DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Rolls Out First Next-Generation 737 At Higher Production Rate
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 18, 2013: Boeing (NYSE: BA) has rolled out the first Next-Generation 737 built at the new production rate of 38 airplanes a month. Panamanian customer Copa Airlines will take delivery of the 737-800 in early April.
The airplane will now undergo functional, systems and flight testing over the next three weeks before being delivered.
Boeing is in the process of increasing the production rate on its 737 program from 35 to 38 airplanes per month because of market demand for the world's best-selling commercial jetliner. Next year, the 737 production rate will increase to 42 airplanes per month.
Copa Airlines operates a fleet of more than 50 Next-Generation 737s.
About Copa Holdings, S.A.
Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia, subsidiaries of Copa Holdings, are leading Latin American providers of passengers and cargo services. The airlines provide service to 65 destinations in 29 countries in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, operating one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the industry, consisting of 83 aircraft: 57 Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft and 26 Embraer-190s. From the U.S., Copa Airlines currently offers nonstop service to Panama from Miami, New York City (JFK), Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. (Dulles), Orlando, Chicago (O’Hare) and Las Vegas, and will begin daily nonstop service between Boston and Panama on July 10. Copa Airlines joined Star Alliance in June 2012. For more information, visit www.copa.com
Contact:
Kristi Moen
737 Program
+1 206-459-0805
Kristi.j.moen@boeing.com
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