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I have been thinking about how to implement that after the MAX starts flying again. Flight search interfaces don’t seem to filter on equipment. And of course, equipment gets changed at times, so you may book one aircraft and have a different one swapped in on the ramp. I wonder if after you have checked in, and the airline swaps in a MAX, if you can get credit for your ticket if you refuse to board a MAX? I would guess not. (Yes, I know airlines try to avoid changing equipment because it causes reseating hassle and crew scheduling hassle. But it does happen)

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Seems like you could either target routes that don't fly 737s at all, just much bigger or much smaller planes. Or you could stick to carriers that don't own any 737 MAX 8's such as Amtrak and SNCF.

There are airlines with an all Airbus fleet, you don't have to stick to travelling by rail.

Delta Air Lines, Spirit, JetBlue, Allegiant... you’re not stuck to just rail.

It's too bad that the site where I have the greatest need for emoji is also the only one that doesn't support them.

> Flight search interfaces don’t seem to filter on equipment.

I suspect this is going to change as booking web sites can use that feature as a selling point.

Here in Australia just recently I booked a flight for mid December and was very surprised to see the type of aircraft listed on the bookings page.

Now that I have seen this information, I myself will be expecting to see this information and will happily change booking sites if required.

> > Flight search interfaces don’t seem to filter on equipment.

> I suspect this is going to change as booking web sites can use that feature as a selling point.

I hope you are right. Google flights might add a filter. But will Southwest add it to their own site?

United.com shows the airplane for each flight.

It may not filter on equipment, but they do show you what kind of plane you are flying when you are buying the ticket so you can decide right then if you want to buy something else instead.

Fleets are often completely from one manufacturer. For example, easyJet is all Airbus while Ryanair is all Boeing. I can reasonably easily avoid all Ryanair flights in favour of easyJet.

For ULCC, absolutely.

Big carriers have a mix - United, American Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Turkish Airlines, Korean Airlines, British Airways, etc.

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