Posts Tagged ‘Boeing 737’
The incredible history of the Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is the best selling jetliner of all time. Through February 2018, Boeing has taken 14,545 orders for the plane. Since its debut in 1967, the 737 has become a mainstay for airlines around the world in a multitude of roles ranging from short-haul flights to work as a freighter. The Boeing 737…
Read MoreIran Offers Huge Market for Narrow-Body Jets
The Airbus A320 family accounts for most of the narrow-body jets Iranian airlines have ordered in the past two years I ranian airlines are placing massive orders for short- to medium-haul passenger planes, indicating Iran is a huge market for narrow-body jets. So far, Boeing and Airbus have been the frontrunners, taking advantage of the…
Read MoreBoeing 737 and Airbus A320 Production Increases Are Coming — Even With Slowing Orders
Orders are slowing for the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 jet families — but production growth is just getting started. Historically, commercial jet orders have been sharply cyclical, with boom times followed by big busts. In the past year or two, order activity has slowed significantly at Boeing and Airbus, indicating that the current cycle…
Read MoreLufthansa bids farewell to its Boeing 737 fleet after 48 years
Lufthansa is saying goodbye to its Boeing 737 fleet after 48 years. This marks the end of an era for Lufthansa, spanning almost 50 years. A B737-300, with registration D-ABEC (“Karlsruhe”), flew from Frankfurt to Hamburg this morning on special flight LH9922, where Lufthansa’s B737 fleet is to be officially bid farewell during a joint…
Read MoreBoeing Advancing Toward Developing New Midsize Jetliner
After a year of meetings with potential customers, Boeing Co. is advancing toward developing an all-new jetliner with up to 270 seats that would target midrange flights of up to 10 hours. The proposed plane would enter service around the middle of the next decade, but first Boeing executives must secure board approval by demonstrating…
Read MoreAmerican Airlines to Complete Boeing 737, Airbus A319 Fleet Commonality
American Airlines is currently retrofitting the passenger cabins of its Airbus A319s and Boeing 737-800s, in order to standardize the features, amenities and company branding. According to the airline, the Tech Ops at Tulsa and Dallas DWH site, retrofitted 31 737-800s, reconfiguring the passenger cabin to add 10 additional seats for a total of 160.…
Read MoreBoeing CEO Prepared to Defend Rainmaker 737 as Rivalry Heats Up
Boeing Co. is prepared to defend its rainmaker 737 jetliner as competition heats up at the top and bottom of the lucrative single-aisle market, Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said. The threat to the U.S. planemaker was underscored when Delta Air Lines Inc. announced orders last week for Bombardier Inc.’s all-new C Series jets and…
Read MoreBoeing mulls new 737 jet variant, airlines interested
Boeing Co is studying whether to revise one version of its best-selling 737 aircraft in a bid to fend off competition, according to two people familiar with the matter. The U.S. planemaker’s concept of a slightly larger version of its 737 MAX 7 jet with more seats and range drew airline interest on Thursday. The…
Read MoreUnited chooses Boeing 737s in $3 billion snub of Bombardier
United Continental Holdings said it would buy 40 of Boeing’s smallest jetliner, snubbing Bombardier’s C Series in favor of a model that already accounts for the bulk of the airline’s fleet. The new Boeing 737-700 aircraft will enter service in mid-2017 as United cuts its use of cramped regional jets, the carrier said in a…
Read MoreBoeing’s Big Plane Sale: Not Now, but Soon
Boeing made its second update on new orders received in January on Thursday. The news was…underwhelming. After booking a six-plane order to Air China last week, all the Seattle planemaker could muster up as news in this third week of January was the sale of one single, solitary Boeing 787 to aircraft lessor Air Lease…
Read MoreBoeing ups jet demand forecast; no hurry on 757 successor
Boeing Co boosted its 20-year forecast for aircraft demand by 3.5 percent on Thursday, predicting two out of every five new jets will feed Asia’s booming travel market. The U.S. planemaker expects airlines and freight firms to take delivery of 38,050 jets worth $5.6 trillion by 2034, compared with 36,770 it predicted last year. Boeing’s…
Read MoreDelta to buy 40 Boeing 737 jets, 20 Embraer aircraft in $4 billion deal
Delta Air Lines Inc. will enter into a deal with The Boeing Co. to buy 40 new 737-900ERs and 20 Embraer E190 aircraft upon ratification of a tentative agreement covering more than 12,000 Delta pilots. The planes are valued at about $4 billion at list prices, according to Bloomberg. The tentative union agreement, which was…
Read MoreSmallest Boeing 737 Faces an Uncertain Future
Boeing Co.’s smallest version of the 737 jetliner faces an uncertain future as Southwest Airlines Co., the carrier that championed the plane, focuses on larger models. Southwest is talking with Boeing about switching some or all of its remaining 56 orders for the 737-700 to a version that seats 32 more passengers, Chief Operating Officer…
Read MoreBoeing’s New 737 MAX Is About to Make Flying a Little Less Horrible
Two incremental but important changes—wider seats and redesigned bins—have been announced for Boeing’s new 737 MAX, which will take to the skies in 2017. This isn’t just about passenger comfort, either. The changes are also intended to make flying a lot more affordable. At the heart of the 737 MAX project is a promise to…
Read MoreWhy the World Loves the Boeing 737
The single-aisle 737 has been Boeing Co.’s best-selling model for years and makes up for three-fourth of its total backlog. The successful run has only gotten better with the newly launched 737 Max as Boeing has promised the aircraft’s operating cost would be lower than its competitors. The past year saw amazing demand for the…
Read MoreBoeing Production Czar Says Planemaker Won’t Repeat Errors
Boeing Co is well-positioned to hit record production targets for its popular 737 jetliner by 2018, having learned from past mistakes, the head of its industrial system told Reuters. “To the extent that we could accommodate uncertainty and risk, or reduce risk, we are much better postured today than when we have tried this in…
Read MoreBoeing Starts Building 737 Wings With New Automated System
Boeing Co has started using a new automated system to build wing panels for 737 jetliners, an important step in preparing to hit record production speeds while introducing new models of the popular plane. The robotic system, known as the Panel Assembly Line, or PAL, this week drilled holes and installed rivets for the wings…
Read MoreAre Boeing and Airbus Building Too Many Jets?
In the past few years, aerospace giants Boeing and Airbus have ramped up production of commercial jets. The popular Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 narrowbody jet families have experienced some of the biggest production increases — and both companies are planning to boost production again in the next few years. Boeing and Airbus insist that…
Read MoreRyanair Orders Three More Boeing Jets
Irish budget airline Ryanair has ordered three more Boeing Co. passenger jets. The companies announced Wednesday Ryanair has ordered three Next-Generation 737-800s, an order worth $280 million at list prices. Ryanair now has unfilled orders for 174 NG 737-800s and 100 737 Max 200s. “These Boeing aircraft orders will allow us to expand our fleet…
Read MoreJapan’s Skymark to stop flying Airbus A330 in favor of Boeing-only fleet
Skymark Airlines said it will stop flying Airbus A330 jets in favour of a single-model fleet of Boeing Co 737 aircraft to cut costs after the discount carrier filed for protection from creditors late on Wednesday. “We will stop using the A330s from February,” Skymark’s chairman, Takashi Ide, told reporters at a news conference in…
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