Photos: First Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 Takes Off
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By: Phil Derner Jr.
Tags: Boeing 737-800, N8301J, Southwest Airlines
Southwest's first Boeing 737-800 (N8301J) rolls out for departure. (Photo by David Lilienthal)
The second largest plane ever to wear Southwest Airlines paint made its first flight today as Boeing pilots took the 737-800 (N8301J) for a test drive over Washington.
Southwest modified an order for more of their their mainstay 737-700s in late 2010 to include 20 of the larger, 175-seat -800 models.
All twenty 737-800s are expected to be delivered to Southwest this year, all of which will sport Boeing’s Sky Interior, a major makeover for the 737, an aircraft type that first flew in 1967.
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Photos by David Lilienthal
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story indicated that the 737-800 was the largest type ever operated by Southwest. The Boeing 727-200 was in fact larger.
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