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A bit off-topic, but I found it curious that Ryanair refuses to call their Max fleet "737 Max-8", instead they go for "737-8200" in both their safety cards and cabin briefings. I wonder if this is common and if other airlines do the same after the reputational damage from the crashes and groundings.

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They call it that because their plane is in fact not a 737 Max 8.

Ryanair’s aircraft is a different variant, made only for them, the Max 200 which is the same size as a Max 8 but has the extra exits for up to 200 pax.

That's called a different configuration.

It is still a MAX8. A rose, by any other name...

Sure but if you read what I’m replying to, they are not “lying” to call it a 737-8-200. That is what it is.

It is in fact a 737 Max 8. It’s a 737-8-200

...so basically the same just named to sound remarkably different. One more exit and it is not at all the problematic MAX anymore! ;)

Surprised they still call it 737 then. :)

This reminds me of the old mattress store scam, where each mattress store has its own slightly different SKU of basically the same mattress purely to make it harder for the customer to compare prices between stores.

ryanair using misleading advertising? say it's not so!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryanair#Misleading_advertising

o'leary bought them as he got them cheap, exactly the same as ryanair's fleet in the 90s

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