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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.
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.
Aircraft C-GNLK has the distinction of being the oldest 737 and oldest jet airliner in commercial passenger operation today, having operated since delivery in 1974 (50 years). [20] Boeing 737 Classic: 4: 2: 1 - 737-300, 3 - 737-400: The 300 can be configured for up to 130 seats. [6] The 400 can be configured for 159 passengers maximum. [7]
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 .
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue.
A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 taking off from Osaka Kansai airport in Japan in 2023. ... The average age of the world’s 737-800 fleet is 13 years old, according to Cirium, and the last of the series ...
Two years after a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet crashed on a domestic flight in China, killing all 132 people on board, accident investigators indicated Wednesday that they have not yet determined ...
NASA 515 is a heavily modified Boeing 737 for NASA use as a continuing research facility. [1] The aircraft was the first 737 built and was used by Boeing to qualify the 737 design. [2] NASA 515 was maintained and flown by Langley Research Center as part of the Terminal Area Productivity (TAP) program.