Friday, December 31

Boeing Commercial Airplanes


Boeing Commercial Airplanes
TypeDivision
IndustryAerospace
Founded1916, Seattle, WA
HeadquartersRenton, WA
Key peopleJames F. Albaugh, CEO
ProductsCommercial airliners
Employees54,149
ParentThe Boeing Company
SubsidiariesJeppesen
Websiteboeing.com/commercial
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a business unit of The Boeing Company consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation. BCA is based in Renton, Washington. In 2006, Boeing received the most orders for a civil aircraft company, overtaking Airbus for the first time since 2000. The division's current President and CEO is James F. Albaugh.

Airplane numbering system

Boeing 777, 767, 757, 747, 737, 727, 717 and 707 aircraft at the Museum of Flight
With the exception of the Boeing 787, Boeing's numbering system for commercial airliners starts with the airplane's model number, e.g. 377 followed by a dash and three digits (two numbers) following the pattern Boeing xxx-scc. The Boeing 787 only has one digit following the dash, e.g. 787-3. In general, since the Boeing 707, the model number takes the form of a 7 followed by a digit and then by another 7, e.g. 737.
The series number is a single digit (s), e.g. -200. The following two digits number (cc) is attributed according to the company to which the aircraft was first delivered. These two digits are called Boeing customer codes. For instance, a Boeing 747-400 delivered to Malaysia Airlines would take the designation "747-4H6" while a 777-200 delivered to American Airlines would take the designation "777-223". See List of Boeing customer codes for a more complete list.
Additional letters are sometimes used. These include, "ER" for an "extended range" version or "LR" for the "long range" version. Boeing also uses some other letters, including "F" for "freighter," the letter "C" for "convertible" (aircraft that can be converted between a passenger and freighter configuration), and the letter "M" for aircraft that are in a combination passenger-freighter configuration.

Current production
Product list and details (date information from Boeing)
AircraftVariantsDescriptionNicknameCapacity1st flight1st deliveryLaunch CustomerIn ServiceOut of Production Models
737600, 700, 700C, 700ER, 800, 900, 900ERTwin‑engine, single aisle, short- to medium-range narrow-body85‑215Apr 9, 1967Dec 28, 1967LufthansaFeb 10, 1968100, 200, 200C, 200 Adv, 300, 400, 500
7478I, 8FFour‑engine, partial double decker,twin aisle main deck, single aisle upper deck, short range (SR models), medium- to long- range widebodyJumbo Jet, Queen of the Skies366‑569Feb 9, 1969Dec 13, 1969Pan American Airwaysand Trans World AirlinesJan 21, 1970100, 100SR, 100B, 200, 200F, 200C, SP, 200M, 300, 300M, 300SR, 400, 400M, 400D, 400F, 400ER, 400ERF
767200ER, 300ER, 300F, 400ER, KC-767 TankerTwin-engine, twin aisle, medium- to long- range widebody180‑375Sep 26, 1981Aug 19, 1982United AirlinesSep 8, 1982200, 300 
777200ER, 200LR, 300ER, FreighterTwin-engine, twin aisle, medium- to long-range, ultra long-range (200LR), large widebodyTriple Seven, Worldliner (200LR only)301‑550Jun 12, 1994May 15, 1995United AirlinesJun 7, 1995None (July 2010)
BBJBBJ, BBJ2, BBJ3Twin-engine executive jet derived from the 737-700, -800, and -900ER20‑50Oct 1998Nov 1998Nov 1998None (December 2008)
7878, 9Twin-engine, twin aisle, long-range widebodyDreamliner210-330Dec 15, 20092011All Nippon Airways2011None (May 2010)
Future products
Expected
EIS
TypeDescriptionNotes
2010Sukhoi Superjet 100Twin-engine narrowbodyRisk sharing partner with Sukhoi
2011787 DreamlinerTwin-engine widebodyLaunch customers: All Nippon Airways and Air New Zealand
2011747-8 FreighterFour-engine widebody freighterLaunch customers: Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines
2011747-8 IntercontinentalFour-engined widebodyLaunch customer: Lufthansa
2011747 BBJFour-engine widebody executive jetBased on 747-8
787 BBJTwin-engine widebody executive jetBased on 787-8 and 787-9
Y1/737RSCode name for Boeing the 737 and 757-200 replacement project
Y3Code name for the Boeing 747 and 777-300 replacement project

Deliveries


Aircraft production rates
Month20072006200520042003
January2922172030
February3635322533
March4141323231
April3528332232
May4034242723
June3935282632
July3330232032
August4233322517
September343762226
October4235232020
November3634282328
December34222423
Year Total407398300285310
Monthly Average3733.162523.7525.83
Boeing 747 under construction at factory in Everett, Washington, USA.

Discontinued aircraft

Boeing 707
AircraftNumber
Built
Notes
24775
307 Stratoliner10
314 Clipper12
377 Stratocruiser56(civil development of the military B-29)
707/7201,010
717156(formerly the MD-95, evolved from the DC-9 family)
7271,832
7571,050
Specially built models
Although aircraft are commonly ordered with features or options at the request of the ordering airline, there are certain models which have been built specifically for the customer.
The Boeing 707-138B was a shortened fuselage, long range model only sold to Qantas.
The Boeing 757-200 Combi was a single example model built for Royal Nepal Airlines (later renamed Nepal Airlines), though the engineering design of the freight door was subsequently used when UPS was the launch customer for the 757-200PF several years later.
The 747SP production line was re-opened nearly four years after the supposedly final 747SP was built. One aircraft was built for the United Arab Emirates. The cockpit, unlike that of other 747SP, had a crew of two instead of three.

Concept designs
Boeing 2707 – supersonic airliner, canceled.
Boeing 7J7 – high-efficiency propfan airliner, canceled and may later resume for Y1>.
Boeing 747-300 Trijet - high-efficiency trijet version of the Boeing 747-200, canceled.
Boeing NLA – double-deck jumbo airliner, canceled.
Boeing Sonic Cruiser – near-sonic airliner, canceled.
Boeing Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) Airplane

Organization

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is currently organized as:
Airplane Programs
Renton - 737, BBJ, P-8A Poseidon
Everett - 747, 767, 777, 787
Fabrication Division
Global Partners
Propulsion Systems
Commercial Aviation Services
BCA subsidiaries:
Aeroinfo Systems
Alteon Training, formerly FlightSafetyBoeing
Aviall, Inc.
Aviation Partners Boeing, a 50/50 joint venture with Aviation Partners Inc.
CDG (main), CDG (Europe)
Jeppesen, formerly Jeppesen Sanderson.
Preston Aviation Solutions
Global Aeronautica, formerly a 50/50 joint-venture with Alenia Aeronautica

Major facilities

Long Beach, California (McDonnell Douglas aircraft assembly and testing, currently supports Boeing Commercial Airplanes)
Seattle-Boeing Field, Washington (Flight testing for Boeing aircraft except McDonnell Douglas-designed aircraft)
Seattle-Everett, Washington (747, 767, 777, and 787 Dreamliner)
Seattle-Renton, Washington (737 and former 707, 727 and 757)
North Charleston, South Carolina (787 subassemblies and future final assembly plant)
San Antonio, Texas

See also

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