The B737-400 is a straight forward delivertive of B737-300 but 10 feet longer.The B737-400
was formally launched in june 1986 , rollout was jan. 26,1988, first delivery was Sept.15,1988.
Apart from the longer fuselage, other changes from B737-300 are engines of slightly higher thrust,
noise reduction and low fuel consumption because of this superior engines
The newest members of the Boeing 737 family or the next-generation are B737-600/ -700 / -800 / -900 model which are having seating from 110 to 189 passengers.
The new family are developed from the B737-300 /-400 /-500 family . The new family incorporates a new larger wings, new engines, higher cruising speeds
and greater range capabilities. The -600 replaces the -500 and has the same size of -500; the-700 replaces the -300 and has the same size of -300 ;
and the -800 replaces the -400 but the fuselage is some 2.79 m. longer than that of -400 ;. The B737-900 is 2.63 m. stretch over the -800 enables seating for 15
more passengers.
The 737 NG (next generation) , wing increase; span by 5.0 m., chord by 0.5 m., resulting in 25% more wing area and 30% increase in fuel capacity. NG model
have an all new flightdeck with six-screen LCD.
Hapag-Lloyd became the first airlines in the world to fly B737-800 which equipped with wingtip extensions. The new winglets on B737-800 curve out and up
from the wingtip. The winglet will reduce aerodynamic drag and boosting performance.They add about 5 feet (1.5M.) to the airplane total wingspan .
B737-600 was launched on Mar. 15, 1995, first delivered to SAS on third quater 1998
B737-700 was launched on Nov.1993, first delivered to Southwest Airlines on Dec.1997
B737-800 was launched on Sept.5 , 1994, first delivered to Hapag-Lloyd on Spring 1988.
B737-900 was launched on Nov. 10 , 1997, first delivered to Alaska Airlines on May 2001
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