737-300 and 757-200 | 1988

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Airline - Global Airlines
Aircraft - Boeing 737-300 | N4556G
Delivered to Global Airlines, 1991
Sold to ILFC, 2008
Leased to Bŭlgarska, 2008
Returned to ILFC, 2017
Sold to the Boeing Capital Corporation, 2017
Stored at Victorville, 2017
Livery - Standard 1985
Country - United States of America

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Airline - Global Airlines
Aircraft - Boeing 757-200 | N3149G
Delivered to Global Airlines, 1990
Stored at Pinal Airpark, 2001
Returned to Service, 2003
Stored at Victorville, 2016
Sold to Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, 2017
Scrapped at Victorville, 2017
Livery - Standard 1985
Country - United States of America

In 1988, Global Airlines began to take delivery of two new aircraft types - the Boeing 737-300 and 757-200. Due to shifting customer preferences, the Executive First concept was left by the wayside, and both aircraft were fitted with standard First Class seats (basically a lower-pitch version of Sleeper First). The 737-300 shown here, N4556G, was the 56th plane of that type to reach Global Airlines, delivered in 1991. The new 737s were based on both sides of the country, slowly phasing out all older narrowbodies - DC-9s, 727s, and 737-200s. By 1995, Global Airlines received its full order of 737-300s - a total of 126 aircraft.

The 757-200s were not meant to replace any existing type, but rather to add capacity on longer routes that did not require a 767 or 747. It was deployed extensively on non-hub-to-hub transcontinental routes, like New York to Seattle, Portland, and Las Vegas, or Los Angeles to Washington DC, Charlotte, Atlanta, and Miami. It was also deployed from both hubs into South America. The aircraft shown here, N3149G, was the 19th 757-200 to be delivered, and entered service in 1990. Starting in 1994, from the 75th 757-200 out of an order of 95, Global Airlines began certifying its 757s with a higher MTOW and ETOPS certification, in order to deploy them on low-demand European routes from New York.