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In July 2012, Virgin Australia announced an order for 23 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, with deliveries planned to be between 2019 and 2021. [131] Virgin converted its outstanding order for 17 Boeing 737-800 aircraft to the MAX model in 2015, bringing the total order for this type to 40 aircraft. [132]
The 737-800 replaced directly the -400 and aging 727-200 of US airlines. It filled also the gap left by Boeing's decision to discontinue the MD-80 and MD-90 aircraft, following Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas. The 737-800 is the most widely used narrowbody aircraft and competes primarily with the Airbus A320. [74]
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]
These services use three Boeing 737-800 aircraft, wet leased from Virgin Australia and using Virgin's air operator's certificate and flight crew, with Tigerair providing the cabin crew. [31] On 3 February 2017, Tigerair ended flights to Bali, citing approval issues with Indonesian authorities. [37]
Views from the cockpit of a Boeing 737-800. The Wright brothers created and flew the first controlled, successful airplane in 1903, and since then air travel has become one of the most popular ...
Boeing 737-800 crashes The first fatal crash involving the 737-800 was Brazil's Gol Airlines in 2006. The plane experienced a midair collision with a private jet and broke up, killing all 154 ...
The 737-800 is an older iteration of Boeing’s 737 series of jets, which first flew in 1997 and was phased out for the 737 Max jets. Per aviation data firm Cirium, 180 airlines around the world ...
The airline's Boeing 737s were all former Pacific Blue aircraft. The nine aircraft were registered ZK-PBA, PBB, PBD, PBG, PBI, PBJ, PBK, PBL, and PBM. [12] Out of Pacific Blue's 10-strong Boeing 737 fleet, nine continued to fly for Virgin Australia NZ , while ZK-PBC was retired before Virgin Australia NZ was established. [13]