Mauritania Airlines International (Nouakchott) has taken delivery of its first B737-8, 5T-CLJ (msn 64299), on order from Boeing (BOE, Washington National).

Featuring 144 seats in Economy and sixteen in Business class, the aircraft is due to be positioned to Nouakchott over the coming days where it will join the rest of the Mauritanian carrier's fleet of one B737-800, one B737-700, two B737-500s, and one E145.

The MAX 8 will be used to operate the Mauritanian carrier's Paris CDG service as well as its upcoming Jeddah International via N'Djamena route.