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The last Southwest 737-300 revenue flight took place on September 29, 2017. [12] Southwest was the launch customer for the Boeing 737-500, a smaller version of the 737-300. [10] Introduced in 1990, the airliner seated 122 passengers—the same as the older 737-200—but had increased fuel capacity and range.
Southwest Air Lines Flight 611 was a scheduled flight from Naha to Ishigaki. On 26 August 1982, the Boeing 737-200 overran the runway while attempting to land. The aircraft caught fire and was destroyed, but none of the 133 passengers and 5 crew died in the accident although two crew and one passenger were seriously injured.
The list of Boeing 737 operators and owners lists both former and current operators of the aircraft. Southwest Airlines is the largest Boeing 737 operator This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
A 737-200 of its launch customer, United Airlines. The -200 was one of the most popular variants sold, with 1095 units. The 737-200 was a 737-100 with an extended fuselage, launched by an order from United Airlines in 1965 and entered service with the launch customer in April 1968. Its unit cost was US$4.0M (1968) [28] ($35M today).
Boeing 737-200 in original livery in 1975. Founded in 1967 as a Texas intrastate airline, Southwest Airlines started operating from Dallas Love Field which remains the company's corporate headquarters and major operating base.
Southwest is the world's largest operator of the Boeing 737, and was the launch customer of the 737-300, 737-500, and 737-700. [32] It took delivery of its 1,000th Boeing 737 in 2023. Using a single basic aircraft type allows Southwest pilots and flight attendants to crew any aircraft in the fleet without restrictions.
September 3, 1989 – A 737-200 registered as PP-VMK operating Varig Flight 254 flying from São Paulo-Guarulhos to Belém-Val de Cans with intermediate stops, crashed near São José do Xingu while on the last leg of the flight between Marabá and Belém due to a pilot navigational error, which led to fuel exhaustion and a subsequent belly ...
Southwest 737-200 PSA Lockheed L-1011. Intrastate carrier success required a state that was physically large and had a substantial population. Unsurprisingly, the four intrastate airlines that acquired jet equipment were from California (PSA and Air California), Texas (Southwest Airlines) and Florida (Air Florida).