Boeing's popular passenger-inspired 737 Boeing Sky Interior today marked its 500th delivery and its second anniversary in service. Th...
The Next-Generation 737-800 was delivered to Newport Beach, Calif.-based leasing company Aviation Capital Group (ACG). Panama-based Copa Airlines will lease and operate the new airplane.
Since the Boeing Sky Interior's first delivery in October 2010, 65 airlines and leasing companies have ordered the new interior.
The 737 Boeing Sky Interior features new modern sculpted sidewalls and window reveals, LED lighting that enhances the sense of spaciousness and larger pivoting overhead stowage bins.
More than 90 percent of Boeing's backlog of more than 2,800 Next-Generation 737s will be delivered with the Boeing Sky Interior. The Boeing Sky Interior will be standard on the 737 MAX.
Copa Airlines operates a fleet of 83 airplanes. The airline has chosen the Boeing Sky Interior on all of their delivered airplanes since they were the first airline in Latin America to take delivery of the new interior in March 2011.
Two operators with Boeing Sky Interiors recently conducted passenger surveys that reinforced a substantial, noticeable preference for the new interior. Norwegian Air Shuttle found that more than 60 percent of respondents rate the Boeing Sky Interior more comfortable than the standard interior. The same percentage of passengers'felt happier'. Transavia, a Netherlands-based airline, also recently revealed its findings.
