Boeing 737

“D-ABME, welcome to Dusseldorf” - this was the greeting on 24th May 2012, as the first brand new airberlin Boeing 737-800 in oneworld livery landed in Germany. The touchdown of the oneworld  

According to Airbus, Boeing has lost its chance to maintain parity in the single-aisle aircraft market, and the Airbus A32neo will win about 60 percent of orders compared to the Boeing 737 Max, the Puget Sound Business Journal reports. That’s the word from the “Airbus Innovation Days” in Toulouse, France, this week, an annual chance for Airbus to invite media for a series of presentations. Boeing's Defense, Space & Security segment, based in...  

Southwest Airlines will remain an all-Boeing 737 fleet because it's getting rid of the 88 Boeing 717s it inherited when it bought AirTran Holdings Inc. last year. As Bloomberg reports, Southwest will sublease the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 717s, which went out of production six years ago, to Delta Airlines.  

Southwest Airlines said it has postponed 30 deliveries of Boeing’s 737s passenger airplanes, pushing the orders back four years, the Chicago Tribune reports. Boeing said it over-books its delivery slots and its Renton, Wash. assembly plant, where the airplanes are made, will not be affected by the postponement. Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said Wednesday the deferrals will save Southwest more than $1 billion in capital spending through 2014...  

English: A Boeing 737-300 of TNT on the tarmac of Toulouse-Blagnac. Registration: OO-TNI Français : Un Boeing 737-300 de TNT sur le tarmac de Toulouse-Blagnac (Photo credit: Wikipedia) News2 new results for NFC Mobile Payment France's Toulouse-Blagnac airport to conduct NFC field trials for BlackBerry ... EngadgetThe Toulouse-Blagnac airport aims to have a broader NFC implementation available by 2013-2014, which may allow users to...  

Southwest Airlines will delay delivery of 30 Boeing Co. 737 airplanes by about four years, which will save the Dallas airline about $1 billion. As Bloomberg reports, Southwest will still take delivery of 20 737-800s in 2013 and 24 in 2014, along with five 737-700s, and the airline is adding 34 737-800s this year. Last year, Southwest ordered $19 billion worth of Renton-built 737 models.  

ATLANTA (TheStreet) -- The orphaned Boeing 717 has found a new home. Delta said Tuesday that it has reached a tentative agreement with Boeing Capital Corp. and Southwest to lease the 88 Boeing 717 aircraft currently in service at AirTran, which Southwest acquired in 2010. Southwest operates only one aircraft type, the Boeing 737. Deliveries to Delta would begin in 2013, pending approval of a tentative contract agreement with Delta's roughly...  

The decision to downsize the heavy maintenance operation from three bases to two by closing the Tullamarine heavy engineering bases, transferring its Boeing 737 work to Brisbane and retaining but trimming the Avalon base for a shrinking fleet of Boeing ...  

Boeing Co. could be set to deliver 100 737 airplanes to United Airlines in a deal worth $10 billion at list price. According to a Reuters report, the deal would consist primarily of Boeing's new fuel-efficient 737 Max airplanes, and the order could expand to up to 200 planes. The deal is expected to be completed within the next few weeks, as the parameters are still being discussed, according to Reuters. Each 737 Max carries a list prices of...  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Airlines is putting the finishing touches on an order for at least 100 Boeing Co 737 narrowbody jets potentially worth $10 billion at list prices, industry sources said on Thursday. The order could increase to as many as 200 jets if United exercises about 100 options to buy other narrowbodies. The deal will feature mainly Boeing's upcoming 737 MAX, an upgraded, fuel-efficient version of the company's best-selling...  

Delta Air Lines Inc. has worked a deal to lease a fleet of 88 Boeing 717 airplanes from Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest acquired the 717s when the Dallas-based airline bought AirTran last year. Southwest plans to replace the single-aisle, 100-seat 717s with 737s. The plan is to transition the 717s to Delta over a three-year period starting next year. Click here to learn more about the deal.  

Expect to see a brass-knuckle battle for orders in coming months as Boeing and Airbus vie for market share in the all-important narrow body jet market. Here in Boeing country, people may take comfort in Boeing claims that the 737 Max will be more fuel efficient than the competing Airbus A320neo. But the bottom line is aircraft sold, and at this moment, Boeing is still playing catch-up. The tightness of the race is indicated by Boeing's...  

Boeing Co. said Thursday it planned to increase the size of the engine on its new 737 Max jetliner as it continues a fierce battle for sales with the rival Airbus A320neo. The company revealed to The Wall Street Journal that the revamped 737's engine would ...  

Boeing Co . said it will install more fuel-efficient winglets on its upcoming 737 Max airplane. Chicago-based Boeing (NYSE: BA) said the new winglet will add 1.5 percent better fuel economy, on top of the 10-12 percent fuel-economy improvement that the new 737 Max is expected to produce. "The concept is more efficient than any other wingtip device in the single-aisle market because the effective wing span increase is uniquely balanced...  

Boeing had hoped to have their's ready for 2012. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson said "We're continuing our research effort until we find the right solution. It has to be a 25-year product." Since its 1967 debut 5,700 737s have been delivered ...