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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.

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

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

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.