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The initial 737-300 (foreground) is 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) longer than the 737-200 (background) and is re-engined with wider and more efficient CFM56 turbofans. Following the success of the Boeing 737-200 Advanced, Boeing wanted to increase capacity and range, incorporating improvements to upgrade the plane to modern specifications, while also retaining commonality with previous 737 variants.
The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington.Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines.
The 737-500 was purchased for newly-introduced, long-range routes with lower demand than the airline's established short-haul routes. However, as these routes grew in popularity, the lower seating capacity became a liability, and the 737-500 was shifted mostly to Southwest's original short-haul routes in Texas and its neighboring states.
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 [54] 73 1990 2009 29 2010 2013 Former Continental ...
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s will get new premium seating with extra legroom, but regular seats on 450 planes will lose an inch of legroom. Southwest's new premium seats come with a catch for ...
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.
Boeing 737-200: 50 1977 2001 Boeing 737-300: 22 1988 2009 Boeing 737-400: 39 1991 2015 Boeing 737-500: 12 1996 2009 Boeing 747-100: 17 1974 1999 [d] [38] 1 Nose of G-AWNG display at Hiller Aviation Museum, California (not in BA colours) 1 1990 Written off as flight BA149: Boeing 747-200: 27 1977 2002 First 747-200 to be powered with Rolls-Royce ...
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