| Feb. 1, 2001 |
Cumulative orders for the 757-300 more than double
in one month with 33 confirmed orders announced in Jan. 2001. |
| Jan. 17, 2001 |
Northwest Airlines announces order for 18 Boeing 757-300s. |
| Jan. 4, 2001 |
Boeing confirms Continental Airlines order for 15
757-300s. |
| Oct. 4, 2000 |
Boeing announces Continental Airlines intent to order
15 757-300s. Continental will become the first major U.S. carrier
to operate the single-aisle airplane in a two-class configuration. |
| May 11, 2000 |
Boeing confirms JMC Airlines order for two Boeing
757-300s. |
| May 4, 2000 |
Boeing confirms American Trans Air order for 10 Boeing
757-300s. |
| April 11, 2000
|
Condor reports 99.64% reliability rate for 757-300
first year in service. |
| Feb. 3, 2000 |
Boeing 757-300 leaves for three-week, around-the-world
marketing tour. |
| Mar. 13, 1999 |
Second Boeing 757-300 delivered to Condor Flugdienst. |
| March 19, 1999 |
First Boeing 757-300 goes into service with Condor
Flugdienst. |
| March 10, 1999 |
First Boeing 757-300 delivered to Condor Flugdienst. |
| Jan. 25, 1999 |
Joint Aviation Authorities of Europe validate the
757-300. |
| Jan. 22, 1999 |
Federal Aviation Administration certifies 757-300. |
| Dec. 10, 1998 |
Boeing 757-300 complete service-ready demonstration
tour of Europe. |
| Aug. 2, 1998 |
First Boeing 757-300 completes first flight. |
| July 31, 1998 |
Arkia Israeli Airlines announces an order for two
757-300s. |
| May 31, 1998 |
First 757-300 rolls out of Boeing Renton factory.
Condor Flugdienst announces order for an additional 757-300. |
| May 4, 1998 |
A pair of Rolls-Royce engines are installed on the
first 757-300. |
| March 15, 1998 |
Final assembly of the first 757-300 begins at the
Renton factory. |
| Feb. 3, 1998 |
First 757-300 nose section rolls out of the Wichita
factory. |
| Nov. 5, 1997 |
Assembly of the first 757-300 fuselage begins at the
Boeing factory in Renton. |
| Oct. 30, 1997 |
Manufacturing of the first 757-300 tail begins at
Northrop Grumman in Dallas, Tex. |
| Sept. 9, 1997 |
Major assembly begins at the Boeing factory in Renton,
Wash. The first 59-foot, 2-inch front wing spar is loaded onto an
assembly tool. |
| Aug. 21, 1997 |
Manufacturing of the first 400-inch (33-foot, 4-inch)
skin panel for the 757-300 fuselage begins at the Boeing factory
in Wichita, Kan. |
| April 10, 1997 |
Boeing engineers release 25 percent of all 757-300
design drawings by the date scheduled, keeping the program on time
for a first delivery in January 1999. |
| June 16, 1997 |
Icelandair announces an order for two 757-300s at
the Paris Air Show. |
| April 10, 1997 |
Boeing engineers release 25 percent of all 757-300
design drawings by the date scheduled, keeping the program on time
for a first delivery in January 1999. |
| Nov. 15, 1996 |
Boeing engineers reach firm design configuration for
the 757-300 so design information can begin being released to Boeing
factories and suppliers. Firm configuration marks the beginning
of a 27-month design-to-delivery cycle, the shortest of any derivative
commercial airplane in Boeing history. |
| Sept. 2, 1996 |
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group launches the Boeing
757-300 with an order from Condor Flugdienst of Germany for 12 of
the newest aircraft in the 757/767 family. The launch is announced
at the Farnborough Air Show in England. |
