List of Boeing customer codes
Unique, fixed customer codes were used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to denote the original customer for airframes produced as part of Boeing's 7x7 family of commercial aircraft from 1956 (except for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner), starting with the introduction of the 707, followed by the Boeing 717, Boeing 727, Boeing 737, Boeing 747, Boeing 757, Boeing 767 and Boeing 777 up until 2016.
The codes are in the form of two letters and/or digits which are appended to the aircraft's model designator, as seen in the following examples:
- A Boeing 707-100 ordered by Qantas with customer code 38 would be designated as 707-138.
- A Boeing 717 ordered by Hawaiian Airlines with customer code 2A would be designated as 717-22A.
- A Boeing 727-100 and 727-200 ordered by United Airlines with customer code 22 are designated as 727-022 (not -122) and 727-222 respectively.
- A Boeing 737-700 and 737-800 ordered by Southwest Airlines with customer code H4 would be designated as 737-7H4 and 737-8H4 respectively.
- A Boeing 747-200B, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 747-8I and Boeing 747-8F ordered by Korean Air with customer code B5 would be designated as, 747-2B5B, 747-4B5, 747-8B5 (not 747-8B5I) and 747-8B5(F) respectively.
- A Boeing 747SP ordered by Saudia with customer code 68 would be designated as Boeing 747SP-68 instead of 747-168(SP).
- A Boeing 747SR ordered by All Nippon Airways with customer code 81 would be designated as Boeing 747SR-81, instead of 747-181(SR).
- A Boeing 757-200 ordered by Delta Air Lines with customer code 32 would be designated as Boeing 757-232.
- A Boeing 767-300ER ordered by GECAS with customer code 6N would be designated as Boeing 767-36N(ER).
- A Boeing 777-200LR, 777-300, 777-300ER & 777F ordered by Emirates with customer code 1H would be designated as Boeing 777-21H(LR), Boeing 777-31H, Boeing 777-31H(ER) and 777-F1H (not 777-21H(F)) respectively.
The codes do not change if the aircraft is subsequently sold, such as if a passenger aircraft is owned and operated by another airline or converted into a freighter. Several examples are several 777-300s originally built for Emirates with customer code 1H and subsequently sold to Cathay Pacific are still designated at 777-31H, and a Boeing Dreamlifter that was originally built as a 747-400 passenger aircraft for China Airlines with customer code 09 subsequently sold to will be designated as 747-409(LCF) (instead of the original 747-409). Although in some cases if an airline cancelled or sold their order before Boeing had commenced building the airframe, the customer code would be changed to that of the new purchaser. One such example is the order for sixteen 737-800s taken over by Qantas from American Airlines after the September 11 attacks in 2001 - these aircraft were delivered with Qantas' 38 code rather than 23 for American. Also, 2 747-200Bs purchased by British Airways were sold while under construction, to Malaysian Airline System and remained 747-236Bs. Another case is a situation where Boeing sells experimental aircraft to an airline, one example being the first two 777-300ERs built initially as experimental aircraft for Boeing which were subsequently sold to Japan Airlines had their codes changed from 777-300(ER) to 777-346(ER).
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.
In 2016, Boeing announced that they would no longer apply customer codes to any aircraft produced after a certain point, which would lead to their designators being the "generic" type for the model. The codes were removed from the type certificates for each model with effect from the production line number shown below:
- Boeing 737 Next Generation: line number 6082
- Boeing P-8 Poseidon: line number 6020
- Boeing 747-8: line number 1534
- Boeing 767: line number 1102
- Boeing 777: line number 1422
Furthermore, customer codes have never been used for Boeing airplane models launched after the termination of customer codes, namely the 787, 737 MAX and 777X.
List[edit]
Boeing generally allocated new codes in sequence, with the exception of 01 to 19 being issued after 21 to 99. Code number 20 itself came to be reserved for Boeing's own use, though this was only ever formally the case for the 707.
- 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 final sequence
Airlines in italics are defunct.
Please note that the list of aircraft types for each airline is only those produced with that of the airline's code, and is not intended to reflect their complete operational history.
First sequence[edit]
Code | Customer[1] | Aircraft ordered |
---|---|---|
20 | Boeing, used for prototypes and general designations of 707 and 720 aircraft | 707, 720 |
21 | Pan Am / Pan American-Grace Airways | 707, 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 → United Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 |
25 | Eastern Air Lines | 720, 727, 747 (not delivered), 757 |
26 | United States Air Force - Military Air Transport Service | C-137 |
27 | Braniff International Airways | 707, 720, 727, 747 |
28 | Air France | 707, 727, 737, 747, 767, 777 |
29 | Sabena → SN Brussels Airlines → Brussels Airlines | 707, 727, 737, 747 |
30 | Lufthansa | 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 767 |
Condor Flugdienst | 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, 737, 747, 767, 777 |
34 | Transair Sweden | 727 |
35 | National Airlines | 727, 747 |
36 | British Overseas Airways Corporation → British Airways | 707, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 |
37 | Air India | 707, 737, 747, 777 |
38 | Qantas | 707, 737, 747, 767 |
39 | Cubana de Aviación | 707 (not delivered) |
40 | Pakistan International Airlines | 707, 720, 737, 747, 777 |
41 | Varig | 707, 727, 737, 747, 767 |
42 | Nordair | 727 (not built), 737 |
43 | Alitalia | 727, 747, 767, 777 |
44 | South African Airways | 707, 727, 737, 747 |
45 | Seaboard World Airlines | 707, 747 |
46 | Japan Airlines | 727, 737, 747, 767, 777 |
47 | Western Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 737 |
48 | Aer Lingus | 707, 720, 737, 747 |
49 | Flying Tiger Line | 707, 747 |
50 | Trek Airways | 707 (sold before delivery) |
51 | Northwest Orient Airlines → Northwest Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 747, 757 |
52 | Aeroméxico | 737, 767 |
53 | United States Air Force | 707 (C-137), 737 (T-43) |
54 | Mohawk Airlines | 727 (not delivered) |
55 | KLM | Not used |
Executive Jet Management | 707 (not delivered), 727 | |
56 | Iberia | 727, 747, 757 |
57 | Swissair | 747 |
58 | El Al | 707, 720, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 |
59 | Avianca | 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 767 |
60 | Ethiopian Airlines | 707, 720, 727, 737, 757, 767, 777 |
61 | Federal Aviation Administration | 727 |
62 | Pacific Northern Airlines | 720, 727 (not delivered) |
63 | WAAC | Not used |
Ghana Airways | ||
Faucett | 727 | |
64 | Mexicana | 727 |
65 | Cunard Eagle and British Eagle | 707 |
66 | United Arab Airlines → EgyptAir | 707, 737, 747, 767, 777 |
67 | Cathay Pacific | 747, 777 |
68 | Saudia | 707, 720, 737, 747, 777 |
69 | Kuwait Airways | 707, 727, 737, 747, 767, 777 |
70 | Iraqi Airways | 707, 727, 737, 747 |
71 | Trans International Airlines → TransAmerica | 727, 747 |
72 | Airlift International | 707, 727 |
73 | World Airways | 707, 727, 747 |
74 | Iraqi Airways | Not used |
Libyan Arab | ||
75 | Pacific Western → Canadian Airlines | 737, 747, 767 |
76 | Trans Australia Airlines → Australian Airlines | 727, 737 |
77 | Ansett Australia | 727, 737, 767 |
78 | British West Indian Airways | 727 |
79 | Saturn Airways | 707 (not delivered) |
80 | Bankers Trust | 727 |
81 | Línea Aeropostal Venezolana | Not used |
All Nippon Airways | 727, 737, 747, 767, 777 | |
82 | TAP Air Portugal | 707, 727, 737, 747 |
83 | Scandinavian Airlines | 737, 747, 767 |
84 | Olympic Airways → Olympic Airlines → Olympic Air | 707, 720, 727, 737, 747, 767 |
85 | American Flyers | 707, 727 |
86 | Iran Air | 707, 727, 737, 747, 747SP |
87 | Aerolíneas Argentinas | 707, 727, 737, 747 |
89 | Japan Domestic Airlines → Toa Domestic Airlines → Japan Air System | 727, 777 |
90 | Alaska Airlines | 727, 737 |
91 | Frontier Airlines | 727, 737 |
92 | Southern Air Transport | 727 |
93 | Pacific Air Lines | 727, 737 (not delivered) |
94 | Syrian Arab Airlines | 727, 747SP |
95 | Northeast Airlines | 727 |
96 | Quebecair → Nordair | 707 (not delivered), 727, 737 |
97 | Aloha Airlines | 737 |
98 | Capital Airlines | Not used |
Air Zaïre | 707, 737 | |
99 | Avensa | Not used |
Caledonian Airways → British Caledonian | 707 |
Second sequence[edit]
Code | Customer[1] | Aircraft ordered |
---|---|---|
00 | Boeing, used for prototypes and generic designations | 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777 |
01 | Piedmont Airlines | 737, 767 |
02 | Northern Consolidated Airlines | 737 |
03 | Caribair (Caribbean Atlantic Airlines) | Not used |
04 | Panair do Brasil | Not used |
Britannia Airways → Thomson Airways | 737, 757, 767 | |
05 | Braathens SAFE → Braathens → SAS Braathens → SAS Norge | 737, 767 |
06 | KLM | 737 Classic, 747, 767, 777 |
07 | West German Air Force | 707 |
08 | Icelandair | 727, 737, 757, 767 |
09 | China Airlines | 707, 727, 737, 747, 767, 777 |
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 Chile → LAN Airlines (LATAM Chile) | 707, 727, 767, 777 |
17 | Canadian Pacific Air Lines → CP Air | 727, 737, 747 |
18 | British European Airways | Not used |
19 | New Zealand National Airways Corporation → Air New Zealand | 737, 747, 767, 777 |
Third sequence[edit]
Fourth sequence[edit]
Code | Customer[1] | Aircraft ordered |
---|---|---|
1A | Martinair | 747, 767 |
1B | China Southern Airlines | 737, 757, 767, 777 |
1C | Government of Romania | 727 |
1D | AWAS | 737 |
1E | Escalera Executive Air Services Inc. | BBJ |
1H | Emirates | 777 |
1K | Airtours International Airways | 757, 767 |
1L | China Xinjiang Airlines | 737 |
1M | Oman Air | 737 |
1Q | Tombo Aviation | 737 |
1R | Virgin Atlantic | 747 |
1S | Deutsche BA → DBA | 717, 737 |
1Z | Iraqi Airways | 737 |
2A | Hawaiian Airlines | 717, 767 |
2C | Air UK Leisure | 737 |
2J | Arab Leasing | |
2K | Turkmenistan Airlines / Akhal | 717, 737, 757, 767, 777 |
2L | Azerbaijan Airlines | 757, 767 |
2P | Government of United Arab Emirates | |
2Q | Ukraine International Airlines | 737 Classic |
2R | Pegasus Airlines | 737 |
2T | Nakajima Aerial Tours Ltd. | BBJ |
2U | JABJ / Picton II Ltd. | BBJ |
2W | TAM Brazilian Airlines (LATAM Brasil) | 777 |
2Y | Mitsubishi Commercial Aviation Partners | 737 |
3A | AWAS | 737 Classic, 737, 757, 767 |
3B | Air Mauritius | 767 |
3C | Euralair International | 737 |
3N | American Trans Air / ATA Airlines | 737, 757 |
3P | Uzbekistan Airways | 757, 767 |
3Q | BCC Equipment Leasing | 737(BBJ), 747 |
3R | Western Pacific Airlines | 737 |
3S | Pembroke Capital | 717, 737 |
3T | FirstFlight Air Charters Ltd. | BBJ |
3U | Chartwell Aircraft Company / Chartwell Partners | BBJ |
3V | EasyJet | 737 |
3Y | Somon Air | 737 |
3Z | Donghai Airlines | 737 |
4A | United Parcel Service | 747, 757, 767 |
4G | MIAT Mongolian | 767 |
4K | Air Nippon | 737 |
4N | North China Administration / China United Airlines | |
4P | Hainan Airlines | 737 |
4Q | Mid East Jet | 757, 767, 777 |
4R | AeroSvit Airlines | 737 |
4S | GB Airways | 737 |
4T | North Pacific Aviation | BBJ |
4U | Air Shamrock | BBJ |
4V | Superior International Aviation Services | BBJ |
4X | Sky Airlines | 737 |
4Y | RwandAir | 737 |
5A | Midway Airlines / Presidential Airways | 737 |
5B | Germania | 737 |
5C | Xiamen Airlines | 737 |
5D | LOT Polish Airlines | 737, 767 |
5E | EVA Airways | 747, 767, 777 |
5F | GATX Capital Corporation | 737 |
5G | MGM Mirage | BBJ |
5H | Itochu Air Lease Corporation | 737 |
5M | Transaero[2] | 747 (not delivered) |
5N | Shandong Airlines | 737 |
5P | Air Europa | 737 |
5R | Jet Airways | 737, 777 |
5S | Czech Airlines | 737 |
5T | First Union Commercial Corporation | BBJ |
5U | Digong Duterte Private Aviation Inc. | BBJ (Bermuda) |
5V | General Electric Corporation | BBJ |
6B | Cal Air / Novair International Airways | 737 |
6D | Shanghai Airlines | 737, 757 |
6E | Viva Air | 737 |
6J | Air Berlin | 737 |
6K | Vietnam Airlines | 777 |
6M | Eurobelgium Airlines → Virgin Express | 737 |
6N | GECAS | 737, 747, 767, 777 |
6Q | Boullion Aircraft Holding | USA - Leasing Company 737 |
6R | Wuhan Airlines | 717 |
6X | 9 Air | 737 |
6W | Urumqi Airlines | 737 |
7A | Far Eastern Air Transport | 737, 757 |
7B | Air Holland | 757 |
7C | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | 747, 767 |
7D | Air Seychelles | 767 |
7E | Aeromaritime International | |
7G | Malev | 737, 767 |
7K | Zhongyuan Airlines | 737 |
7L | Shenzhen Airlines | 737 |
7Q | Novel Leasing Company | 737 |
7U | Atlas Air | 747F |
7W | Royal Jet First | 737 |
8A | Air 2000 | 757, 767 |
8B | Istanbul Airlines | 737, 757 |
8E | Asiana Airlines | 737, 747, 767, 777 |
8J | TAROM | 707, 737 |
8L | Nok Air | 737 |
8N | Chilean Air Force | |
8S | China Xinjiang Airlines | |
9A | ARAVCO | 737 |
9B | Government of Brunei | |
9D | Linjeflyg | 737 |
9H | Leisure International Airways | |
9J | Shorouk Air | 757 |
9K | Shenzhen Airlines | 737 |
9L | Air China (from 1999) | 737, 747, 777 |
9M | Air Austral | 737, 777 |
9N | Mid East Jet | 737 |
9P | China Eastern Airlines | 737, 777 |
9R | Pro Air | 737 |
9T | BBM Aviation Inc. | BBJ |
9U | Cokaliong Lines | BBJ |
Fifth and final sequence[edit]
Code | Customer[1] | Aircraft ordered |
---|---|---|
AA | Alan Abrina Aircraft Leasing Corp. | 737 |
AB | AB Airlines | |
AD | Eastwind Airlines | 737 |
AF | United States Navy / Marines | 737 |
AH | General Electric Credit Corporation | BBJ |
AJ | Saudi Ministry of Finance and Economy | BBJ |
AK | PrivatAir | BBJ |
AL | Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise → BOC Aviation | 737, 777 |
AN | Saudi Oger | BBJ |
AR | Taiwan Air Force | 737 |
AS | Ryanair | 737 |
AU | Aircraft Guaranty Title Corp. | BBJ |
AV | Newsflight II Inc. | BBJ |
AW | A.S. Bugsham & Bros. | BBJ |
AX | Saudi ARAMCO | 737, 767 |
AZ | AstraZeneca Aviation | BBJ |
BC | Boeing NetJets | BBJ |
BD | AirTran Airways | 717, 737 |
BF | Funair Corp. | BBJ |
BG | Flightlease AG → GATX Jet Partners | 737 |
BH | TBN Aircraft Corporation | BBJ |
BJ | Atlas Air | BBJ |
BK | CIT Leasing Corp. | 737 |
BL | Midwest Airlines | 717 |
BQ | GECAS | |
BT | Lufthansa Cargo | 777F |
BS | North American Airlines | |
BX | Midway Airlines | 737 |
CB | BCC Equipment Leasing Corporation | |
CG | GKW Aviation | BBJ |
CJ | BBJ One | BBJ |
CM | Aerolíneas de Baleares Aebal | 717 |
CN | Matela Offshore | BBJ |
CP | Ford | BBJ |
CQ | JMC Airlines | 757 |
CT | WestJet | 737 |
CU | Tutor-Saliba Corp | BBJ |
CX | GATX - Flightlease | 737 |
DC | Miami Air International | 737 |
DE | Swiss International Air Lines | 777 |
DF | Royal Australian Air Force | BBJ |
DM | United States Air Force | BBJ |
DO | Matugas Air Tours | BBJ |
DP | Royal Saudi Air Force | BBJ |
DR | Multiflight | BBJ2 |
DT | Qantas Defence Services / Royal Australian Air Force | BBJ/VIP |
DV | Lowa Ltd | BBJ2 |
DW | Bausch & Lomb | BBJ |
DX | Kazakhstan Airlines | 767 |
DZ | Qatar Airways | 777 |
EA | Azteca Airlines | 737 |
EC | Dubai Air Wing | BBJ2 |
ED | South African Air Force | BBJ |
EE | Air Senegal International | 737 |
EF | Mid East Jet | BBJ2 |
EG | Samsung Aerospace | BBJ |
EH | Gol Transportes Aéreos | 737 |
EJ | Grupo Omnilife S.A. de C.V. | BBJ |
EL | Swiflite Aircraft Corporation | BBJ |
EM | LUK Aviation | BBJ |
EQ | EIE Eagle Incorporated | BBJ2 |
ES | Royal Australian Air Force | Wedgetail AWACS |
ET | EnigmaFly Corp. | 737, 757 |
EV | Jade Cargo International | 747F |
EX | Amiri Flight Line | BBJ2 |
EY | Italian Air Force | 767 |
EZ | Air Hong Kong | 777F |
FB | Government of Equatorial Guinea/CEIBA International | 737, 777 |
FD | Lee Business Aviation Ltd. | BBJ |
FE | Virgin Blue → Virgin Australia | 737, 777 |
FG | Saudi Arabia Ministry of Finance and Economy, Saudi Cargo | BBJ, 777 |
FH | SMBC Aviation Capital | 737 |
FK | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | KC-767J |
FN | Travel Service | 737 |
FS | Turkish Air Force | 737 Peace Eagle |
FT | Air China Cargo | 747, 777 |
FV | United States Navy | P-8 |
FX | Etihad Airways | 777 |
FY | CIT Group/Equipment Financing | BBJ |
FZ | Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management | 737 |
GB | P-8A Fatigue Test Aircraft | |
GC | Vizavi | BBJ |
GG | GoodGame Air Tours & Services | BBJ |
GJ | SpiceJet | 737 |
GK | Buraq Air | 737 |
GL | SkyEurope | 737 |
GP | Lion Air, Malindo Air, Thai Lion Air, Batik Air | 737 |
GQ | Pegasus Aviation Finance | 737 |
GR | Turkmenistan Airlines | |
GS | Sunwing Airlines | 737 |
GU | Atlant Soyuz → Moscow Airlines | 737 |
GV | Gulfview Aircraft Leasing | BBJ |
HA | Guggenheim Aviation Partners | 747 |
HB | Sonair | 737 |
HC | SunExpress | 737 |
HD | Dennis Vanguard International | BBJ |
HE | Andrey Melnichenko | BBJ |
HF | Luxury Ocean Ltd | BBJ |
HG | Air India Express | 737 |
HI | Indian Air Force | BBJ |
HJ | Peregrine Point | BBJ |
HO | ALAFCO | 737 |
HQ | LoadAir Cargo | 747 |
HT | Guggenheim Investment Fund | 747, 777 |
HV | Volga-Dnepr Airlines | 747-8 |
HW | Middle East Jet | BBJ, 757, 777 |
HX | Aviation Capital Group | 737 |
HZ | Itera Holdings | BBJ |
JA | National Air Services | BBJ |
JB | Justin Bieber Aviation | BBJ |
JE | Arik Air | 737 |
JF | Aircraft Guaranty Corporation | BBJ |
JH | DHL Aviation | 767F |
JP | Norwegian Air Shuttle | 737 |
JR | Bank of Utah | BBJ |
JZ | Pfizer-BioNTech Airlift Division | BBJ |
KB | Qatar Amiri Flight | 737, 747 |
KF | Okay Airways | 737 |
KG | Dubai Aerospace Enterprise | 737 |
KK | Pacific Sky Aviation | BBJ |
KN | FlyDubai | 737 |
KV | Ukraine International Airlines | 737 Next Generation |
KY | Air Astana | 767 |
KZ | Nippon Cargo Airlines | 747 |
LB | Purple Holdings Management | BBJ |
LC | Jeju Air | 737 |
LD | Kulula.com (Comair (South Africa)) | 737 |
LF | Sriwijaya Air | 737 |
LJ | Aviation Capital Services (Russian Federation) | 737 |
LK | Boeing | 767/KC-46 |
LP | UTair | 737 |
LW | Hebei Airlines | 737 |
LY | China Development Bank Finance | 737 |
LZ | Liezel Air Tours & Services | BBJ |
MA | Junior Philippine Association of Management Accountants | B737 |
MC | Sberbank Leasing | B737 |
ME | Ruili Airlines | B737 |
MG | Jet2 | B737 |
MJ | Bulgaria Air | 777 |
SA | SilkAir | 737 |
SB | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | BBJ |
SH | Air Lease Corporation | 737, 777 |
ZB | Southern Air | 777F |
ZE | Eastarjet | 737 |
ZF | Hansel Prime Limited | 737 |
ZG | V Australia | 777 |
ZM | Belavia | 737 |
ZN | Aerologic | 777F |
ZQ | Tassili Airlines | 737 |
ZS | S7 Airlines | 737 |
ZW | Digong Duterte Airways | 737 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pither 1998, pp. 410-412.
- ↑ "Boeing Customer Codes". Aviation Codes Central. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
Bibliography[edit]
- Pither, Tony (1998). The Boeing 707, 720 and C-135. England: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-236-X. Search this book on
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