Unique, fixed Boeing customer codes have been used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to identify the original customer for an aircraft since the advent of the Boeing 707.
An example would be a Boeing 747-400 ordered by British Airways would be a Boeing 747-436 (36 being the customer code). The codes do not change if the aircraft is subsequently sold as they reflect the original configuration of the aircraft.
Before the 707, Boeing used a generally similar system to identify the presence of detailed variations or options requested by particular customers, but the codes were not customer-specific. A Boeing 377 Stratocruiser built to the requirements of United Air Lines, for instance, was designated a Model 377-10-34. Today, the permanent code denoting United Airlines is 22, not 34.
The order of codes has not been sequential, as the first 707 was designated the 707-120 by Boeing, so the customer codes started at 21:
- 21 to 99 - First Sequence
- 01 to 19 - Second Sequence
- A0 to Z9 - Third Sequence
- 0A to 9Z - Fourth Sequence
- AA to ZZ - Fifth and current sequence
Code | Customer | Notes | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 | Piedmont Airlines | 737, 767 | ||||
02 | Northern Consolidated Airlines | 737 | ||||
03 | Caribair (Caribbean Atlantic Airlines) | Not used | ||||
04 | Britannia Airways → Thomson Airways | 737, 757, 767 | ||||
05 | Braathens SAFE → Braathens | 737, 767 | ||||
06 | KLM | 737, 747, 767, 777 | ||||
07 | Luftwaffe | 707 | ||||
08 | Icelandair | 727, 737, 757 | ||||
09 | China Airlines | 707, 727, 737, 747, 767 | ||||
10 | Wien Consolidated → Wien Air Alaska | 737 | ||||
11 | Wardair | 707, 727, 747 | ||||
12 | Malaysia-Singapore Airlines → Singapore Airlines | 707, 727, 737, 747, 757, 777 | ||||
13 | Ariana Afghan Airlines | 727 | ||||
14 | Pacific Southwest Airlines | 727, 737 | ||||
15 | Lake Central Airlines | Not used | ||||
16 | LAN Airlines | 707, 727, 767, 777 | ||||
17 | Canadian Pacific Air Lines | 727, 737, 747, 767 | ||||
18 | British European Airways | Not used | ||||
19 | New Zealand National Airways Corporation → Air New Zealand | 737, 747, 767, 777 | ||||
20 | Boeing | |||||
21 | Pan American World Airways | 707, 720B, 727, 747 | ||||
22 | United Airlines | 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 | ||||
23 | American Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 | ||||
24 | Continental Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 | ||||
25 | Eastern Air Lines | 720, 727, 757 | ||||
26 | United States Air Force (USAF) - Military Air Transport Service (MATS) | C-137 | ||||
27 | Braniff | 707, 720, 727, 747 | ||||
28 | Air France | 707, 727, 737, 747, 767, 777 | ||||
29 | Sabena/Brussels Airlines | 707, 727, 737, 747 | ||||
30 | Deutsche Lufthansa/Condor | 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767 | ||||
31 | Trans World Airlines | 707, 717, 727, 747, 757, 767 | ||||
32 | Delta Air Lines | 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 | ||||
33 | Air Canada | 727, 747, 767, 777 | ||||
34 | Transair Sweden | 727 | ||||
35 | National Airlines | 727, 747 | ||||
36 | BOAC → British Airways | 707, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 | ||||
37 | Air India | 707, 737, 747, 777 | ||||
38 | Qantas | 707, 737, 747, 767 | ||||
39 | Cubana | 707 (not del) | ||||
40 | Pakistan International Airlines | 707, 720, 737, 747, 777 | ||||
41 | Varig Brazilian Airlines | 707, 727, 737, 747, 767 | ||||
42 | Nordair | 727, 737 | ||||
43 | Alitalia | 727, 747, 767, 777 | ||||
44 | South African Airways | 707, 727, 737, 747 | ||||
45 | Seaboard World Airlines | 707, 747 | ||||
46 | Japan Airlines (JAL) | 727, 737, 747, 767, 777, 787 | ||||
47 | Western Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 737 | ||||
48 | Aer Lingus | 707, 720, 737, 747 | ||||
49 | Flying Tiger Line | 707, 747 | ||||
50 | Trek Airways | |||||
51 | Northwest Orient Airlines → Northwest Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 747, 757 | ||||
52 | Aeromexico | 737, 767 | ||||
53 | United States Air Force | 707 (C-137), 737 (T-43) | ||||
More at this linkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Boeing_customer_codes |
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