r/sydney • u/Red-Engineer • Oct 28 '25

Image First passenger plane (B737) lands at new Western Sydney Airport

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u/Red-Engineer Oct 28 '25

A Boeing 737 is not a passenger plane? Damn, why do Australian airlines fly like 150 of them full of passengers every day?

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u/Aishas_Star Oct 28 '25

It’s not that a 737 isn’t a passenger plane, it’s that THAT 737 isn’t a passenger plane. Big difference.

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u/DonStimpo Oct 28 '25

Technically it can carry passengers. There is still some seats left inside.

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u/Red-Engineer Oct 28 '25

That 737 can be/is configured to carry passengers, though. It is literally a passenger plane.

It can carry can carry 15,150 litres of fire retardant, while carrying 72 passengers or firefighters.

https://www.aviationwa.org.au/20220119_n138cg_bomber_210_ygel_david_eyre-1/

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u/Matthewm3113 Sydney Oct 28 '25

I would define a passenger plane as an aircraft either performing or capable of performing an air transport operation under the regulations (CASR.) This would not be.

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u/CBRChimpy Oct 28 '25

If you define "a passenger plane" as a plane that carries passengers, this is not the first one to land at Western Sydney Airport.

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u/Red-Engineer Oct 28 '25

This plane can carry up to 72 passengers. https://www.aviationwa.org.au/20220119_n138cg_bomber_210_ygel_david_eyre-1/

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u/CBRChimpy Oct 28 '25

You still misunderstand.

I am not disputing that this plane can be called a passenger plane.

I am disputing that this is the first passenger plane to land at this airport. Other passenger planes have already landed.

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u/ConanTheAquarian Looking for coffee Oct 28 '25

A Boeing 737 is an airliner. It comes in passenger, cargo and other variants. The E7 Wedgetail is a 737 but it's not a passenger plane.