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) , with the introduction of the 707, up till 2016.

The codes are in the form of two letters and/or numbers which are appended to the aircraft's model designator, as seen in the following examples:

The codes do not change if the aircraft is subsequently sold, although in some cases if an airline cancelled or sold their order before Boeing had delivered 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.

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:

Further, customer codes have never been used for the 787 and 737 MAX, and will not be applied to the 777X either.

List

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 for Boeing aircraft.

First sequence

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 AirlinesUnited 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 SabenaSN Brussels AirlinesBrussels 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 CorporationBritish Airways 707, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777, 787
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, 787
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 AirlinesEgyptAir 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 AirlinesTransAmerica 727, 747
72 Airlift International 707, 727
73 World Airways 707, 727, 747
74 Iraqi Airways Not used
Libyan Arab
75 Pacific WesternCanadian Airlines 737, 747, 767
76 Trans Australia AirlinesAustralian 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 AirwaysOlympic AirlinesOlympic 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 QuebecairNordair 707 (not delivered), 727, 737
97 Aloha Airlines 737
98 Capital Airlines Not used
Air Zaïre 707, 737
99 Avensa Not used
Caledonian AirwaysBritish Caledonian 707

Second sequence

Code Customer[1] Aircraft ordered
00 Boeing, used for prototypes and in reference to generic aircraft 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 AirwaysThomson Airways 737, 757, 767
05 Braathens SAFEBraathensSAS BraathensSAS 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 ConsolidatedWien Air Alaska 737
11 Wardair 707, 727, 747
12 Malaysia-Singapore AirlinesSingapore 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 LinesCP Air 727, 737, 747
18 British European Airways Not used
19 New Zealand National Airways CorporationAir New Zealand 737, 747, 767, 777

Third sequence

Code Customer[1] Aircraft ordered
A0 LAB Airlines 727
A1 VASP 727, 737
A2 Modern Air
A3 Pluna 737
A4 AirCal 737
A6 Essex International / LTV Capital 737
A7 Trans Caribbean Airways 727
A8 Indian Airlines 737
A9 Transair 737
B0 China Cargo Airlines 747
B1 DETA Mozambique / Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique 737, 767
B2 Air Madagascar 737, 747
B3 Union des Transports Aériens (UTA) 737, 747
B4 Middle East Airlines (MEA) 707, 747
B5 Korean Air 707, 737, 747, 777, BBJ
B6 Royal Air Maroc 727, 737, 747, 757
B7 Allegheny AirlinesUS AirUS Airways 727, 737, 757, 767
B8 Austrian Airlines 777
C0 GATX / Boothe 737
C3 Cruzeiro do Sul 727, 737
C9 Luxair 737
D1 Universal Airlines 747 (not delivered)
D3 Royal Jordanian 707, 727, 747
D4 Ozark Airlines 727 (not delivered)
D6 Air Algérie 727, 737, 767
D7 Thai Airways 737, 747, 777
E0 Dubai Air Wing BBJ
E1 Eastern Provincial Airways 737
E3 Ladeco 737
E7 Arkia 737, 757
E9 Biman Bangladesh Airlines 737, 777
F1 Air New Zealand not used
F2 Turkish Airlines 727, 737, 777
F3 Government of Argentina
F5 Government of Portugal / Portuguese Air Force 707
F6 Philippine Airlines 747, 777
F8 Royal Nepal AirlinesNepal Airlines 727, 757
F9 Nigeria Airways 707, 727, 737
G1 Government of Saudi Arabia 747
G4 United States Air Force 747 (VC-25, YAL-1), 757
G5 L.T.SLTU International 757, 767
G7 America West Airlines 737, 757
H0 Oman Royal Flight 747
H2 ITT 727
H3 Tunisair 727, 737
H4 Southwest Airlines 737
H5 Mey Air 737
H6 Malaysia Airlines 737, 747, 777
H7 Cameroon Airlines 707, 737, 747
H9 JAT Yugoslav Airlines 727, 737
J0 Air Jamaica 727
J1 Dominicana 727
J4 Sterling AirwaysCimber Sterling 727, 757
J6 Civil Aviation Administration of ChinaAir China (until 1999) 707, 737, 747, 767, 777
J7 National Aircraft Leasing 727
J8 Sudan Airways 707, 737
J9 Imperial Iranian Air Force 707, 747
K1 Tarom / Government of Romania 707
K2 Transavia (KLM) 737, 757
K3 Aviogenex 727, 737
K5 Hapag-Lloyd TUI Airlines 727, 737
K6 Sahsa 727, 737
K9 Bavaria Flug 717, 737
L4 American Capital Aviation 727
L5 Libyan Arab Airlines 707, 727, 747 (not delivered)
L6 Aviation Services & Support 707
L7 Air Nauru 737
L8 Government of Yugoslavia 727
L9 Maersk Air 737
M0 Aeroflot 737, 777
M1 Pertamina Oil Pelita Air Service 707
M2 TAAG Angola Airlines 737, 777
M6 Royal Brunei Airlines 737, 757
M7 Hughes Air West 727 (not delivered)
M8 Trans European Airways 737
M9 Zambia Airways 737
N0 Air Zimbabwe 737, 767
N1 Government of Venezuela 737
N3 Brazilian Air Force 737
N6 Government of Nigeria 727, 737
N7 Government of Egypt 737
N8 Yemenair Yemen Airways 727, 737
N9 Government of Niger / Air Niger 737
P1 State of Qatar 707, 727+
P3 HRH Talal bin Abdul Aziz BBJ
P5 Thai Airways 737
P6 Gulf Air 737, 767
P8 Bahrain Amiri Flight 747
Q2 Air Gabon 737, 747
Q3 Southwest Air Lines Japan, → Japan Transocean Air 737
Q4 Transbrasil 727 (not delivered), 737, 767
Q5 Air Liberia 737
Q6 Lacsa 727
Q8 International Lease Finance Corporation 717, 727, 737, 747, 757, 767, 777
Q9 Itel Corp. 727, 737
R1 Government of Cameroon 727
R4 Alyemda 737
R6 Air Guinee 737
R7 Cargolux 747F
R8 Air Tanzania 737
S1 TACA International Airlines 737, 767
S2 FedEx Express 727, 737, 767, 777
S3 Air Europe /Sunrock Aircraft 737, 757
S4 Air Afrique 747
S5 Eldorado Aviation 737
S7 North Central Airlines / Republic Airlines 727, 757
S9 Maritime Investments 737
T0 Texas Air Corp / Continental Airlines 737
T2 Dome Petroleum 737
T3 Evergreen 727 (not delivered)
T4 Air Florida 737
T5 Orion Airways 737
T7 Monarch Airlines 737, 757
T8 Boeing Polaris Leasing 767
T9 Boeing 767
U3 Garuda Indonesia, Citilink 737, 747, 777
U4 OSL Villa Holidays 737
U5 Government of Jordan 727
U8 Kenya Airways 737, 777
U9 Polynesian Airlines 737
V2 TAME 737
V3 Copa Airlines 737
V5 Bahamasair 737
V6 Petrolair Systems 737
V8 Air Executive / Busy Bee
W0 China Yunnan Airlines 737, 767
W2 Aerotour
W6 Government of Morocco 707
W8 NOGA Import 737
X2 Air Pacific (became Fiji Airways) 737, 767
X3 Air Charter International 727
X4 Supair
X6 MarkAir 737
X8 Wedge Aviation / Wistair Corp 727
X9 Indonesian Air Force 737 Surveiller MPA
Y0 Guinness Peat Aviation 737, 757, 767
Y4 Rafik Hariri 727
Y5 Air Malta 737
Y9 Air Malawi 737
Z0 China Southwest Airlines 737, 757
Z5 Government of Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Royal Flight 747
Z6 Royal Thai Air Force 737
Z8 South Korean Air Force 737
Z9 Lauda Air 737, 767, 777

Fourth sequence

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
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 BADBA 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 Tracinda Corporation 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 Real Estate Exchange 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 AirLease 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 Dobro Limited 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 AirlinesVirgin 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
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 Usual Ltd. BBJ
9U Wilmot Trust company BBJ

Fifth and final sequence

Code Customer[1] Aircraft ordered
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
BC Boeing NetJets BBJ
BD AirTran Airways 717, 737
BF Funair Corp. BBJ
BG Flightlease AGGATX 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 Not Known 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 Not Known BBJ
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 BCC Equipment BBJ
FE Virgin BlueVirgin 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 Sultan Al-Kabeer BBJ
GJ SpiceJet 737
GK Buraq Air 737
GL SkyEurope 737
GP Lion Air/Malindo Air/Batik Air 737
GQ Pegasus Aviation Finance 737
GR Turkmenistan Airlines
GS Sunwing Airlines 737
GU Atlant SoyuzMoscow Airlines 737
GV Not Known 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 Not Known 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 Not Known 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 (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 Not known BBJ
MA Not known 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 Dehong South Asian Airlines 737

References

  1. Pither 1998, pp. 410-412.
  2. "Boeing Customer Codes". Aviation Codes Central. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

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