Featured Map for 15 August 2019:
Boeing 737-200s Still Flying

Yesterday marked five months without any revenue operations of the Boeing 737 MAX. The previous day, 14 March 2019, the FAA issued a ground stop effective 10:30 am that grounded the aircraft upon completion of any flights in progress. Only ferry and test flights of the 737 MAX have occurred since then.

Although the 387 fourth-generation 737s already delivered to customers remain grounded, 89 examples of the first-generation 737 are still active according to Planespotters.net. 85 are 737-200 Advanced versions, including a U.S. Air Force NT-43A, and four are early 737-200 models. None of the 30 737-100s built are still in service. 20 of the active aircraft belong to the militaries of eight countries, and of the 69 non-military aircraft FlightAware shows only 16 operating since the start of August. (This list may be incomplete since some aircraft might operate outside FlightAware's coverage area or otherwise might not be tracked.)

Nine of the active aircraft are registered in Canada:

• Nolinor Aviation (4, passenger and cargo charters)
• Air Inuit (2, scheduled and charter combi service)
• Chrono Aviation (1, passenger charters)
• Glencore Canada Corp. (2, mining company)

• Transair (3, Hawaii-based cargo service)
• Avior Airlines (3, Venezulan passenger service)
• Basic Capital Management (1, U.S. private aircraft)

Today's Featured Map shows recent 737-200 flying based on FlightAware data, other than one-time routes and the two private operators. In Canada, Nolinor is shown in navy and Air Inuit in red. (Chrono Aviation flew just one one-stop charter which isn't depicted.) Transair's occasional flights to Tainan, Taiwan via Guam are cropped to focus on the bulk of the operations.

References and additional information:

• Planespotters.net
  • Boeing 737-100 Production List
  • Boeing 737-200 Production List (by status)
• How Airlines Are Defending Dormant 737 MAX Jets From The Ravages Of Corrosion, Insects And Time – Forbes (12 August 2019)
• The 737 MAX Grounding Is Such A Disaster That Airlines Are Leasing 30-Year-Old 737-200s – Jalopnik (11 August 2019)
• History & Development of the Boeing 737 - Originals – The Boeing 737 Technical Site
• FlightAware
  
  
• Nolinor Aviation
  • Boeing 737-200
• Air Inuit
• Chrono Aviation
• Glencore Canada Corp.
• Transair
• Avior Airlines
  
  
• Featured Map: U.S. Boeing 737 MAX Parking (14 March 2019)