List of Boeing 777 operators

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Boeing 777
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER Spijkers.jpg
Emirates is the largest operator of the Boeing 777, having acquired each 777 family variant;[1][2] the carrier has 90 –300ER models on order.[3][4]

The Boeing 777 is a long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the commercial business unit of Boeing. Commonly referred to as "Triple Seven",[5] it is the largest twinjet and the world's longest-range airliner.[6] The 777 can accommodate between 301 and 365 passengers in a three-class layout,[7] and has a range of 5,235 to 9,380 nautical miles (9,695 to 17,370 km), depending on the model. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines,[8] the 777 was designed to replace older wide-body airliners and bridge the capacity difference between the 767 and 747.

The 777 is produced in two fuselage lengths. The original 777-200 model first entered service in 1995, followed by the extended-range 777-200ER in 1997;[9] the stretched 777-300, which is 33.3 ft (10.1 m) longer, began service in 1998. The longer-range 777-300ER and 777-200LR variants entered service in 2004 and 2006, respectively, while a freighter version, the 777F, debuted in 2009.[9]

United Airlines first placed the 777 into commercial airline service in 1995. The most common variant used worldwide is the 777-200ER, with 415 aircraft delivered,[4] and Emirates operates the largest 777 fleet, with 87 aircraft.[10] The most widely-sought variant is the 777-300ER, with 533 orders to date.[4] As of July 2011, 1,269 Boeing 777s, of all variants, have been ordered, and 956 have been delivered.[4]

[edit] Model summary

United Airlines placed the launch order for the 777 program on October 14, 1990 when it purchased 34 Pratt & Whitney PW4084-powered 777-200s valued at US$11 billion with options on an additional 34.[11][12] Subsequent versions of the 777, including the 777-200ER, 777-200LR, 777-300, 777-300ER, and 777F, have been launched by Air France, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The following table lists milestone dates for each model of the aircraft.[13]

Model Launch order Launch customer Go-ahead Rollout Maiden flight Certification First Delivery Service entry
777-200
October 15, 1990 United Airlines October 29, 1990 April 9, 1994 June 12, 1994 April 19, 1995 May 15, 1995 June 7, 1995
777-200ER
June 14, 1991 British Airways October 29, 1990 September 3, 1996 October 7, 1996 January 17, 1997 February 6, 1997 February 9, 1997
777-200LR
February 27, 2000 PIA February 29, 2000 February 15, 2005 March 8, 2005 February 2, 2006 February 27, 2006 March 3, 2006
777-300
June 14, 1995 Cathay Pacific June 26, 1995 September 8, 1997 October 16, 1997 May 4, 1998 May 21, 1998 May 27, 1998
777-300ER
March 31, 2000 Air France February 29, 2000 November 14, 2002 February 24, 2003 March 16, 2004 April 29, 2004 May 10, 2004
777F
May 24, 2005 Air France May 24, 2005 May 21, 2008 July 14, 2008 February 6, 2009 February 19, 2009 February 22, 2009

[edit] Active operators

The 777-200 entered into service with United Airlines on June 7, 1995 with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport to Dulles International Airport.[14] From day one, the 777 was awarded 180-minute ETOPS clearance by the Federal Aviation Administration, making it the first airliner to carry an ETOPS-180 clearance into service.[15] This would later be increased to 207 minutes by October 1996.note 1 British Airways placed the first model with General Electric GE90-77B engines into service on November 17, 1995.[16] The first Rolls-Royce Trent 877-powered aircraft was delivered to Thai Airways International on March 31, 1996, completing the introduction of the three power-plants initially developed for the airliner.[17]

In July 2009, Emirates surpassed Singapore Airlines as the biggest 777 operator, when the 78th aircraft was delivered.[18] Through 2010, Emirates is the largest Boeing 777 operator, with 86 aircraft;[10][10] the carrier began phasing out older −200s, −200ERs and −300s in February 2011,[19] but as of May 2011 has 47 additional −300ER orders scheduled for delivery.[4] Other primary operators are Singapore Airlines (with 66 aircraft),[10] Air France (58)[10] and United Airlines (52),[10] the launch customer. As of November 2011, 52 airline customers operate variants of the Boeing 777. The following table lists of active operators of the aircraft as of November 2011.[20]

  •   Original 777-200 launch customers, the first to take delivery, and part of the "Working Together" 777 design team.
  •   Future operators.
Operators[4] 777-200 777-200ER 777-200LR 777-300 777-300ER 777F Total
Germany AeroLogic 8 8
Mexico Aeromexico 4 4
France Air Austral 3 3 6
Canada Air Canada 6 12 18
China Air China 10 10
France Air France 25 34 2 61
India Air India 8 12 20
New Zealand Air New Zealand 8 4 11
Italy Alitalia 10 10
Japan All Nippon Airways 16 7 7 19 56
United States American Airlines 47 47
South Korea Asiana Airlines 11 11
Austria Austrian Airlines 4 4
United Kingdom British Airways 3 43 1 49
Hong Kong Cathay Pacific 5 12 24 41
China China Cargo Airlines 4 4
China China Southern 4 6 5 15
United States Delta Air Lines 8 10 18
Egypt EgyptAir 5 6 11
Israel El Al 6 6
United Arab Emirates Emirates 3 6 10 12 54 2 87
Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines 5 4
United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways 7 7
Portugal EuroAtlantic Airways
MadagascarAir Madagascar
1 1
Republic of China EVA Air 15 15
United States FedEx Express 12 12
Japan Japan Airlines 15 11 7 13 46
India Jet Airways 3 3
Kenya Kenya Airways 4 4
Netherlands KLM 15 5 20
South Korea Korean Air 18 4 7 1 29
Kuwait Kuwait Airways 2 2
Chile LAN Cargo 2 2
Malaysia Malaysia Airlines 17 17
United States Omni Air 2 2
Russia Orenair 1 1
Pakistan Pakistan International 4 2 3 9
Philippines Philippine Airlines 2 2
Qatar Qatar Airways 9 16 3 28
Brunei Royal Brunei 6 6
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian 23 23
Singapore Scoot
[plan to start 2nd qtr. 2012]
4
[planned]
4
Singapore Singapore Airlines 35 12 19 66
United States Southern Air 2 2
Angola TAAG Angola Airlines 3 3
Brazil TAM Airlines 4 4
Thailand Thai Airways 8 6 6 5 25
Russia Transaero Airlines 2 7 4 9
Turkey Turkish Airlines 13 13
United States United Airlines 19 55 74
Vietnam Vietnam Airlines 10 10
Australia Virgin Australia 5 5
Total 85 411 48 60 281 39 924

[edit] Orders and deliveries

The title of largest 777 operator has changed hands several times during the aircraft's history. Singapore Airlines' order for up to 77 aircraft on November 15, 1995 constituted the largest-ever wide-body aircraft purchase at the time.[21] The purchase comprised 34 firm orders and 43 options for the 777-200ER, all to be powered Trent 800 series engines, and was valued at US$12.7 billion.[21] The number of 777 customers had grown to 25 airlines by June 1997, with 323 aircraft on order.[22] On August 26, 2004, Singapore Airlines followed up with a US$4 billion order for the 777-300ER, including 18 firm orders and 13 options.[23] The combined orders would make the carrier's 777 fleet number 77 when deliveries were complete.[23]

On November 20, 2005, Emirates placed the largest firm order for the 777.[2] Totaling 42 aircraft, including 24 −300ERs, ten −200LRs and eight 777Fs, the purchase was reportedly worth US$9.7 billion.[2] The Middle Eastern carrier followed up with another order for 30 −300ERs at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow.[24]

[edit] Customer totals

The following table lists of orders and deliveries of the aircraft as of December 2011.[4] This does not include leases or sub-leases of any kind, subsequent sales, scrapping or storing of aircraft.

  •   Customers in blue(†) operate the type and have aircraft on order.
  •   Customers in green(*) are not current operators and have aircraft on order.
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777-200 777-200ER 777-200LR 777-300 777-300ER 777F Total
Russia Aeroflot * 16 16
France Air Australdagger 2 1 2 1
Canada Air Canada 6 6 10 10 16 16
China Air Chinadagger 10 10 19 4 29 14
France Air France dagger 18 18 36 29 5 5 59 52
India Air India dagger 8 8 15 12 23 20
New Zealand Air New Zealanddagger 4 4 5 4 9 8
United States ALC* 5 5
Italy Alitalia 6 6 6 6
Japan All Nippon Airwaysdagger 16 16 12 7 7 7 19 19 54 49
United States American Airlinesdagger 53 47 7 60 47
South Korea Asiana Airlinesdagger 10 8 10 8
Austria Austrian Airlines 1 1 1 1
Bangladesh Biman Bangladesh Airlines 4 2 4 2
Singapore BOC Aviation dagger 2 2 4 4 8 14 6
United Kingdom British Airwaysdagger 5 5 44 44 2 1 51 50
United States Business Jet / VIP Customer(s) 1 1 1 1 2 2
Hong Kong Cathay Pacificdagger 5 5 12 12 46 20 8 71 37
Equatorial Guinea Ceiba 1 1 1 1
China China Southern Airlinesdagger 4 4 2 2 12 6 18 12
United States Continental Airlines 20 20 20 20
United States Delta Air Lines 8 8 10 10 18 18
Germany Deucalion Capital VII Limited 8 8 8 8
United Arab Emirates Dubai Aerospace Enterprisedagger 13 3 13 3
Egypt EgyptAir 5 5 5 5
Israel El Al 6 6 6 6
United Arab Emirates Emiratesdagger 3 3 6 6 10 10 120 33 139 52
Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlinesdagger 5 5 4 9 5
United Arab Emirates Etihad Airwaysdagger 18 8 3 1 21 9
Republic of China EVA Air 15 15 15 15
United States FedEx Expressdagger 29 14 29 14
Indonesia Garuda Indonesia * 10 10
United States GECASdagger 4 4 47 31 10 8 61 43
United States Guggenheim Aviation Partners 1 1 3 3 4 4
China Hong Kong Airlinesdagger 6 - 6
United States ILFC 43 43 8 8 28 28 79 79
Japan Japan Airlines 15 15 11 11 7 7 13 13 46 46
India Jet Airways dagger 12 10 12 10
Kenya Kenya Airways 4 4 4 4
Netherlands KLM dagger 6 6 6 4 12 10
South Korea Korean Airdagger 18 18 4 4 13 8 5 40 30
Kuwait Kuwait Airways 2 2 2 2
Chile LAN Cargo 2 2
Austria Lauda Air 3 3 3 3
Germany Lufthansa Cargo * 5 5
Malaysia Malaysia Airlines 15 15 15 15
Saudi Arabia Mid East Jet 1 1 1 1
United States Oak Hilldagger 4 2 4 2
Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines 3 3 2 2 3 3 8 8
Philippines Philippine Airlines dagger 4 4
Qatar Qatar Airways dagger 9 9 25 16 8 3 42 28
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Airlinesdagger 23 23 12 35 23
Saudi Arabia Saudi Oger 1 1 1 1
Singapore Singapore Airlinesdagger 46 46 12 12 27 19 85 77
Angola TAAG Angola Airlines 3 3 2 2 5 5
Brazil TAM Airlinesdagger 12 4 12 4
Thailand Thai Airways Internationaldagger 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 26 20
Turkey Turkish Airlines 12 12 12 12
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Airlinesdagger 3 1 3 1
Unidentified customer(s) * 20 14 34
United States United Airlines 22 22 38 38 60 60
Vietnam Vietnam Airlines 4 4 4 4
Australia Virgin Australia 4 4 4 4
Total 88 88 428 415 57 54 60 60 603 313 127 53 1363 983
Backlog 13 3 290 74 380

[edit] Annual totals

The following table lists of orders and deliveries by year, as of end of December 2011.[4]

Orders Deliveries
Type Total Backlog Total 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
777-200 88 88 1 3 2 1 3 9 3 10 11 32 13
777-200ER 428 13 415 0 3 4 3 19 23 13 22 29 41 55 42 63 50 48
777-200LR 57 3 54 6 9 16 11 10 2
777-300 60 60 1 4 2 9 6 3 4 17 14
777-300ER 603 290 313 52 40 52 47 53 39 20 10
777F 127 74 53 15 22 16
Total 1,363 380 983 73 74 88 61 83 65 40 36 39 47 61 55 83 74 59 32 13

[edit] Former operators

Other airlines that had operated 777s but are not listed in the above order table due to the aircraft being leased/sub-leased rather than direct customer orders were:

Non-Direct customers

Air Algerie (200, 2)[25] and Gulf Air (300ER, 4),[25] though Gulf Air had initially placed a direct order with Boeing for 4 of the -200s which was cancelled later.

Air Europe (Italy) (200ER, 2),[25] Khalifa Airways (200, 2)[25] and the original Varig (200 + 200ER, 4 each) [25] were other operators that went out of business.

Direct customers

Japan Air System (200, 7) another defunct airline,[25] was a direct Boeing customer where its listed as JAL Domestic (rebranded after having merged with Japan Airlines in 2001), the domestic division was later also absorbed into mainline JAL. The carrier is not in the customer order table as both JAS brand and JAL Domestic division ceased to exist.

Lauda Air is the only previous operator that has been included in the customer order table, because the brand name under which they ordered the aircraft is still active, even after merger with Austrian Airlines in 2004 who took over all of their 777s.

Returnees

Aeroflot (200ER, 2)[25] flew them till early 2000s and is now back having ordered the -300ER, Royal Brunei (200ER, 2)[25] were to get the aircraft a few years ago having painted one of them in their colours but never took delivery of either, they are now operating the type through a new deal.

[edit] References

Footnotes
  1. ^ 180-minute ETOPS approval was granted to the General Electric GE90-powered 777 on October 3, 1996, and to the Rolls-Royce Trent 800-powered 777 on October 10, 1996.
Citations
  1. ^ "Boeing, Emirates Announce Order for 30 Boeing 777-300ERs". Boeing. July 19, 2010. http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1321. Retrieved July 6, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c "Emirates Places Order for 42 Boeing 777s" (Press release). Boeing. November 29, 2010. http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q4/nr_051120h.html. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  3. ^ http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=13&item=1777
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "777 Model Summary". Boeing. December 2011. http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=777&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=777&ViewReportF=View+Report. Retrieved January 2011. 
  5. ^ Robertson, David (March 13, 2009). "Workhorse jet has been huge success with airlines that want to cut costs". The Times (UK). http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article5898240.ece. Retrieved March 20, 2009. 
  6. ^ Grantham, Russell (February 29, 2008). "Delta's new Boeing 777 can fly farther, carry more". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/search/content/business/delta/stories/2008/02/28/delta_0229.html. Retrieved June 30, 2009. 
  7. ^ "777 Interior Arrangements". Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/777family/pf/pf_seating_charts.html. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  8. ^ Birtles 1998, pp. 13–16
  9. ^ a b "The Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/777family/background.html. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  10. ^ a b c d e f "World Airliner Census". Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
  11. ^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 132
  12. ^ "Business Notes: Aircraft". Time. October 29, 1990. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,971474,00.html. Retrieved July 19, 2008. 
  13. ^ "Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/commercial/777family/background.html. Retrieved September 23, 2011. 
  14. ^ Birtles 1998, p. 80
  15. ^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 139
  16. ^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 143
  17. ^ Eden 2008, p. 115
  18. ^ "Emirates becomes largest Boeing 777 operator". Business Standard. July 31, 2009. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/emirates-becomes-largest-boeing-777-operator/69527/on. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  19. ^ Kingsley-Jones, Max (June 22, 2010). "Emirates talks to Boeing about 777 successor and hints at more big orders". Flight International. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/22/343481/emirates-talks-to-boeing-about-777-successor-and-hints-at-more-big.html. Retrieved January 7, 2011. 
  20. ^ "World Airliner Census". Flight International. August 2011. http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/media/reports_pdf/emptys/87145/world-airliner-census-2011.pdf. Retrieved September 13, 2011. 
  21. ^ a b "Singapore Airlines to Buy Up to 77 of New Boeing Plane". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1995. http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-15/business/fi-3360_1_singapore-airlines. Retrieved August 3, 2004. 
  22. ^ Eden 2008, p. 107
  23. ^ a b Bowermaster, David (August 26, 2004). "Singapore makes big 777 order, holds off on 7E7s". The Seattle Times. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2002015572_singapore26.html. Retrieved August 3, 2011. 
  24. ^ "Farnborough Opens with Emirates Order for Boeing 30 777-300ERs" (Press release). Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/farnborough2010/html/emirates_071910.html. Retrieved January 13, 2011. 
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h "Airline Fleets". Planespotters.net. http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/. Retrieved November 18, 2011. 
Bibliography
  • Birtles, Philip (1998). Boeing 777, Jetliner for a New Century. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-7603-0581-1. 
  • Eden, Paul, ed. (2008). Civil Aircraft Today: The World's Most Successful Commercial Aircraft. London: Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 1-84509-324-0. 
  • Norris, Guy; Mark Wagner (1999). Modern Boeing Jetliners. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Imprint. ISBN 0-7603-0717-2. 

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