Aircraft program
Medium capacity, narrow body airliner series. Powered by CFM turbofan engines. Aluminium alloy wing structure, upper skin and tail plane, with graphite composite elevator, rudder and ailerons. Glass or carbon fibre-reinforced plastic nosecone, fairings and fin tip. Single or split-scimitar double (NG), blended advanced technology (AT) winglets (MAX) .
Two independent hydraulic systems for control surfaces, and electric motors for variable incidence tailplane.
Crew of two facing a Honeywell common display system with five-screen flat panel LCDs, and two underfloor baggage holds.
The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.
Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.
Technical reference compiled with AI research; a value appears only where two independent research passes and a web fact-check agree. Gaps are deliberate.
| Variant | Launch / first flight | Production end | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-100/200 | 1965 / 1967 | 1988 | The original variants with JT8D engines, including the military T-43. |
| Boeing 737-300/400/500 Classic | 1979 / 1984 | 2000 | Second generation, with CFM56 engines. |
| Boeing 737-700 | 1993 / 1997 | Production: 2 (2025) GAMA: 737-700. Equivalent of 737-300 with 126 passengers. Available as Quick Change and Extended Range variants. Produced for US Navy as C-40A Clipper, and includes BBJ. | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 1994 / 1997 | Production: 3 (2026) GAMA: 737-800A. Typically 162 passengers, combi or freighter. Military version produced as P-8A Poseidon and P-8I Neptune. Final commercial model delivered 2020, Poseidon still in production. Includes BBJ2. | |
| Boeing 737-600 | 1995 / 1998 | 2012 | Production: 10 (2006) GAMA: 737-600. Typically 110 passengers. The 600, 700, 800 and 900 series were dubbed NG. |
| Boeing 737-900 | 1997 / 2000 | 2019 | Production: 23 (2019) Deliveries, 22 900ER and one BBJ. Largest variant with forward and aft fuselage plugs, typically 177 passengers (maximum 215). Also produced as Extended Range and BBJ3 (business jet 737-900ER) variants. |
| Boeing 737 AEW&C | 1998 / 2002 | AEW&C variant derived from 737-700 BBJ. | |
| Boeing 737 MAX | 2011 / 2016 | Production: 240 (2026) GAMA: 737 MAX. Re-engineered model range with CFM LEAP-1B engines, extended tail cone, fly-by-wire spoilers, electronic bleed air system and two-part winglets. Includes the largest in the 737 MAX family, the 737 MAX 10, and BBJ MAX variants. |
| Boeing Commercial Airplanes | News | |
| Boeing Business Jets | News | |
| Boeing Defense, Space & Security | News | P-8A Poseidon derivative |
| AC Products, Inc. (U.S.A.) | www.acpmaskants.com |
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