Federal Express Boeing 737-100

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The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines. Envisioned in 1964, the initial 737-100 made its first flight in April 1967 and entered service in February 1968 with Lufthansa. The lengthened 737-200 entered service in April 1968 and evolved through four generations, offering several variants for 85 to 215 passengers.

Federal Express is a cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee which first commenced operations in 1973. The carrier operates a “super hub” for cargo at its home base of Memphis. Federal Express began serving Albuquerque from Memphis later in the 1970’s using small Dassault Falcon 20 jet aircraft. Federal Express adopted the nickname “FedEx” and officially took on that name in 1994. The company grew quickly specializing in overnight package delivery and obtained larger aircraft including Boeing 727’s and 737’s and later acquired even larger wide body aircraft. FedEx now serves Albuquerque with morning and evening flights each day to Memphis using wide body Airbus A-300 and Douglas DC-10 aircraft.

Federal Express used this Boeing 737-100 N201FE for airfreight service from Memphis to the entire United States including the Albuquerque Sunport in 1981.

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