Boeing asks FAA to allow sliding doors in MAX suites


Boeing desires to supply prospects the choice of equipping their plane with luxurious Enterprise Class suites in all its MAX variants. flydubai not too long ago introduced simply such a set with sliding doorways, which it plans to put in in plenty of MAX 8s by the tip of this yr. There should be 10 suites per plane.

Within the request to the FAA, Boeing talks about putting in as much as 32 sliding-door suites in a Boeing MAX. Present rules prohibit a door between a passenger’s seat, as it might actually stand in the best way of a secure and fast escape path to the closest emergency exit throughout an evacuation.

events have till Might 30 to reply to Boeing’s request.