{"id":408988,"date":"2026-04-19T22:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/video\/the-5-airlines-with-the-largest-boeing-737-fleets-in-early-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T22:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T12:27:18","slug":"the-5-airlines-with-the-largest-boeing-737-fleets-in-early-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=408988","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Airlines With The Largest Boeing 737 Fleets In Early 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, the Boeing 737 has been one of the defining aircraft in short and even medium-haul markets. However, its operational importance is best understood by the airlines that have built entire network strategies around the type. From Southwest Airlines&#8217; to Ryanair and its ultra-low-cost expansion across Europe, the aircraft has proven itself as a key workhorse for low-cost operators. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, the  Boeing 737 has been one of the defining aircraft in short and even medium-haul markets. However, its operational importance is best understood by the airlines that have built entire network strategies around the type. From Southwest Airlines&#8217; to Ryanair and its ultra-low-cost expansion across Europe, the aircraft has proven itself as a key workhorse for low-cost operators. So which airlines are the largest operators of this jet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,636,422,565,1869,5346,645,536,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-american-airlines","category-boeing-737","category-delta-air-lines","category-ireland","category-ryanair-group","category-southwest-airlines","category-united-airlines","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=408988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408990,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408988\/revisions\/408990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=408988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=408988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=408988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}