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    Boeing Unveils Newest Single-Aisle Airplane - the 737-900ER

    Boeing Unveils Newest Single-Aisle Airplane - the 737-900ER
    Tuesday August 8, 2:49 pm ET

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    SEATTLE, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA - News) today unveiled the new 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane before thousands of employees and guests at the company's Renton, Wash., manufacturing facility.
    Indonesian dancers escorted the newest member of the Next-Generation 737 airplane family along the south shores of Lake Washington as employees and 737 supplier representatives, local and Indonesian government officials and Indonesian launch customer, Lion Air, looked on.

    "This is a wonderful day for the Boeing team and 737 customers. The capability and value of the world's most successful jet family continues to grow with the new 737-900ER," said Mark Jenkins, vice president and general manager of 737 Airplane Production. "We are confident that the airplane's unprecedented economic advantages and industry-leading reliability will enable our customers to be even more successful. That's the hallmark of the 737."

    Boeing launched the 737-900ER in July 2005 when Jakarta-based Lion Air announced an order for 30 737-900ERs. Lion Air also exercised purchase rights for 30 additional 737-900ERs in June 2006. In addition to Lion Air, the 737-900ER has been ordered by Continental Airlines, GE Commercial Aviation Services (GECAS) and Sky Airlines. Futura International Airways and Excel Airways will begin operating 737-900ERs on lease from GECAS in 2008.

    The first 737-900ER will be delivered to Lion Air in the first half of 2007, following a five-month flight test program.

    "The induction of the 737-900ER into our fleet will give Lion Air the competitive advantage both in cost savings and service," said Rusdi Kirana, president-director of Lion Air. "We are proud to be the only airline in Southeast Asia that will operate the 737-900ER, which will support our strategic plan to expand our routes and add new destinations within our growing market."

    The 737-900ER is the same size as the 737-900, but can carry 26 additional passengers in a one-class configuration. At 138 ft., 2 in. long, the twin-engine jet incorporates a new pair of exit doors and a flat rear-pressure bulkhead that allows a maximum capacity of 215 passengers in a single-class layout.

    Aerodynamic and structural design changes, including strengthened wings, a two-position tailskid, enhancements to the leading and trailing-edge flap systems, and optional Blended Winglets and auxiliary fuel tanks, will allow the 737-900ER to accommodate higher takeoff weights and increase its range to 3,200 nautical miles (5,900 km).

    The 737-900ER will have substantial economic advantages over competing models including 9 percent lower operating costs per trip and 7 percent lower operating costs per seat than the A321 -- which is more than 10,000 pounds (4,536 kg) heavier.

    The 737-900ER joins the 737-600, -700 and -800 airplanes and will share the same industry-leading reliability of the other Next-Generation 737 series models. The Next-Generation 737s are 10 years newer and fly higher, faster and farther than competing models. To date, 99 customers have placed orders for more than 3,300 Next-Generation 737s.

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    The plane is a mini 757!
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    Can CO use these transatlantic from EWR?

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    According to Boeing.com, the 737-900ER would be capable of doing a EWR-England route with full passenger payload. It would also barely be able to do a EWR-Paris route.

    Now, according to Boeing, and reality are two different things. Could a 739ER make EWR-England with a full payload? I think it'd be pushing the range limitation of the plane, especially during certain times of the year. And, the return trip would probably be even more suceptible to a fuel-stop en route, due to winds.

    But imagine if CO started transatlantic ops with the 739ER! Who'd have ever thought that they'd be flying across the pond on a 737!

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    Quote Originally Posted by USAF Pilot 07
    According to Boeing.com, the 737-900ER would be capable of doing a EWR-England route with full passenger payload. It would also barely be able to do a EWR-Paris route.

    Now, according to Boeing, and reality are two different things. Could a 739ER make EWR-England with a full payload? I think it'd be pushing the range limitation of the plane, especially during certain times of the year. And, the return trip would probably be even more suceptible to a fuel-stop en route, due to winds.

    But imagine if CO started transatlantic ops with the 739ER! Who'd have ever thought that they'd be flying across the pond on a 737!
    Swiss does a 737 all the time at EWR.
    And CO is using there miserable sardine can with wings 757 already across the pond.
    Lets pray CO gets with the times and installs a modern entertainment systems in the new 737s.
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    Swiss does a 737 all the time at EWR.
    And carries a whole 56 pax.

    All of those cross-pondal services (LH DUS-EWR, LH MUC-EWR, KL AMS-IAH) carry somewhere between 48 and 56 people. The issue at hand here is doing it with 180 pax, and the extra 25,000 lbs, or so, that it entails.

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    Hey, don't underestimate all that fine china, flatware, booze and 112 laptops :lol:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mateo
    Swiss does a 737 all the time at EWR.
    And carries a whole 56 pax.

    All of those cross-pondal services (LH DUS-EWR, LH MUC-EWR, KL AMS-IAH) carry somewhere between 48 and 56 people. The issue at hand here is doing it with 180 pax, and the extra 25,000 lbs, or so, that it entails.
    Are you talking about Swiss the airline? That is, former Swissair?
    They do not have 737 at all, lett alone fly them to the U.S.

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    its a Private Air jet that is chartered to fly all business class route, LH has a A319 to ORD,

    you can already fly a 737 from Hawiai to the mainland and thats also a lot of water with less places to stop then trans atlantic....
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    re PrivatAir of Switzerland, you can see the complete list of services they fly to the US for KLM, Swiss, and Lufthansa here:

    http://www.privatair.com/airline_servic ... vices.html

    I researched this back in December when I was interviewing for a job at Eos that I didn't get. Actually, they already canned both of the executives I met with so obviously they have gone through a few changes in the short time they've been operating!

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