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To begin 2026, 
American Airlines has taken delivery of a pair of new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. These join the fleet, bringing the total to 280 of the aircraft type, making it one of the world’s largest operators. The Dallas-based airline will now await its final 14 to bring the total number in operation for the airline to 384 (as per Planespotters).
For American, the constant flow of new 737 MAX 8 aircraft has continued to build resilience into the airline’s narrow-body fleet, and now firmly cements AA as one of the largest operators of the type in the world alongside two other major US carriers, 
Southwest Airlines and 
United Airlines, while across the Atlantic Ocean, Ryanair remains Europe’s largest operator.
N314VB & N315VC
These aircraft are so hot off the delivery line that their data has yet to appear on major aviation databases, ch-aviation, and Airfleets. It is, however, recorded on Planespotters, which has identified the first of two aircraft, N314VB, as holding serial number 68112. This aircraft took its first test flight on November 25, 2005, and is configured to carry a total of 172 passengers across two classes (16C / 156Y).
The second aircraft, N315VB, bears serial number 69214 and took its first test flight on December 1, 2025. The aircraft did so under test registrations N4022T and N40221. It has the same configuration as the aircraft above, and both planes are powered by two CFMI LEAP-1B25 engines.
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Aircraft |
N314VB |
N315VB |
|---|---|---|
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Serial Number |
68112 |
69214 |
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Line Number |
9409 |
9414 |
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Type |
Boeing 737-MAX-8 |
Boeing 737-MAX-8 |
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First Test Flight |
November 25, 2025 |
December 1, 2025 |
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Hex Code |
A3578A |
A35B42 |
Both Boeing airplanes were produced at its Renton plant, and both were delivered to American Airlines on the same day, Monday, January 12, 2026. They have since been ferried to 
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and will be expected to commence scheduled operations soon.
Delivery Flight For N314VB
Using data from Flightradar24, the first aircraft, N314VB, departed from Seattle Boeing Paine Field (BFI) on Monday, January 12, at 2:18 pm, briefly behind its scheduled departure of 1:00 pm. The aircraft took off from the Washington State airport in a Southerly direction, passing over the city of Renton before making a turn east to head towards AA headquarters in Fort Worth.
The delivery flight operating under AA 9826 took a total of three hours, 17 minutes, reaching a cruising altitude of approximately 33,000 feet for the majority of the flight. It descended into Dallas/Fort Worth to land at 7:34 pm, 50 minutes after its intended arrival time of 6:44 pm. The airplane remains on the apron at DFW.
Before its delivery to AA, it recorded four test flights on November 25 from Renton to Moses Lake (a major testing, training, and storage facility for Boeing), December 23 from Moses Lake to Seattle Paine Field, and two additional test flights to/from BFI on December 30 and January 9.
Keep Them Coming: American Airlines’ Boeing 737 MAX 8 Fleet To Reach 88 Examples By Year’s End
Just a few days ago, the airline welcomed its newest 737 MAX 8, bringing the total number of this aircraft in its fleet to 85.
Delivery Flight N315VB
The second 737 MAX 8 for American Airlines in 2026 was delivered on the same day as the aircraft above, registration N315VC. Its delivery flight departed later that same afternoon as N314VB. The second airplane pushed back from BFI at 3:21 pm, some nine minutes ahead of its scheduled departure time of 3:30 pm. The aircraft followed a similar flight path to the earlier airplane, except this time its cruising altitude reached 41,000 feet.
Following its non-stop flight, the plane descended into DFW after a three-hour and 17-minute flight, being greeted at DFW at 8:38 pm, 39 minutes ahead of its scheduled arrival time of 9:17 pm. This aircraft also remains stationary on the apron at DFW as of the time of writing.
The delivery flight to Dallas/Fort Worth operated under AA 9825. Prior to its delivery to AA, the aircraft recorded three test flights, including Renton to Moses Lake on December 1, Moses Lake to Seattle Plane Field on December 11, and another test flight to/from Boeing Plane Field on January 8.
