757

            The single-aisle 757 is in a class by itself when it comes to economics and airport performance. The 757 has the lowest operating cost per seat-mile of any single-aisle jetliner, and a lower cost per trip than any twin-aisle airplane.

                    The exceptional performance of the 757 allows it to operate out of almost any airport in the world including those in high or hot locations, with short-field runways, or that are noise-restricted. The 757 is environmentally friendly; it is quiet and fuel-efficient, and meets strict worldwide standards for engine emissions.

                   The 757 has excellent records for in-service reliability and passenger approval. On-board surveys show that passengers prefer the 757 to all other single-aisle airplanes and many twin-aisle airplanes. The 757 also shares a common flight deck with the 767, simplifying pilot training requirements. The versatile 757 can fly transatlantic and other long-haul routes as well as short-haul routes equally efficiently.

                    Sixty-four airlines and other operators from 27 countries have ordered 1,027 Boeing 757s through Dec. 30, 2000.

                  The 757 has carried more than 1.3 billion passengers, more than four times the population of the United States and Canada combined.

                   In 18 years of operation, the 757 fleet has flown the equivalent of nearly 25,000 roundtrips between the Earth and the Moon.

                     The 757 fleet has produced over 24 million hours of service for its operators, equivalent to about 2,750 years of continuous service.

                      The 757 Freighter can hold over 6 million golf balls.

                       At 255,000 pounds (115,660 kilograms), the 757 weighs as much as a diesel train locomotive.

                        The surface area of a pair of 757 wings is 1,951 square feet (181 square meters), about the same as the floor space of a three-bedroom house in the U.S.

                          There are about 626,000 parts in a 757. About 600,000 bolts and rivets fasten those parts together. The length of all wires in the twinjet is about 60 miles (100 kilometers).

                           Airlines fly the versatile 757 on a wide variety of routes. The twinjet is used to serve city pairs as far as 4,281 statute miles (6,890 kilometers) and as close as 65 statute miles (105 kilometers).

                              The common 757/767 cockpit type-rating permits flight crews trained on the 757 to also fly the 767.

                           Of the company's (year-end 2000) unfilled announced orders for 1,612 commercial jets , 4.9 percent (79) are for 757 twinjets.