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Boeing recently completed work on the first BBJ 3 (Boeing Business Jet). The BBJ 3 is a new, larger business jet based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range). The BBJ 3 has 1,120 square feet (104 square meters) of floor space, and provides 35 percent more interior space and 89 percent more luggage space than the BBJ 2. The BBJ 3’s range is between 5,435 nmi (10,066 km) and 4,725 nmi (8,751 km) depending on the number of passengers flown.

The Boeing Company recorded 1,413 net commercial airplane orders during 2007, reaching more than 1,000 orders for an unprecedented third consecutive year, and setting a Boeing record for total orders in a single year.
Boeing also set new order records for the 787 Dreamliner, the 737, and for Boeing freighters.

Boeing may decide to launch a replacement programme for the 737 before May 2009.

Boeing Co. said Thursday
its first 737-700ER
passenger jet rolled out of
a Renton, Wash.,
manufacturing facility
earlier this week. The
airplane, which was
completed Tuesday, will
receive a painted livery and
go through preflight testing
before delivery to launch
customer Japan’s All
Nippon Airways, according
to a Boeing release. The
“ER” in the designator
refers to “extended
range.” The plane can fly
as far as 5,510 nautical
miles, which is up to 2,145
nautical miles farther than
the current 737-700. The
airplane is designed for
long-range commercial
applications with a flexible
cabin that may range from
a 48-person, all-business-
class, to a more traditional

All Nippon Airways To Receive Aircraft Early Next YearBoeing recently began final assembly of the first Next-Generation 737-700ER (Extended Range), one of
the newest members of the worlds most successful single-aisle airplane family. The wings, shown here, and landing gear are being joined to the 737-700ER
fuselage in the Boeing manufacturing facility in Renton, WA. Last-stage assembly and interiors installation will begin once the airplane joins the moving assembly
line. All Nippon Airways (ANA) is to receive the airplane in early 2007. Boeing launched the Next-Generation 737-700ER last January following an order
conversion from ANA for two airplanes. According to the company, the 737-700ER has the longest range capability of any

Boeing Business Jets today celebrates its 10-year anniversary by launching the newest member of its business jet family — the BBJ 3. The airplane, which is based on the new Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range), won two orders from undisclosed customers.
The new BBJ 3 is the largest BBJ family member and offers 1,120 square feet (104 [...]

For the second consecutive year, The Boeing Co. has sold more than 500 of its
popular 737. Boeing added 26 more of the Renton-built, single-aisle jets to its 2006
order book Thursday, pushing its net order total for the year for that model to 503.
The company did not identify the customer or customers for the latest 737s.

RENTON, Wash. — Indonesian dancers waving yellow flags highlighted
the rollout ceremony for the first 737-900-E-R. The Indonesian airline Lion
Air is the launch customer for the newest and largest member of the 737
family. It can carry as many as 215 passengers on flights as far as 37-
hundred miles. The airline has ordered 60 of the planes to expand
operations in Asia. More than one-thousand employees and guests filled
a Boeing hangar at the factory in Renton for today’s rollout.