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Boeing 737 facts

• The 737 is the best-selling commercial jetliner of all time.
• Airlines and other operators have ordered more than 3,300 Boeing 737s, with more than 2,700 having been delivered. Currently, more than 250 customers in 95 countries fly 737s.
• Over 700 737s are in the air at all times.
• The 737 fleet has carried approximately 4.3 billion passengers, equal to more than half of the world's population.
• In 27 years of operation, the 737 fleet has flown more than 26.6 billion miles -- approximately 130 round trips from Earth to the sun.
• The 737 fleet has produced more than 71 million hours of revenue service for its operators -- equivalent to about 8,105 years of continuous service (through March 31, 1996).
• The 737 fleet has made more than 62 million flights (as of March 31, 1996).
• The current-generation 737 is the most reliable jet airplane in commercial aviation today, with a dispatch reliability of 99.4% (12-month average through March 31, 1996).
• There are approximately 40.5 miles (67.5 km) of wire in a 737-300.
• Over 1,200 companies supply the approximately one million individual parts in each 737.
• Of the 9,235 Boeing commercial jets ordered, approximately 36 percent have been 737 family members (as of June 30, 1996).

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