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Southwest Airlines Launches LEAP-1B-Powered 737 MAX
Southwest Airlines today formally launched CFM International’s advanced LEAP-1B engine on the Boeing 737 MAX with a firm order for 150 airplanes. In addition, the airline expanded its current order book with an order for 58 additional CFM56-7BE-powered Next-Generation 737-800s.… Continue reading
Boeing 737 MAX Logs First Firm Order from Launch Customer Southwest Airlines
DALLAS, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and… Continue reading
Boeing Rolls Out First Factory-Complete 737 at Higher Rate
Delivery process on track to meet 35-a-month rate in early 2012
RENTON, Wash., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) rolled out its first factory-complete Next-Generation 737 at the production rate of 35 airplanes a month on Dec. 4.… Continue reading
Boeing Announces Intent to Locate 737 MAX Production in Puget Sound
Boeing today announced that it intends to build the new 737 MAX in Renton, Wash., pending approval of an early contract extension with the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM), the union representing hourly employees in Washington, Oregon… Continue reading
Boeing, ACG Announce 737 MAX Commitment and Next-Generation 737 Order
Boeing and Aviation Capital Group (ACG) today announced the leasing company’s commitment for 35 737 MAX airplanes and its firm order for 20 Next-Generation 737-800s. The Newport Beach, Calif.-based ACG is the first airplane leasing company to announce a commitment… Continue reading
Boeing Statement on Lion Air Commitment for up to 380 737s
BALI, Indonesia, Nov. 17, 2011 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] confirms that Jakarta-based Lion Air today will sign a commitment for the airline to order 201 737 MAXs and 29 Next-Generation 737-900 ERs (extended range). The agreement also includes purchase rights… Continue reading
Boeing Updates 737 MAX Engine Configuration Status and Customer Commitments
SEATTLE, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced today that the 737 MAX program has selected a 68-inch fan diameter for the optimized engine design… Continue reading
Boeing 737 Program Begins Production at Higher Rate
Boeing began building the first Next-Generation 737 at the program’s new production rate of 35 airplanes a month. The rate is increasing from 31.5 airplanes a month to meet worldwide market demand for the best-selling single-aisle airplane.
Today employees loaded chords… Continue reading
Boeing finalized an order with UTair for 40 Boeing Next-Generation 737s
SEATTLE, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing [NYSE: BA] and UTair Aviation, Russia have signed an order for 40 Boeing Next-Generation 737 airplanes, comprised of seven 737-900ERs and 33 737-800s. The agreement was previously announced at the 2011 Paris Air… Continue reading
Boeing Introduces 737 MAX With Launch of New Aircraft Family
Boeing has unveiled the 737 MAX, the name of the new engine variant of the market-leading 737 launched today.
The new family of aircraft – 737 MAX 7, 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 – builds on the strengths… Continue reading
A NEAR-miss between two commercial jets over southeast Queensland is being investigated by the national air safety bureau.
Two Boeing 737s, one a Qantas plane and the other Virgin, were en route to Brisbane from Melbourne when they were ordered into a holding pattern about 91km from Brisbane Airport on the morning of July 29.
The planes were… Continue reading
Boeing Launches 737 New Engine Family with Commitments for 496 Airplanes from Five Airlines
 
SEATTLE, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ —… Continue reading