Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington 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. In 2006, Boeing was the world’s largest civil aircraft company in terms of orders, overtaking Airbus for the first time since 2000. President and CEO Alan Mulally led Boeing's civil aircraft arm, until he was nominated as CEO of Ford Motor Company on 5 September 2006. He was succeeded by Scott Carson.
Airplane numbering system
The Boeing 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. 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.
Current production
Product list and details (date information from Boeing)
| Aircraft |
Variants |
Description |
Nickname |
Capacity |
1st flight |
1st delivery |
Launch Customer |
In Service |
Out of Production Models |
| 737 |
600, 700, 700C, 700ER, 800, 900ER |
Twin‑engined narrowbody |
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85‑215 |
Apr 9, 1967 |
Dec 28, 1967 |
Lufthansa |
Feb 10, 1968 |
100, 200, 200C, 200 Adv, 300, 400, 500 |
| 747 |
400F, 400ERF, 400BCF, 8I, 8F |
Four‑engined half double decker, large widebody |
Jumbo Jet |
85‑660 |
Feb 9, 1969 |
Dec 13, 1969 |
Pan American Airways and Trans World Airlines1 |
Jan 21, 1970 |
100, 100SR, 100B, 200, 200F, 200C, SP, 200M, 300, 300M, 300SR, 400, 400M, 400D |
| 767 |
200ER, 300ER, 300F, 400ER, KC-767 Tanker |
Twin engined medium widebody |
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180‑375 |
Sep 26, 1981 |
Aug 19, 1982 |
United Airlines |
Sep 8, 1982 |
200, 300 |
| 777 |
200ER, 200LR, 300ER, Freighter |
Twin engined medium to large widebody |
Triple Seven, Worldliner (200LR only) |
301‑550 |
Jun 12, 1994 |
May 15, 1995 |
United Airlines |
Jun 7, 1995 |
200, 300 |
| BBJ |
BBJ, BBJ2, BBJ3 |
Twin engined executive jet |
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20‑50 |
Oct 1998 |
Nov 1998 |
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Nov 1998 |
All Currently in Production (June 2008) |
| 787 |
3, 8, 9 |
Twin engined short (3) & long (8, 9) range widebody |
Dreamliner |
226-266 |
Late 2008 |
Mid-2009 |
All Nippon Airways |
Mid-2009 |
All Currently in Production (June 2008) |
Deliveries
Boeing 747 under construction at factory in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Aircraft production rates
| Month |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
| January |
29 |
22 |
17 |
20 |
30 |
| February |
36 |
35 |
32 |
25 |
33 |
| March |
41 |
41 |
32 |
32 |
31 |
| April |
35 |
28 |
33 |
22 |
32 |
| May |
40 |
34 |
24 |
27 |
23 |
| June |
39 |
35 |
28 |
26 |
32 |
| July |
33 |
30 |
23 |
20 |
32 |
| August |
42 |
33 |
32 |
25 |
17 |
| September |
34 |
37 |
6 |
22 |
26 |
| October |
42 |
35 |
23 |
20 |
20 |
| November |
36 |
34 |
28 |
23 |
28 |
| December |
|
34 |
22 |
24 |
23 |
| Year Total |
407 |
398 |
300 |
285 |
310 |
| Monthly Average |
37 |
33.16 |
25 |
23.75 |
25.83 |
Discontinued aircraft
Boeing
McDonnell Douglas and Douglas Aircraft Company
| Aircraft |
Number
Built |
Notes |
| DC-1 |
1 |
|
| DC-2 |
156 |
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| DC-3 |
13,000+ |
Licensed models were built in Russia and Japan |
| DC-4 |
79 |
|
| DC-5 |
16 |
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| DC-6 |
704 |
|
| DC-7 |
338 |
|
| DC-8 |
556 |
|
| DC-9 |
976 |
|
| DC-10 |
446 |
also available as the MD-10 upgrade |
| MD-11 |
200 |
stretched and modernized version of the DC-10 |
| MD-80 Series |
1,191 |
stretched and modernized version of the DC-9 |
| MD-90 |
117 |
stretched and modernized version of the MD-80 |
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.
Douglas, prior to its merger with McDonnell, built the DC-9-20 for Scandinavian Airlines. This model combined the fuselage of the DC-9-10 with the wings of a DC-9-30. No other airline ordered the aircraft.
Concept designs
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
- 787 Program
- Commercial Aviation Services
BCA subsidiaries:
Major facilities
References
See also
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