18-445: The Boeing Yellowstone Project was a Boeing Commercial Airplanes project to replace its entire civil aircraft portfolio with advanced technology aircraft. New technologies to be introduced include composite aerostructures , more electrical systems (instead of hydraulic systems), and more fuel-efficient turbofan engines (such as the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G , General Electric GEnx ,
36-592: A "scapegoat" as he had only joined BCA during the later stages of the 737 MAX's development. In March 2024, Deal was in turn replaced by Stephanie Pope, formerly head of the Boeing Global Services division. For all models sold beginning with the Boeing 707 in 1957, except the Boeing 720 , Boeing's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 7X7 (X representing a number). All model designations from 707 through 787 have been assigned, leaving 797 as
54-471: A 747-400 passenger aircraft for China Airlines with customer code 09 subsequently sold to will be designated as 747-409(LCF) (instead of the original 747-409). Exceptions existed, such as in some cases if an airline cancelled or sold their order before Boeing had commenced building the airframe, the customer code would be changed to that of the new purchaser. One such example is the order for sixteen 737-800s taken over by Qantas from American Airlines after
72-407: A Boeing converted freighter ( 747-400BCF ). The table below lists only airliners from the jet era. Data from Boeing through April 2023 Airlines commonly order aircraft with special features or options, but Boeing builds certain models specifically for a particular customer. List of Boeing customer codes Unique, fixed customer codes were used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to denote
90-589: A dozen engineering, manufacturing, and assembly facilities, notably the Everett Factory and Renton Factory (both outside of Seattle ), and the South Carolina Factory . It includes the assets of the Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation, which merged with Boeing in 1997. As of the end of 2021, BCA employed about 35,926 people. Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA)
108-506: A new purpose-built unit headed by Stan Deal. Keith Leverkuhn was the vice president and general manager of the 737 MAX program in March 2017 when it received certification. McAllister was eventually ousted by Boeing in October 2019, in the midst of a company crisis following two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jets. Stan Deal succeeded him in both of his positions. One insider called McAllister
126-416: A passenger and freighter configuration ( 727-100C ), "SR" or "D" for "short range" and "domestic" ( 747-400D , 747SR ), and "M" for "combi" aircraft that are configured to carry both passengers and freight at the same time ( 757-200M , 747-400M ). Passenger aircraft that are originally manufactured as passenger aircraft and later converted to freighter configuration by Boeing carry the suffix "BCF" designating
144-560: Is divided into three projects: Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes ( BCA ) is a division of the Boeing Company . It designs , assembles, markets, and sells commercial aircraft, including the 737 , 767 , 777 , and 787 , along with freighter and business jet variants of most. The division employs nearly 35,000 people, many working at the company's division headquarters in Renton, Washington or at more than
162-452: Is organized as: BCA subsidiaries: In November 2016, Boeing announced that Ray Conner would step down immediately as BCA's president and CEO. He was succeeded by Kevin G. McAllister , who was the first outside recruitment in BCA history. McAllister was instructed by Dennis Muilenburg to triple revenue from aftermarket services from $ 15 billion to a target of $ 50 billion over 10 years, with
180-530: The CFM International CFM56 , and the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 ). The term "Yellowstone" refers to the technologies, while "Y1" through "Y3" refer to the actual aircraft. The first of these projects, Y2, entered service as the Boeing 787 . The second project, Y3, is expected to enter service as the Boeing 777X . The Y1 project was cancelled in favor of the re-engined Boeing 737 MAX . Yellowstone
198-613: The September 11 attacks in 2001 - these aircraft were delivered with Qantas' 38 code rather than 23 for American. Also, 2 747-200Bs purchased by British Airways were sold while under construction, to Malaysian Airline System and remained 747-236Bs. Another case is a situation where Boeing sells experimental aircraft to an airline, one example being the first two 777-300ERs built initially as experimental aircraft for Boeing which were subsequently sold to Japan Airlines had their codes changed from 777-300(ER) to 777-346(ER). Customer codes used for
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#1732859241885216-433: The 377 Stratocruiser did not carry over into the 7x7 series. Boeing generally allocated new codes in sequence, with the exception of 01 to 19 being issued after 21 to 99. Code number 20 itself came to be reserved for Boeing's own use, though this was only ever formally the case for the 707. Airlines in italics are defunct . Please note that the list of aircraft types for each airline is only those produced with that of
234-414: The following examples: The codes do not change if the aircraft is subsequently sold, such as if a passenger aircraft is owned and operated by another airline or converted into a freighter. Several examples are several 777-300s originally built for Emirates with customer code 1H and subsequently sold to Cathay Pacific are still designated at 777-31H, and a Boeing Dreamlifter that was originally built as
252-423: The model. The codes were removed from the type certificates for each model with effect from the production line number shown below: Furthermore, customer codes have never been used for Boeing airplane models launched after the termination of customer codes, namely the 787 , 737 MAX and 777X . The codes are in the form of two letters and/or digits which are appended to the aircraft's model designator, as seen in
270-425: The only 7X7 model name not assigned to a product. For models 707 to 777 , the full model number consists of an airplane's model number, for example, 707 or 747 , followed by a hyphen and three digits that represent the series within the model, for example, 707-320 or 747-400 . In aviation circles, a more specific model designation is sometimes used where the last two digits of the series designator are replaced by
288-400: The original customer for airframes produced as part of Boeing's 377 Stratocruiser and later 7x7 families of commercial aircraft until 2016. Boeing first used customer codes for the 377-10 Stratocruiser . In 2016, Boeing announced that they would no longer apply customer codes to any aircraft produced after a certain point, which would lead to their designators being the "generic" type for
306-523: The series, for example, 787-8. This convention was followed in the development of the newest version of the 747, the 747-8, along with the 737 MAX and 777X series. Additional letters are sometimes appended to the model name as a suffix, including "ER" to designate an "extended range" version, such as the 777-300ER , or "LR" to designate a "long range" version, for example 777-200LR . Other suffix designators include "F" for "freighter" ( 747-400F ), "C" for "convertible" aircraft that can be converted between
324-419: The two-digit, alpha-numeric Boeing customer code , for example, 747-121, representing a 747-100 originally ordered by Pan American World Airways (Boeing customer code 21) or 737-7H4, representing a 737-700 originally ordered by Southwest Airlines (Boeing customer code H4). Codes do not change for aircraft transferred from one airline to another. Unlike other models, the 787 uses a single digit to designate
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