Boeing 737

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United Airlines Boeing 737-522 jetliner taking off from an airport runway.

British Airways PLC

A photograph of an American Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft landing at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, July 2025.

Exploded diagram of a Boeing 737 passenger jet with labeled cross-sections. The front sections reveal the cockpit, seating, overhead storage, galley, baggage compartments, engines, landing gear, and the rear section reveals tail components such as the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, elevators, and rudder.

Boeing 737

jetliner

Also known as: 737

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…by the 727 trijet and 737 twinjet, which entered service in 1964 and 1968, respectively. The 737 was developed into a modern family of planes, and by the end of the 20th century it had become the world’s best-selling commercial aircraft. The high development costs of the 747 “Jumbo Jet,”…
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…by the 727 trijet and 737 twinjet, which entered service in 1964 and 1968, respectively. The 737 was developed into a modern family of planes, and by the end of the 20th century it had become the world’s best-selling commercial aircraft. The high development costs of the 747 “Jumbo Jet,”…
Read More