B-1178 737-8 Air China delivery flight

Reg:	B-1178	Type:	737-8
Msn:	60906/7207	Operator:	Air China
Callsign:	CCA048	Hex code:	7814BA
Dep:	HSN 0200	Arr:	CKG 0452

Final delivery of the first frame to be completed at the CCDC (China Completion & Delivery Center) at Zhoushan.

Air China 737-8 N230BE departs Guam on final leg to Zhoushan completion facility

N230BE, the first 737-8 Max frame for the new Zhoushan completion facility near Shanghai departed Guam 9.14am local time Friday 9 November and is due to arrive at Zhoushan at 12.15pm local time.  The aircraft (msn 60906/7207) is already painted in Air China livery and is expected to be take up the Chinese registration number B-1178.  It is flying with Boeing callsign BOE264.

Air China 737 N230BE flown to China

Air China 737-8 N230BE msn 60906/7207 flew away Nov 6, Boeing Field to Kalaeloa (John Rogers Field) as BOE264.  Believed to be the first frame for the new Zhoushan completion facility near Shanghai.  The aircraft is already painted in Air China livery and sports the numbers '178' on the nosewheel doors suggesting that its final registration will be B-1178.  Still using hex code A2089E.