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In fact, the airline would eventually become all economy class, like Midway Express. Midway added more leisure destinations (like Phoenix and Las Vegas) to accompany Florida and by 1987 the 737 fleet increased to 12. [71] The old Air Florida maintenance base in Miami became Midway's maintenance base. This version of Midway did better than the old.
After 40 years, in March 2008, the final 737-200 aircraft in the U.S. flying scheduled passenger service were phased out, with the last flights of Aloha Airlines. [37] As of 2018, the variant still saw regular service through North American charter operators such as Sierra Pacific Airlines. [38] An Air North 737-200 fitted with a gravel kit.
Southwest Airlines began revenue flights on June 18, 1971, using three Boeing 737-200 aircraft, and operated the type exclusively during the airline's early history. These aircraft were not originally ordered by Southwest, but rather were delivery slots taken over from Air California, Aloha Airlines, and Pacific Southwest Airlines, [11] including a lone 737-200 Combi which was later traded ...
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 .
The aircraft involved, a 13-year-old Boeing 737-222, registered as N62AF, was manufactured in 1969 and previously flown by United Airlines under the registration N9050U. It was sold to Air Florida in 1980. The aircraft was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A turbofan engines, and had flown over 27,000 hours before the accident. [4]: 11, 92
MetroJet operated Boeing 737-200s, the oldest aircraft in the fleet, allowing it to achieve the best utilization possible before being retired. [ 30 ] On November 6, 1996, immediately prior to the rebranding to US Airways, the airline placed an order for up to 400 Airbus A320-series narrow-body aircraft, with 120 firm orders at the time of signing.
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 following is a list of defunct airlines of the United States.However, some of these airlines have ceased operations completely, changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West Airlines changed to use the identity of US Airways in 2005 – which itself also changed identity to American Airlines in 2015).