Overview
- Boeing completed the MAX 10’s final planned certification flight on Friday, concluding a flight-test campaign that logged 976 flights, more than 2,060 flight hours, and roughly 1,040 hours of ground testing.
- The last flight verified specific safety and systems items including lavatory smoke detector and cabin speaker audibility, landing gear and wet‑runway braking performance, maximum‑energy stops, the engine anti‑ice redesign, and an enhanced angle‑of‑attack system.
- Boeing is finishing remaining development assurance reviews and system safety assessments and will submit final closeout materials to the Federal Aviation Administration for review.
- The FAA restored Boeing’s authority to issue final airworthiness certificates in July and will assess the company’s documentation under continued audits and factory oversight before granting certification and allowing deliveries.
- If the FAA accepts the closeout work, Boeing aims to secure certification in 2026 and begin customer deliveries in 2027, a step that would let airlines take higher‑capacity MAX 10s and could affect Boeing’s production ramp and competition with the Airbus A321neo.