Anyone flying Long haul with an 737Ng?
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Anyone flying Long haul with an 737Ng?
Hi guys,
I am wondering if there is someone out there flying long haul with the 737Ng.
I was recently going throught avherald and saw a news regarding a 737-800 flying from TER (lajes, in the Azores) to PUJ (Punta Cana, near Cuba).
This is an ETOPS segment of nearly 2500Nm, so I am impressed.
Is this really possible? Can they actually carry any pax? Are they using extra tanks, or is just the range at heavy MTOW simply that increadible?
Regards,
I am wondering if there is someone out there flying long haul with the 737Ng.
I was recently going throught avherald and saw a news regarding a 737-800 flying from TER (lajes, in the Azores) to PUJ (Punta Cana, near Cuba).
This is an ETOPS segment of nearly 2500Nm, so I am impressed.
Is this really possible? Can they actually carry any pax? Are they using extra tanks, or is just the range at heavy MTOW simply that increadible?
Regards,
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Didn't Globespan used to fly from scotland to the westcoast with 738s? Apart from that, 2500NM is not all that much. We did a couple hamburg - goose bay flights, however low passenger numbers as it was a private charter for a major european aerospace company.
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I think LH had a subsidiary which operated a business class only service from FRA or CGN to EWR, with about 70 seats on a 737.
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You enjoy the highest comfort and ideal connections on your flight between Europe and the USA. On board there is only one class of service - Business Class with only 44 seats on the Boeing 737 on flights to/from Munich and 48 seats on the Airbus A319 to/from Dusseldorf.[1] Lufthansa will operate this additional, all-Business Class flight with a Boeing 737 that has been refitted as a Business Jet. The aircraft has 44 modern lie-flat seats. When fully reclined, these provide an almost horizontal sleeping surface measuring two metres (6’6”) in length. Flights depart Frankfurt daily except Saturdays at 8.15 hrs and arrive in Newark at 11.45 hrs. Each day the new connection will be the first Lufthansa flight to land in New York. The return flight is scheduled for 15.55 hrs, touching down in Frankfurt the following day at 5.40 hrs. These flights can, of course, be combined with any of the existing services between New York and Frankfurt or Munich.
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You enjoy the highest comfort and ideal connections on your flight between Europe and the USA. On board there is only one class of service - Business Class with only 44 seats on the Boeing 737 on flights to/from Munich and 48 seats on the Airbus A319 to/from Dusseldorf.[1] Lufthansa will operate this additional, all-Business Class flight with a Boeing 737 that has been refitted as a Business Jet. The aircraft has 44 modern lie-flat seats. When fully reclined, these provide an almost horizontal sleeping surface measuring two metres (6’6”) in length. Flights depart Frankfurt daily except Saturdays at 8.15 hrs and arrive in Newark at 11.45 hrs. Each day the new connection will be the first Lufthansa flight to land in New York. The return flight is scheduled for 15.55 hrs, touching down in Frankfurt the following day at 5.40 hrs. These flights can, of course, be combined with any of the existing services between New York and Frankfurt or Munich.
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When I were with Astraeus we regularly flew EGKK-CYDF with a full (149) load with fuel capacity to spare - around 2250nm (still considered 'short-haul' by the BA Jumbo queens). Only occasionally did ETOPS 'additional' take us up to full tanks.
It's a 737-700ER- Basically a BBJ1 with a 2 class interior.
From the Boeing website:-
From the Boeing website:-
The high-performance derivative comes with an option for up to nine auxiliary fuel tanks, giving it a maximum fuel capacity of 10,707 gallons (40,530 liters) and a maximum range of 5,630 nautical miles (10,425 km).
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Thanks for your replies.
RTO, 2900nm in an 800? Whow....impressed.
Is that with max takeoff weights and charter configuration ( how many seats and blocked seats)?
Even without being ETOPS, that is a long flight...can really imagine the fuel tanks being filled right to the limit!
May I ask origin and destination of those flights?
RTO, 2900nm in an 800? Whow....impressed.
Is that with max takeoff weights and charter configuration ( how many seats and blocked seats)?
Even without being ETOPS, that is a long flight...can really imagine the fuel tanks being filled right to the limit!
May I ask origin and destination of those flights?
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KLM operated wet leased privatair 737NG for a second daily AMS-Houston for years. Just to boost business class capasity between 2 oil industry areas. They'll replace it with an A332 soon though.
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Turkish has just ordered 10 737-900s to replace A330s on their African network. Will be configured with 151 seats and fly sectors up to 5500km (IST-DAR)
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Pacific Blue operate a stock standard 737-800 on the following routes which is pretty much the operational limit if you want to keep the Regular in Public Transport. These airlines that are pushing it out to nearly 3000NM aren't arriving with much fuel!
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B737-800ng
Malaysian Airlines (MH) operates their new B737-800 on long haul ETOPs flights from KUL to various dest in India and Japan....and have a comfortable amount of fuel on arrival at dest....!!
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