Boeing Commercial Airplanes

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Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Type Division
Founded 1916, Seattle, WA
Headquarters Renton, WA, USA
Key people Scott Carson, CEO
Industry Aerospace
Products Commercial airliners
Employees 54,149
Parent The Boeing Company
Subsidiaries Jeppesen
Website boeing.com/commercial

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.

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[edit] 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 the aircraft was first delivered to. These two digits are called Boeing customer codes. For instance, a Boeing 767-300 delivered to Air Canada would take the designation "767-333" 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.

[edit] 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 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 Airlines[1] Jan 21, 1970 100, 100SR, 100B, 200, 200F, 200C, SP, 200M, 300, 300M, 300SR, 400P, 400M, 400D
767 200ER, 300, 300ER, 300F, 400ER, KC-767 Tanker Twin engined medium widebody 76 180‑375 Sep 26, 1981 Aug 19, 1982 United Airlines Sep 8, 1982 200
777 200, 200ER, 200LR, 300, 300ER, Freighter Twin engined medium to large widebody Triple Seven 301‑550 Jun 12, 1994 May 15, 1995 United Airlines Jun 7, 1995 All Currently in Production (Oct 2007)
BBJ BBJ, BBJ2, BBJ3 Twin engined executive jet 20‑50 Oct 1998 Nov 1998 Nov 1998 All Currently in Production (Oct 2007)
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 (April 2008)
Future products
Expected
EIS		 Type Description Notes
2008 777 Freighter Twin-engined widebody freighter Launch Customers: Air Canada and Air France-KLM
2008 Sukhoi Superjet 100 Twin-engined narrowbody risk sharing partner with Sukhoi
2009 787 Dreamliner Twin-engined widebody Launch Customers: All Nippon Airways and Air New Zealand
2009 747-8 Freighter Four-engined widebody freighter Launch Customers: Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines
2010 747-8 Intercontinental Four-engined widebody Launch Customer: Lufthansa
2010 747 BBJ Four-engined widebody executive jet based on 747-8
787 BBJ Twin-engined widebody executive jet based on 787-8 & 787-9
Y1/737RS code name for the 737 and 757-200 replacement project.
Y3 code name for the 747 and 777-300 replacement project.

[edit] Deliveries

Boeing factory in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Boeing 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

[edit] Discontinued aircraft

[edit] Boeing

Boeing 314
Boeing 314
Aircraft Number
Built		 Notes
247 75
314 Clipper 12
377 Stratocruiser 56 (civil development of the military B-29)
707/720 1,010
717 156 (formerly the MD-95, evolved from the DC-9 family)
727 1,832
757 1,050

[edit] McDonnell Douglas and Douglas Aircraft Company

McDonnell Douglas MD-88
McDonnell Douglas MD-88
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Aircraft Number
Built		 Notes
DC-1 1
DC-2 156
DC-3 13,000+ Licensed models were built in Russia and Japan
DC-4 79
DC-5 16
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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Concept designs

[edit] 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:

[edit] Facilities

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Aerospace/Boeing_747/Aero21.htm
  2. ^ Gervais, Edward L. (2007-11-29). Boeing Current and Future Product Review (PDF). Presentation to Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region 23<suprd Annual Airport Conference 54. Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Archived from the original on 2008-03-18. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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