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Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Company typeDivision
IndustryAerospace
Founded1916, Seattle, WA
HeadquartersRenton, WA, USA
Key people
Scott Carson, CEO
ProductsCommercial airliners
Revenue60,715,000,000 United States dollar (2018) Edit this on Wikidata
Number of employees
54,149
ParentThe Boeing Company
SubsidiariesJeppesen
Websiteboeing.com/commercial

Boeing Commercial Airplanes, based in Renton, Washington, is a unit of The Boeing Company, consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation. In 2006, Boeing was the world’s largest civil aircraft company in terms of orders, overtaking Airbus for the first time since 2000. President and CEO Alan Mulally led Boeing's civil aircraft arm, until he was nominated as CEO of Ford Motor Company on 5 September 2006. He was succeeded by Scott Carson.

Airplane numbering system

The Boeing numbering system for commercial airliners starts with the airplane's model number, e.g. 377) followed by a dash and three digits (two numbers) following the pattern Boeing xxx-scc. In general, since the Boeing 707, the model number takes the form of a 7 followed by a digit and then by another 7, e.g. 737.

The series number is a single digit (s), e.g. -200. The following two digits number (cc) is attributed according to the company the aircraft was first delivered to. These two digits are called Boeing customer codes. For instance, a Boeing 767-300 delivered to Air Canada would take the designation "767-333" while a 777-200 delivered to American Airlines would take the designation "777-223". See List of Boeing customer codes for a more complete list.

Additional letters are sometimes used. These include, "ER" for an "extended range" version or "LR" for the "long range" version.

Current production

Product list and details (date information from Boeing)
Aircraft Models Description Capacity 1st flight 1st delivery
737 600, 700, 700C, 700ER, 800, 900, 900ER Twin‑engined narrowbody 85‑215 Oct 1966 Apr 1967
747 400, 400F, 400ER, 400ERF, 400BCF Four‑engined large widebody 85‑660 Feb 1969 Jan 1970
767 200ER, 300ER, 300F, 400ER Twin engined medium widebody 180‑375 Oct 1981 Apr 1982
777 200, 200ER, 200LR, 300, 300ER Twin engined medium to large widebody 301‑550 Jun 1994 May 1995
BBJ BBJ, BBJ2, BBJ3 Twin engined executive jet 20‑50 Oct 1998 Nov 1998
Future products
Expected
EIS 		Type Description Notes
2008 787 Dreamliner Twin-engined widebody Launch Customers: All Nippon Airways and Air New Zealand
2008 777 Freighter Twin-engined widebody freighter Launch Customers: Air Canada and Air France-KLM
2008 Sukhoi Superjet 100 Twin-engined narrowbody risk sharing partner with Sukhoi
2009 747-8 Freighter Four-engined widebody freighter Launch Customers: Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines
2010 747-8 Intercontinental Four-engined widebody Launch Customer: Lufthansa
2010 747 BBJ Four-engined widebody executive jet based on 747-8
787 BBJ Twin-engined widebody executive jet based on 787-8 & 787-9
Y1/737RS code name for the 737 and 757-200 replacement project.
Y3 code name for the 747 and 777-300 replacement project.

Deliveries

Boeing factory in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Aircraft production rates
Month 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
January 29 22 17 20 30
February 36 35 32 25 33
March 41 41 32 32 31
April 35 28 33 22 32
May 34 24 27 23
June 35 28 26 32
July 30 23 20 32
August 33 32 25 17
September 37 6 22 26
October 35 23 20 20
November 34 28 23 28
December 34 22 24 23
Year Total 141 398 300 285 310
Monthly Average 35.25 33.16 25 23.75 25.83

Discontinued aircraft

Boeing designs

File:Boeing314.jpg
Boeing 314
Aircraft Number
Built 		Notes
247 75
314 Clipper 12
377 Stratocruiser 56 (civil development of the military B-29)
707/720 1,010
717 156 (formerly the MD-95, evolved from the DC-9 family)
727 1,832
757 1,050

McDonnell Douglas and Douglas Aircraft Company designs

McDonnell Douglas MD-88
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Aircraft Number
Built 		Notes
DC-1 1
DC-2 156
DC-3 13,000+ Licensed models were built in Russia and Japan
DC-4 79
DC-5 16
DC-6 704
DC-7 338
DC-8 556
DC-9 976
DC-10 446 also available as the MD-10 upgrade
MD-11 200 stretched and modernized version of the DC-10
MD-80 Series 1,191 stretched and modernized version of the DC-9
MD-90 117 stretched and modernized version of the MD-80

Specially built models

Although aircraft are commonly ordered with features or options at the request of the ordering airline, there are certain models which have been built specifically for the customer.

The Boeing 707-138B was a shortened fuselage, long range model only sold to Qantas.

The Boeing 757-200 Combi was a single example model built for Royal Nepal Airlines, though the engineering design of the freight door was subsequently used when UPS was the launch customer for the 757-200PF several years later.

The 747SP production line was re-opened nearly four years after the previous 747SP was built. One aircraft was built for the United Arab Emirates. The cockpit, unlike that of other 747SP, had a crew of two instead of three.

Douglas, prior to its merger with McDonnell, built the DC-9-20 for Scandinavian Airlines. This model combined the fuselage of the DC-9-10 with the wings of a DC-9-30. No other airline ordered the aircraft.

Concept designs

Organization

BCA is currently organized as:

  • Boeing Commercial Airplanes
    • Airplane Programs
    • 787 Program
    • Commercial Aviation Services

BCA subsidiaries:

Facilities

References


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