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Boeing 727-100: 126 1963 1993 Boeing 737-500: Three crashed as Flight 389, Flight 227, and Flight 266. Boeing 727-200: 104 1968 2001 Airbus A320 family Boeing 737 NG Bombardier CRJ-700: Boeing 737-200: 101 1968 2001 Launch customer. Two crashed as Flight 553 and Flight 585. Boeing 737-300: 103 1986 2009 Boeing 737-500 [51] 73 1990 2009 29 2010 2013
A 737-800 of United Airlines in 2010. The 737-800 was a stretched version of the 737-700 launched on September 5, 1994, and first flew on July 31, 1997. [72] The -800 seats 162 passengers in a two-class or 189 passengers in a high-density, one-class layout. Launch customer Hapag-Lloyd Flug (now TUIfly) received the first one in April 1998. [73]
Seat maps usually indicate the basic seating layout; the numbering and lettering of the seats; and the locations of the emergency exits, lavatories, galleys, bulkheads and wings. Airlines that allow internet check-in frequently present a seat map indicating free and occupied seats to the passenger so that they select their seat from it.
The Airline Monitor, an industry publication, quotes a 737-800 fuel burn of 4.88 US gal (18.5 L) per seat per hour, compared to 5.13 US gal (19.4 L) for the A320. [55] In 2011, United Airlines— flying a Boeing 737-800 from Houston to Chicago—operated the first U.S. commercial flight powered by a blend of algae-derived biofuel and ...
However, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines configure their 737 Max 9s to have fewer than 180 seats, so the planes don't need the two mid-cabin exits to comply with U.S. evacuation rules.
In aviation circles, a more specific model designation is sometimes used where the last two digits of the series designator are replaced by the two-digit, alpha-numeric Boeing customer code, for example, 747-121, representing a 747-100 originally ordered by Pan American World Airways (Boeing customer code 21) or 737-7H4, representing a 737-700 ...
United Airlines goes all in with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.
Boeing 737-300: 1986 2009 Airbus A320 family: Boeing 737-500: 1990 2009 Airbus A320 family Boeing 737 Next Generation: United's original 737-500 fleet had been retired by 2009. More 737-500s were inherited from the merger with Continental Airlines in 2010 and these were retired by May 2013. [123] 2010 2013 Boeing 747-100: 1970 1999 Boeing 747-400