"Boeing 737": cabin layout of the best (400th) model in this class

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

With the development of the Internet, many services have stepped forward. If earlier, when you were going somewhere, you had to get tickets in advance, now everything is done much easier. For example, you are on vacation. Using the Internet, you can book a hotel room, provide a taxi from the airport to your place of residence, buy an air ticket, and all this without leaving your favorite chair.

Moreover, when ordering tickets, you can see in all details any interesting information about the company and its fleet of cars. Take, for example, the Boeing 737. The layout of the salon, the best places, the location of the wings, kitchens and bathrooms - these questions can be found out without leaving your computer. Specialized sites can even book a selected seat for you. At the same time, it was chosen by you, which is important, because there are both the best seats and standard ones on the plane.

Static design

While the model is on assembly lines, it can be improved, modified, some blocks can be changed. This is the case with all developers in the aviation industry. At the same time, developments are mainly carried out in terms ofupdates to control systems, flight performance, tank volumes and other details that the average passenger will not see. This happened with the Americans - the developers of the Boeing-737 aircraft. The interior layout, regardless of model modifications, usually does not change its parameters. Not a single company in terms of modifications transferred, for example, the kitchen to the middle of the cabin. All machines have the same internal layout. With one caveat - unchanged within this model. And if you fly the 737 frequently, switching companies could get you better (or worse) service. The cabin of the Boeing 737 will not change - and having flown once, you will already know exactly where you were sitting and whether it is worth choosing the same seat on your next flight.

Aircraft capacity

Speaking of passenger and cargo capacity, one cannot fail to note the fact that this aircraft, having first taken to the air in 1967, is still in demand by airlines. For 40 years of production, the aircraft has become more comfortable and safer. Components, parts were changed, navigation devices were added, and in some rare cases, passenger seats. At the same time, if you depict the number of places in a diagram, there will be peaks on it, there will be falls, but the overall trend will grow. So, 737-400 was one of the "giants" in the class. He took on board 168 people and consumed resources, including refueling, much less than his classmates (737-300 and 737-500). The following modifications had a lower carrying capacity. This continued until the exit of 737-800, which took on board 189 people. Like all Boeings, exceptversion 747, for a Boeing 737 aircraft, the cabin layout repeats the type of earlier versions - 6 seats in a row with one passage between them (3 + 3), which made it possible not to change the width of the body. With the release of new versions, only the length of the aircraft changes.

737-400 and Transaero

Let's consider the layout of the cabin "Boeing 737-400" from the company "Transaero". Like many other American-made models, the aircraft has three classes: business, economy and tourist. The business class is represented by only 2 rows, but neither the first nor the second row can be called particularly comfortable. People sitting in the front row will have little legroom due to the partition in front. The second row of seats, in addition, has another partition at the back, as a result of which the backs do not recline. The partition is not so dense, so these passengers will hear the noise of the neighbors from the economy.

Seats in the following salons are already three in a row. The entire economy class of the aircraft is designed so that the rows of seats can move forward or backward freely, as a result of which rows 14 and 16 do not have windows. The next 17 (as well as 18) rows do not have the possibility of reclining the back due to the emergency exits located behind. At the same time, those sitting in the 18th row have a little more legroom. Those sitting near the window in the 19th row may not have one armrest - an emergency exit is located here, while those sitting in the same row in other places do not have these problems.

Tourist class needs no introduction. Everyone who has flown this class knows aboutsmall legrooms and other "amenities" of flying in this cabin. We will mention only those who sit in the tail section of the cabin. The entire last row is adjacent to the block of bathrooms, so it is quite noisy here, and the backs do not recline. The passenger sitting in the penultimate row at the aisle will feel the same way.

Best places

Above we examined the standard layout of one of the most successful models of the Boeing 737 aircraft. The best aircraft seats are located in the 10th, first row of the economy class. Passengers sitting at the aisle have the opportunity to recline their backs, and at the same time, due to the narrower than the aisle partitions between business and economy classes, they will receive additional legroom. The same partition can cause trouble for neighbors in a row.

Airplane photo

And to end the conversation, let's provide some photos of the appearance of the Boeing-737 aircraft. Photo of the passenger version - model 737-400, Transaero Airlines, Russia.

For comparison - also the 400th, but the cargo version. If you look closely, you can see the outlines of a pair of emergency exits above the wing (aircraft 737-400, Bluebird Airlines, Iceland.)

Their presence is explained by the fact that initially this aircraft was not planned as a cargo one, but no one canceled the formula "demand creates supply", and since all aircraft were produced for a specific order, this one flew out of American assembly shops in a cargo version.

Conclusion

A lot has been said about the number "13". It is all the more surprising that this topic also touched upon the developers of the Boeing-737 aircraft. The interior layout has row 10, row 12, 14 … But 14 comes right after 12. The salon has seats in the 32nd row, but they won’t sell you seats in the 13th row. This number is simply not in the cabin.