Originally Posted by
RufusXS
So the 737 has carried 16.8 billion passengers as of 2014, was debuted before the 747, and has been produced in vastly greater quantity. So by your standards it would blow away the 747, no?
It depends entirely on what measure you choose. A B744, for example, typically generates around 5 times as many RPKs per day than a B738, but the latter will carry nearly 3 times as many passengers daily.