With the Airbus A350 recently entering service, there have been quite a few launches and with them launch customers in the last few years. To look back over the years I have started compiling a list of the launch customers of various aircraft.
So this first article will begin with the launch customers of all Boeing jet aircraft. (By launch customers we mean the first airline to put the aircraft into commercial service.)
Boeing 707 Family
| 707-100 |
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
|
| 707-200 |
Braniff |
| 707-300 |
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
|
| 707-400 |
British Overseas Aircraft Corporation (BOAC) |
| 720 (707-020) |
United Airlines |
Boeing 717 Family
Boeing 727 Family
| 727-100 |
United Airlines |
| 727-200 |
Northeast Airlines |
| 727-200 Adv |
All Nippon Airways |
Boeing 737 Family
| 737-100 |
Lufthansa |
| 737-200 |
United Airlines |
| 737-200C |
Wien Consolidated |
| 737-200 Adv |
All Nippon Airlines
|
| 737-300 |
Southwest Airlines
|
| 737-400 |
Piedmont |
| 737-500 |
Southwest Airlines |
| 737-600 |
SAS (Scandanavian)
|
| 737-700 |
Southwest Airlines |
| 737-800 |
Hapag-Lloyd |
| 737-900 |
Alaska Airlines
|
| 737-900ER |
Lion Air |
Boeing 747 Family
| 747-100 |
Pan American World Airways |
| 747SR |
Japan Airlines |
| 747-200 |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
|
| 747-200F |
Lufthansa |
| 747-200C |
World Airways |
| 747SP |
Pan American Airways |
| 747-200M |
Air Canada |
| 747-300 |
Swissair |
| 747-400 |
Northwest |
| 747-400M |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
|
| 747-400D |
Japan Air Lines |
| 747-400F |
Cargolux |
| 747-400ER |
Qantas |
| 747-400ERF |
Air France |
| 747-8F |
Cargolux |
| 747-8i |
Lufthansa |
Boeing 757 Family
| 757-200 |
Eastern |
| 757-200F |
UPS |
| 757-200M |
Royal Nepal Airlines
|
| 757-300 |
Condor |
Boeing 767 Family
| 767-200 |
United Airlines |
| 767-200ER |
El Al Israel Airlines |
| 767-300 |
Japan Airlines |
| 767-300ER |
American Airlines |
| 767-300F |
UPS |
| 767-400ER |
Continental Airlines |
Boeing 777 Family
| 777-200 |
United Airlines |
| 777-200ER |
British Airways |
| 777-300 |
Cathay Pacific |
| 777-300ER |
Air France |
| 777-200LR |
Pakistan International Airlines |
| 777F |
Air France |
Boeing 787 Family
| 787-8 |
All Nippon Airways |
| 787-9 |
Air New Zealand |
We are working on lists of the launch customers for other aircraft as well and we will publish them soon.
Note – While we have tried to ensure that all the data above is correct, if you find any inconsistencies, please help us correct them via a comment.
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Great to see the list put together. More nicer if you can add the date or at least the year they were handed over!