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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.
GE Aviation, part of the General Electric conglomerate, currently has the largest share of the turbofan engine market. Some of their engine models include the CF6 (available on the Boeing 767, Boeing 747, Airbus A330 and more), GE90 (only the Boeing 777) and GEnx (developed for the Boeing 747-8 & Boeing 787 Dreamliner and proposed for the Airbus A350) engines.
On 20 July 2011, American Airlines announced that it planned to purchase 100 Boeing 737 aircraft featuring the LEAP-1B engine. [23] The project was approved by Boeing on 30 August 2011, as the Boeing 737 MAX. [24] [25] Southwest Airlines is the launch customer of the 737 MAX with a firm order of 150 aircraft. [26]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration plans to convene a review board in the coming weeks to consider safety concerns about engines on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes after two bird ...
Boeing shares rose 4.5%, their best single-day percentage gain in nearly four months. Boeing is resuming production of its bestselling plane, the 737 Max, for the first time since 33,000 workers ...
The FAA is reviewing an issue with the Boeing 737 Max's engine. Boeing may need to come up with a permanent solution, The Seattle Times reported. That may further delay the certification of the ...
The 737 MAX 9 mockup at the 2012 ILA Berlin. Faced with the record orders for Airbus and the defection of a long-time customer, on August 30, 2011, Boeing's board of directors approved the launch of the re-engined 737, which they said would meet or exceed the range of the Airbus A320neo [24] while burning 4% less fuel. [25]
The National Transportation Safety Board has flagged fresh concerns about Boeing's 737 planes, saying that at least 40 airlines outside the US may be operating aircraft with faulty components ...