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What will Boeing replace the 737 with?
Boeing Y1
Yellowstone projects Yellowstone is divided into three projects: Boeing Y1, to replace the Boeing 737, 757, and 767-200 product lines. The Y1 covers the 100- to 250-passenger market, and is expected to be the second Yellowstone Project aircraft to be developed.
Does Boeing still make the 737 ng?
Boeing stopped assembling commercial 737NGs in 2019 and made the final deliveries in January 2020. The 737NG is superseded by the fourth generation 737 MAX, introduced in 2017.
What is wrong with the 737 MAX planes?
According to Boeing and the FAA, the problem first became apparent during testing of a newly manufactured 737 Max 8, which had yet to be delivered to its owner. It was found that electrical power systems on the aircraft were not working correctly.
Are any 737 MAX still flying?
Boeing’s 737 Max is back in service in most of the world, but China remains a holdout. Plus: Everything you need to know about the aircraft. The Boeing 737 Max 8. Two years after it was banned from flying passengers, the Boeing 737 Max has been cleared to return to the skies in much of the world.
Are there plans to replace the Boeing 737?
At the beginning of this decade, Boeing was considering replacing the 737 with an all-new airplane, envisioning a lighter-weight, elliptical composite fuselage, an advanced electrical system and, of course, easy clearance to fit a larger, more efficient engine. But new plane designs inherently carry more risk.
Why are the engines on the Boeing 737 so big?
As Boeing has stretched its bestselling plane over the years to fit more passengers and the bypass fans on jet engines have gotten bigger to drive more air, Boeing has had to come up with creative solutions on successive models to make the engines fit under the wings.
Why did Boeing change the nose of the 737 MAX?
On the 737 MAX, which debuted in 2017, the engines were placed higher up on the wings and further forward. Boeing discovered that their greater size and position gave the plane’s nose a tendency to tilt upward in certain high-speed maneuvers, running the risk that it could lose lift.
Why are Boeing 737 fuselages built in Kansas?
737 fuselages are built in Wichita Kansas and are transported by train to Renton, Washington, where the plane is assembled. Why outsource the fuselage all the way to Kansas? The cost of moving the fuselages by rail can’t be trivial. Perhaps it’s because of state tax credits, or maybe because Boeing bought Spirit Aerospace which was in Wichita?