The Boeing 737 MAX 9, making the first visit of a new aircraft type at Manchester.

Named: "Hvitserkur" (a 15m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland. The rock has two holes at the base, which give it the appearance of a dragon who is drinking).

First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B, this aircraft was delivered to BOC Aviation Leasing and leased to Icelandair in late Feb-19. It hadn't operated it's first service when all Boeing MAX aircraft were grounded in mid Mar-19 after the loss of two aircraft.

The aircraft was initially stored at Reykjavik-Keflavik before being moved to Lleida, northern Spain in Nov-19 to escape the severe Icelandic winter. It received special permission to move and had to stop at Shannon, Ireland to refuel as it was height and speed limited. Below 20,000 feet and with flaps partially extended. The aircraft returned to Keflavik in mid Mar-21, non-stop after being 'fixed', it entered service at the end of Apr-21. Current, 20-Aug-21.

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The Boeing 737 MAX 9, making the first visit of a new aircraft type at Manchester.

Named: "Hvitserkur" (a 15m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland. The rock has two holes at the base, which give it the appearance of a dragon who is drinking).

First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B, this aircraft was delivered to BOC Aviation Leasing and leased to Icelandair in late Feb-19. It hadn't operated it's first service when all Boeing MAX aircraft were grounded in mid Mar-19 after the loss of two aircraft.

The aircraft was initially stored at Reykjavik-Keflavik before being moved to Lleida, northern Spain in Nov-19 to escape the severe Icelandic winter. It received special permission to move and had to stop at Shannon, Ireland to refuel as it was height and speed limited. Below 20,000 feet and with flaps partially extended. The aircraft returned to Keflavik in mid Mar-21, non-stop after being 'fixed', it entered service at the end of Apr-21. Current, 20-Aug-21.

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This aircraft was delivered to Turkish Airlines as TC-LYA in Feb-19, just before the MAX aircraft were grounded (Mar-19) after the tragic loss of two MAX 8's in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

It was stored at Istanbul-IST in Mar-19 (the airport code became ISL when the new Istanbul Airport opened) and eventually returned to service in May-21. Current, 01-Aug-22.

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First flown with the Boeing test registration N1876B in Jul-19, four months after the MAX had been grounded due to two accidents within a few months of each other.

The aircraft was stored at Seattle - Boeing Field and later re-registered N1779B for flight testing and was finally delivered to Turkish Airlines as TC-LYC in Nov-21. Current, 02-Sep-22.

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In new livery with the 'Green' stripe tail.

Named: "Langjokull" (left side only).

First flown in Mar-19 with the Boeing test registration N1796B, the aircraft was unable to be delivered due to the grounding of all 'MAX' aircraft and was stored at Boeing Field, WA, USA.

It was eventually delivered to Sky Leasing and leased to Icelandair as TF-ICB over two years later, in May-21. Current.

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