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Boeing 737-500 (737-530)

B737-25311Scrapped

RegistrationBGLZ-BOI

OperatorBulgaria Air

2operators

0incidents

0accidents

0logbook years

3photos

Boeing 737-500 (737-530) built in 1991 in Renton. Operated for Lufthansa and Bulgaria Air. Scrapped.

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Young · 12 years · ≈ 39,600 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing

First flight1991

Built inRenton, Washington (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationBulgaria

MSN25311

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Boeing 737

Figures for the 737-800 variant, the most representative of the family

Length39.5 m129 ft

Wingspan35.8 m117 ft

Height12.6 m41 ft

Range5,436 km2,935 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed834 km/h450 ktMach 0.79

Service ceiling12,500 m41,011 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight79,016 kg174,200 lb

Maximum payload37,603 kg82,900 lbIts 162 passengers with baggage would weigh about 16.2 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity162 passengersUp to 189 in a high-density layout

Endurance6 h 31 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 5,436 km range, from Frankfurt am Main it could fly non-stop as far as:

LOSLagos4,856 km DXBDubai4,845 km DOHDoha4,588 km CAICairo2,922 km ISTIstanbul1,837 km

Beyond its rangeDELNew Delhi6,122 km

The type first flew in 1967 (59 years ago) · About 10,200 units built · Production ended in 2019

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1991–2003Lufthansa network of its single-aisle aircraft

Base

FRAFrankfurt am Main

Main destinations

MUCMunich DUSDüsseldorf EWRNewarkTXLHAMHamburg ZRHZurich BRUZaventem VIEVienna LHRLondon CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)STRStuttgart

since 2003Bulgaria Air network of its single-aisle aircraft

Base

SOFSofia

Main destinations

BOJBurgas SVOMoscow VARVarna AGPMálaga AMSAmsterdam BCNBarcelona BRUZaventem CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)FCORome FRAFrankfurt am Main LEDSt. Petersburg

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1991

Built

Assembled by Boeing in Renton, Washington (USA).

Sep 19, 1991

Delivered to The Boeing Company

Delivered to The Boeing Company as D-ABJF.

Oct 4, 1991

Transferred to Lufthansa

Transferred to Lufthansa.

Jun 1, 2003

Transferred to Bulgaria Air

Transferred to Bulgaria Air.

Operators

1991-09-19

The Boeing Company

Registration D-ABJF

1991-10-04

Lufthansa

Registration D-ABJF

2003-06-01

Bulgaria Air

Registration LZ-BOI

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Gallery

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External photograph of the aircraft — Aero Icarus · CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Boeing 737-500 (737-530) · LZ-BOI · Bulgaria Air}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-20},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-20}
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Wikipedia

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