{"id":261245,"date":"2010-02-01T16:42:17","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T21:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/?p=15250"},"modified":"2010-02-01T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T21:42:17","slug":"boeing-improvements-produce-better-next-generation-737s-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/261245","title":{"rendered":"Boeing improvements produce better next-generation 737s faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15301\" title=\"boeing-ba-737-production\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/boeing-ba-737-production-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/>In just 12 years, Boeing (NYSE: BA) employees in Renton, Wash., built and delivered 3,133 Next-Generation 737 airplanes.<\/p>\n<p>It took 32 years to produce that same number of earlier-model 737s. Relentless employee and supplier focus on efficiency has resulted in 121 customer airlines receiving their airplanes more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 23, GOL Airlines flew the record-making airplane, a 737-800, to its base in Brazil. Minutes later, a second GOL flight crew departed from Seattle on an identical 737-800. <span id=\"more-15250\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after delivering the first Next-Generation 737 in 1997, Boeing employees and suppliers began a dual journey to continuously update the airplanes and produce them more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>Employees now assemble the airplanes in just 10 days, compared to 22 days in the past. Boeing produces 31 Next-Generation 737s a month &#8211; better than an airplane a day, including weekends and holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Next-Generation 737s are lighter, consume less fuel, release fewer emissions and are more economical to operate and maintain.<\/p>\n<p>Airplanes delivered between September 2008 and September 2009 had so few technical issues that passengers left the airport gate on time 99.8 percent of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Next-Generation 737s are as versatile and flexible as they are efficient.<\/p>\n<p>The airplane serves as a platform for military transport and surveillance vehicles, as private jets and as commercial airplanes operated around the world by every type of carrier from low-cost to those offering premier service.<\/p>\n<p>In the next few years, passengers will enjoy the new 737 Boeing Sky Interior and airlines will operate models that reduce fuel consumption and emissions by a further two percent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDIA CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vicki Ray, +1 206-852-3319<br \/>\n737 Communications<a href=\"mailto:vicki.l.ray@boeing.com\"><br \/>\nvicki.l.ray@boeing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nicolaas Groeneveld-Meijer, +1 206-228-4527<br \/>\nBoeing International &amp; Sales Communications<a href=\"mailto:Nicolaas.W.Groeneveld-Meijer@boeing.com\"><br \/>\nnicolaas.w.groeneveld-meijer@boeing.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0_bN-bdbVvQ_PrzvDkPyJ_uGdow\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0_bN-bdbVvQ_PrzvDkPyJ_uGdow\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0_bN-bdbVvQ_PrzvDkPyJ_uGdow\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/0_bN-bdbVvQ_PrzvDkPyJ_uGdow\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=7xDDK1PSRwo:0oXspMh3Pmk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=7xDDK1PSRwo:0oXspMh3Pmk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=7xDDK1PSRwo:0oXspMh3Pmk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=7xDDK1PSRwo:0oXspMh3Pmk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/7xDDK1PSRwo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just 12 years, Boeing (NYSE: BA) employees in Renton, Wash., built and delivered 3,133 Next-Generation 737 airplanes. 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