The first Boeing 737-500 was deliverd in 1987.
A total of 389 Boeing 737-500 have been ordered.

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Airlines that have ordered the 737-500 include: Continental (64), United (57), Lufthansa (30), SAS Braathens (20), Air France (14), CSA (10), Sabena (6).
The 737-500 is a shortened 737-300.
Other Boeing 737 models include the succesful (since 1984) 737-300 and the 150-seater Boeing 737-400 (a stretched 737-300).
From 1997 the first Boeing 737 Next Generation was availabe with the 150-seater 737-700. In 1998 the Next Generation equivalent to the 737-500, the 737-600 was on the market.
The airbus equivalent to the 737-500 the 737-600 is the A319 which entered commercial service in 1996.
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