KLM. The end of an era is approaching. The final ever Boeing 737-800 is due to be delivered to KLM before the end of this year. This is the final 737 NG aircraft to be delivered. The aircraft was due for delivery earlier this year but the hull had been tapped incorrectly and had to be exchanged by the supplier, Spirit Aerosystems. 2 days ago · Air-safety officials probing last week’s fuselage blowout on a Boeing Co. 737 aircraft say they may widen their investigation beyond the Max 9 variant after multiple airlines — including Yes, the plane is wider than longer, and much shorter than the -800 and -900. Like all 737 Next-Generation aircraft, the 737-700 is 41 ft 3 in/12.5 m tall. The Boeing 737-700 is configured for Southwest Airlines to have single-class leather seating of 143 seats. 94. Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue. KARAN CHAUDHARY, BYLINE: After 53 years and more than 1,570 planes, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in Washington state this week on its way to serve as a cargo plane. Howard Hughes' Boeing 307 VIP plane known as the "Flying Penthouse." with Boeing receiving a new order of its BBJ 737-800 this year. Jet Edge International's Boeing Business Jet 737. The 737 −600/-700/-800/-900 models are still being produced, and past experience suggests that such aircraft have something like a 30-year working life span. You never know however if unexpected events (like an oil crisis, or the discovery that airliners cause serious health issues in law-makers' children) will dramatically change the Bloomberg reports that American will retire 45 of their Boeing 737-800 aircraft over the next couple of years. Specifically, they plan to retire 12 737s in 2019, and then 33 737s in 2020. At the moment American has 310 Boeing 737s, which comprises about a third of their total mainline fleet. The average age for their 737s is 8.2 years. yKCR76.