Shenzhen Airlines celebrates Delivery of First 737-900

Shenzhen Airlines today celebrated delivery of its first Boeing 737-900 airplane.

The airplane is the first of five 737-900s that Shenzhen Airlines will receive through 2005 for domestic and regional routes.

Shenzhen Airlines is the first Chinese carrier to order the 737-900 and this is the carrier's first direct delivery from Boeing.

The Shenzhen 737-900 carries 189 passengers up to 2,745 nautical miles (5,083 kilometers), and is capable of serving such routes as Shenzhen -- Beijing and Urumqi -- Shenzhen. Like the other Next-Generation 737 airplanes, it incorporates a new, advanced-technology wing design that helps increase fuel capacity and efficiency, both  of which increase range.

"Shenzhen Airlines exhibits a visionary perspective of the market with this important delivery,” said Rob Laird, vice president, China Sales - Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "The capabilities, efficiency, economics and passenger comfort of the 737-900 clearly keep Shenzhen Airlines at the forefront of the world's airlines"

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