Alaska Airlines N536AS

Alaska Airlines N536AS being towed to Kilo North at Paine Field for a delivery ceremony January 27, 2012.

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• KPAE
• Paine Field

[Vbuttstedt]

@CJCA915 Not from the sell code. Well in a way you could, like the world knows Ryanair has a 189 seat with a 30" seat pitch, non-reclining seats...

The only variations available in a 737-800 are seating configurations. If it's a BBJ, for example, 737-8HF BBJ, a 737, 800 in BBJ configuration for customer Luxury Ocean Ltd.

[CJCA915]

... or some other variant of an aircraft...

[CJCA915]

@Vbuttstedt So how do you tell if it's a variant from the standard -800?

[Vbuttstedt]

@CJCA915 Before the 707 it was configuration specific, it wasn't really customer specific. But now, every boeing that is delivered, has the "serie"-"model"+"Customer code". So, 737-890, is a Boeing 737 series, 800 model, 90-Alaska Airlines customer.

If you google "Boeing Customer Codes", you end up with a wikipedia source, there are all the codes, and explanation.

[CJCA915]

@Vbuttstedt My dad has worked for Boeing, Northwest, and now Delta, and any change from the -800 is a version of the -800 with a few changes... be it seating arrangement, etc. or at least it used to be prior to the 707. 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.

[Vbuttstedt]

@CJCA915 Sorry dude, but I have to disagree on that, the last 2 digits are Boeing Customer Code. So, -890 means its a 737-800 for Alaska Airlines. For example, all 737 for Ryanair, ends 8AS...

[CJCA915]

@EdgarCruz11 The 90 after the 8, means it's a variant of the 800 series...

Just like United 93 was a 757–222... not the standard 757-200...

[EdgarCruz11]

@CJCA915 890? it is 800 only



[CJCA915]

Before people ask, it's a 737-890...

[joaobarboza25]

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