Boeing 737 Case Study

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The aviation industry has come a long way in the one hundred and 15 years since the first flight. The first ever-commercial jet aircraft to have over 10,000 orders is the Boeing 737 series (Boeing.com, 2018). Thanks to the predecessors, the Boeing 707 and 727, the Boeing 737 has become the most widely used airframe worldwide in commercial jet transportation. All this may not have come to fruition if it wasn’t for an unlikely consumer, a little company called Lufthansa out of the country of Germany that led the way and making the first order of 20 Boeing 737-100’s. From there it is all history and its usage is clearly evident in our skies today. Boeing has the Next-Generation 737 MAX already in the development and certification
It had become more connected economically has many countries attempted to recover. Travel by businesses increased and Air travel overtook rail and boat. Through competing efforts with aviation leaders like Lockheed, Convair, and Douglas, later known as the DC-9. Boeing had to introduce the Boeing 707 and 727 to meet the commercial aviation need to remain relevant. In 1952, Boeing bet the bank with its own money by investing 16 million of its own money in the development of the 387-80 also known as the “Dash 80” (Boeing 707, 2018). Boeing utilized this prototype for proof of concept and directly to develop the 707 and military KC-135. The 707 were later modified to the 720 where it could perform short to medium flight routes and replaced by the 727 and 737 (Boeing 707, 2018). The Boeing 727 became the first commercial jet to surpass 1,000 orders due to its versatility, which set the stage for the 737 to take the field (Boeing 727, 2018). Boeing placed the 727 through rigorous tests implemented the first auxiliary power unit, APU, to help curb the need for ground power which was non existent at primitive airports and would become very relevant and profit producing to foreign countries (Boeing 727, 2018). To help boost their sales Boeing took the 727 on a 76,000-mile tour to over 26 countries, that with 189 passengers carrying capability and convertible pallet seat and galley lead to 1,832 total being produced and sold (Boeing 727,

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