8 deliveries expected during 2026. FlightQ’s later directory lists 103. The sources use different dates and may use different fleet-status definitions, so the difference alone does not establish how many aircraft were added in that interval. American Airlines’ April 2026 fleet count.
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Which airlines have the most 737 MAX 9s?
FlightQ’s separate MAX 9 directory, checked August 24, 2026, lists 330 aircraft across 10 carriers. United leads, followed by Alaska Airlines:
| Rank | Airline | MAX 9 aircraft in service | Source and snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Airlines | 167 | FlightQ, checked August 24, 2026 |
| 2 | Alaska Airlines | 80 | FlightQ, checked August 24, 2026 |
This is a MAX 9 ranking, not a ranking of each airline’s full MAX fleet. The available directory figures do not give a harmonized table for all operators and variants, so the two variant lists should not be added together to produce an all-family leaderboard.
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Why there is no definitive all-variant ranking here
The 737 MAX is a family, not one aircraft type. Boeing lists the 737-7, 737-8, 737-9 and 737-10. Its published two-class capacities are 135–160, 160–180, 175–195 and 185–210 seats, respectively; maximum seats are 172, 210, 220 and 230. Listed ranges are up to 3,800, 3,500, 3,300 and 3,100 nautical miles, respectively. These are manufacturer specifications, not the cabin configurations or operating ranges of any particular airline. Boeing’s 737 MAX family specifications.
A fair family-wide comparison would need one consistent source and rules for:
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- Variant coverage: whether MAX 8-200 aircraft are grouped with the MAX 8, and how MAX 7 and MAX 10 aircraft are counted.
- Fleet status: whether the count includes only aircraft in service or also delivered, stored or otherwise inactive aircraft.
- Snapshot date: fleet numbers change over time, so every airline must be compared at a common date.
- Operator treatment: how subsidiaries and airline groups are attributed.
“Fly the most” can also mean aircraft in a fleet or aircraft assigned to flights. The published figures above describe fleet counts; they do not show how many aircraft operate on a particular day or route. Deployment changes with schedules, and fleet ownership alone does not establish where an aircraft flies.
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