The Boeing 737 is a popular short-to-medium range commercial passenger jet aircraft. It has been continuously manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes since 1967. More commonly known to the Boeing engineers as "FLUF", being an acronym for "Fat Little Ugly Fella", although the industry affectionately called it the "Baby Boeing".

The 737-800, together with the 737-900 are among the largest members of the strong selling 737 family. The 737-800 was launched on September 5, 1994. The 737-800 has a flight crew of two. The 737-800 has a typical two class seating for 162 with 12 first class passengers at four abreast. It incorporates two CFM56-7B27s on high gross weight versions. By October 2002, there were 1,028 737-800s ordered with deliveries of 664.