Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8)
The BBJ 737-8 was the first BBJ MAX to enter service, delivered green from Seattle in 2018 and completed by specialists such as Jet Aviation and Greenpoint. It offers a 98 ft cabin and 6,350 nm range with 25 passengers, and its LEAP-1B engines and Advanced Technology winglets cut fuel burn by around 14 percent versus the previous BBJ2.
In short: The Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) is a Bizliner with a range of 6,350 nm, a cruise speed of 470 knots and room for 25 passengers. It lists at about $110.5M new and costs roughly $11,500 an hour to operate (estimate).
6,350 nm
Range
470 kts
Max cruise
25–50
Passengers
$110.5M
New price
Highlights
- 98 ft cabin with bedroom and shower options
- 6,350 nm range with 25 passengers
- 14% lower fuel burn than the BBJ2
Performance
- Range
- 6,350 nm
- Max cruise
- 470 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.82
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 7,500 ft
- Landing distance
- 5,300 ft
- MTOW
- 181,200 lb
- Engines
- 2 × CFM International LEAP-1B
- Fuel burn
- 880 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Boeing 737 MAX flight deck with four 15.1-inch Collins displays
Cabin
- Passengers
- 25 / 50
- Cabin length
- 98.4 ft
- Cabin width
- 11.6 ft
- Cabin height
- 7.1 ft
- Cabin volume
- 8,000 cu ft
- Baggage
- 1,526 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 6,500 ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $110.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $11,500
- Fixed cost / yr
- $3,400,000
- First delivery
- 2018
- Units built
- 18
- Pre-owned range
- $80M – $95M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 129.7 ft
- Wingspan
- 117.8 ft
- Height
- 40.3 ft
- Max payload
- 35,200 lb
- Max fuel
- 69,550 lb
Programme milestones
- 2014-04-02Announced · BBJ MAX family launched en.wikipedia.org
- 2018-04-16First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2018-10First delivery en.wikipedia.org
Sources (7)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$80M – $95M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 45% ≈ $49.7M
Compare with similar private jets
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Sources and credits
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) · James · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons