The Boeing 737-500 is a twin-engined short-to-medium-range narrowbody airliner with a capacity of a maximum
of 132 passengers produced by the American manufacturer Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
The 'baby' Boeing, the B737-500 has almost reached the end of serving the United States.
With just three routes remaining, all international, the type has only 76 round-trip flights scheduled
in September. Want to know about it? Well, stay tuned to the video And watch the
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And in today's video, we are going to discuss “Soon To Be Extinct: Only 1 Boeing 737-500 Airline
Still Serves The US.” So without any further ado, Let's begin.
The 737-500 was introduced with the purchase of 20 planes in 1987 by Southwest Airlines.
The airline used the model, with a capacity of 122, to more efficiently handle longer
routes with a smaller number of passengers, Southwest’s corporate historian, Richard
West, wrote in 2016. That need dropped as its long-haul travel business increased, and
Southwest’s last 737-500 flew in September 2016.
Historically, the 737-500 has been a safe plane to fly. The Boeing 737-500 is the final
and shortest variant of the Boeing 737 Classic produced by the American manufacturer Boeing
Commercial Airplanes. It has a range of 2,950 nautical miles, and the 737-500 can accommodate
up to 132 passengers. The Boeing 737-500's last scheduled use to the US is with Bahamasair.
The carrier has two 735s (C6-BFD and -BFE) with an average of 28.2 years, ch-aviation
indicates, each with 120 seats in an all-economy layout. Only 'BFD is active, Flightradar24
confirms. This specific aircraft was delivered to Malaysia Airlines in 1993 and remained
until 2000, was used by Air France between 2000 and 2005, moved to Indian Ocean carrier
Air Austral in 2005 and stayed until 2012, and took up its current home in June 2012.
In September, Bahamasair will use the B737-500 (code: 735; with winglets: 73E) on three routes
from Nassau, the Bahamas capital, to Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Orlando with an average
distance of just 233 miles. Note that the type won't be the only equipment used. In
fact, all three Florida routes mainly use the 138-seat B737-700, and at times the ATR-72
and smaller -42. On February 28, 1990, the first 737-500 was delivered to Southwest Airlines.
In the same year, it entered into service. The 737-500 became popular in Russia, having
some of its airlines purchase second-hand models of the aircraft. Several airlines include
Nordavia, S7 Airlines, UTair, Sky Express, Rossiya Airlines, Yamal Airlines, and Transaero.
These airlines purchased second-hand 737-500 in replacement of the old aircraft built by
the Soviet and also to enlarge their fleets. Aerolineas Argentinas, the flag carrier of
Argentina also acquired second-hand 737-500 in replacement of their 737-200. Production
of the Boeing 737 Classic took place from 1984 to 2000. There were 1,988 recorded deliveries,
389 of those were for 737-500. In 2004, the 735, one of three Classic 737 series, had
27.2 million seats within and to/from the US across four airlines: Southwest; United;
Continental; and CanJet. The latter was a Canadian operator which, in 2004, mainly used
the type on a scheduled basis from Montreal to New York LaGuardia. However, Halifax to
Tampa St Pete and Orlando and Hamilton to Orlando also saw the aircraft. Between 2014
and 2016, Southwest's B737-500 network revolved around just ten routes. Between them, they
had about two-thirds of capacity, Cirium shows. They were deployed on short sectors, an average
of just 329 miles (526km), and mainly involved its classic intra-Texas airport pairs. The
737-500 is equipped with new engines for an improved fuel economy and has modernized avionics.
The engines were placed ahead of the wing with the engine accessories on the sides of
the engine pods. The aircraft has the longest range among the 737 Classic variants and has
the smallest dimension. The aircraft has an exterior length of 31.01 meters, a height
of 11.12 meters, and has a fuselage diameter of 4.01 meters. The wing is designed to enhance
aerodynamics. It has a wingspan of 28.88 meters and a 23-centimeter extended wingtip. Now
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