Norwegian.com (Norwegian Air Shuttle) Boeing 737-86N WL LN-NOQ (msn 32658) (Kristian Birkeland) LGW (Richard Vandervord), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Boeing (Chicago) announced it has successfully achieved a production rate of 35 airplanes a month for the Next-Generation 737, with the delivery of the first airplane produced at the new rate to AWAS Aviation Services, Inc. Norwegian Air Shuttle is leasing this airplane, Boeing 737-8JP LN-NOY (msn 39419), from AWAS starting on January 10. The 35th airplane to be built at the new rate is on schedule to roll out of the factory which demonstrates that the production system has been operating successfully at a rate of 35 airplanes a month.
According to Boeing, employees will focus on stabilizing the production rate at 35 a month while investments are underway to go up in rate to 38 737s a month in second quarter 2013 and 42 a month in the first half of 2014.
Top Copyright Photo: Richard Vandervord.
Bottom Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. The first high-production 737, 737-8JP LN-NOY, taxies at Boeing Field prior to the official contractual handover. The tail image will be added later.
