Post World War II - Present
377 Stratocruiser Developed from B-29 First airliner post WWII First flight: 1947 Launch customer: Pan
Am (Pan American World Airways) 56 built
367-80 “Dash 80” Developed 1952-54 Built as a
demonstrator/prototype without a customer
707 Derived from Dash 80 First flight: 1957 Launch customer: Pan
Am 1010 built First commercially succesful jetliner
727 First flight: 1963 Launch Customer:
Eastern Airlines 1832 built
737 First flight: 1967 Launch Customer:
Lufthansa “Classic” -300,-400,-500: introduced 1984 Next Generation -600,700, -800, -900 introduced 1997 7865 built as of December 31, 2013
747 First flight: 1969 Launch customer: Pan-
Am 747-400, most popular variant, introduced 1988 Launch customer: Northwest Airlines 1482 built as of December 2013
757 First flight: 1982 Launch customer:
Eastern Airlines 1050 built
767 First flight: 1981 Launch Customer:
United Airlines 1061 built through December 2013 Boeing’s first wide body twinjet
777 First flight: 1994 Launch customer:
United Airlines 1163 built through December 2013 First plane designed entirely by computer
787 First flight: 2009 Launch customer: All
Nippon Airways Built from primarily from composite plastics rather than aluminium