Boeing flies 737 with fuel-efficiency improvements

[LN-MOW]

United (operated by Continental) blir første selskap til å fly med komplett ny 'performance og Sky-pakke' ...

A Boeing 737-800 with a package of performance enhancements completed its first test flight late last week, kicking off the certification process for the improvements, Boeing announced Tuesday.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/archives/228673.asp?source=rss

737NG Improvement package

Boeing is using a Continental (or should I say United) 737-800 as test bed for their new 737NG performance improvement package. The airplane, N76528 (cn 31663/3464), a 737-824, will also be Continentals first 737 with Boeing's Sky Interior when delivered. During the course of flight testing, the airplane will test out new CFM56-7BE engines. Previously, Boeing used a 737-900ER in the Summer of 2009 to test out a the new CFM engine nacelle on Continentals N37434. If all goes according to plan, the new engine and additional performance upgrades will be used on all 737NG deliveries from mid-2011 onward. Hat tip to David and RSK for the heads up.
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/blogs/drewski2112/archive/2010/11/16/november-2010-updates.aspx

[jameson82]

Er noen av flyene DY har bestilt av denne typen?

[LN-MOW]

Som det står ....

If all goes according to plan, the new engine and additional performance upgrades will be used on all 737NG deliveries from mid-2011 onward. ;)

[Futura]

Noen som vet hvordan det ligger ann med PIP testflyvningen? Er de i rute, når får DY sitt første, og hvor mange til får de uten PIP?

[BU662]

PIP comes in 3 steps. Development is en-route.

1. step: Incorporated from L/N 3570
2. step: Incorporated from L/N 3700
3. step: Incorporated from L/N 3969

Right now Boeing delivered L/N 3625.