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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",^[1] it is the largest twinjet and the world's longest-range airliner.^[2] The 777 can accommodate between 301 and 365 passengers in a three-class layout,^[3] and has a range of 5,235 to 9,380 nautical miles (9,695 to 17,372 km), depending on the model. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines,^[4] 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;^[5] 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.^[5]

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,^[6] and Emirates operates the largest 777 fleet, with 87 aircraft.^[7] The most widely-sought variant is the 777-300ER, with 533 orders to date.^[6] As of February 2013, 1,442 Boeing 777s, of all variants, have been ordered, and 1079 have been delivered.^[6]

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.^[8]^[9] 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.^[10]

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	Pakistan International	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

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.^[11] 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.^[12] 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.^[13] 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.^[14]

In July 2009, Emirates surpassed Singapore Airlines as the biggest 777 operator, when the 78th aircraft was delivered.^[15] Through 2010, Emirates is the largest Boeing 777 operator, with 86 aircraft;^[7]^[7] the carrier began phasing out older −200s, −200ERs and −300s in February 2011,^[16] but as of May 2011 has 47 additional −300ER orders scheduled for delivery.^[6] Other primary operators are Singapore Airlines (with 66 aircraft),^[7] Air France (58)^[7] and United Airlines (52),^[7] 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.^[17]

Original 777-200 launch customers, the first to take delivery, and part of the "Working Together" 777 design team.

Operators^[6]	777-200	777-200ER	777-200LR	777-300	777-300ER	777F	Total
Aeroflot	–	–	–	–	3^[18]	–	3
AeroLogic	–	–	–	–	–	8	8
Aeroméxico	–	4	–	–	–	–	4
Air Austral	–	1	1	–	3	–	5
Air Canada	–	–	6	–	12	–	18
Air China	10	–	–	–	7	–	17
Air France	–	25	–	–	37	2	64
Air India	–	–	8	–	12	–	20
Air New Zealand	–	8	–	–	5	–	13
Alitalia	–	10	–	–	–	–	10
All Nippon Airways	16	9	–	7	19	–	51
American Airlines	–	47	–	–	5	–	52
Asiana Airlines	–	12	–	–	–	–	12
Austrian Airlines	–	4	–	–	–	–	4
Biman Bangladesh Airlines	–	–	–	–	2	–	2
British Airways	3	43	–	–	6	–	52
Cathay Pacific	5	–	–	12	28	–	45
Ceiba	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
China Cargo Airlines	–	–	–	–	–	6	6
China Southern	4	6	–	–	–	6	16
Delta Air Lines	–	8	10	–	–	–	18
EgyptAir	–	4	–	–	6	–	10
El Al	–	6	–	–	–	–	6
Emirates	3	6	10	12	75^{[citation needed]}	4	110
Ethiopian Airlines	–	–	5	–	–	–	5
Etihad Airways	–	–	–	–	11	1	12
EuroAtlantic Airways	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
EVA Air	–	–	–	–	15	–	15
FedEx Express	–	–	–	–	–	19	19
Government of Abu Dhabi	–	1^{[citation needed]}	–	–	–	–	1^{[citation needed]}
Iraqi Airways	–	–	1^[19]	–	–	–	1
Japan Airlines	15	11	–	7	13	–	46
Jet Airways	–	–	–	–	5	–	5
Kenya Airways	–	4	–	–	–	–	4
KLM	–	15	–	–	7	–	22
Korean Air	–	18	–	4	10	2	34
Kuwait Airways	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
LAN Cargo	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
Malaysia Airlines	–	17	–	–	–	–	17
Mid East Jet	–	2^{[citation needed]}	–	–	–	–	2
Nordwind Airlines	–	2^{[citation needed]}	–	–	–	–	2
Omni Air	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
Orenair	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
Pakistan International	–	4	2	–	3	–	9
Philippine Airlines	–	–	–	–	4^{[citation needed]}	–	4
Qatar Airways	–	–	9	–	18^{[citation needed]}	4	31
Royal Brunei	–	6	–	–	–	–	6
Saudia	–	23	–	–	5	–	28
Scoot	–	4^{[citation needed]}	–	–	–	–	4
Singapore Airlines	–	32	–	8	19	–	59
Southern Air	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
TAAG Angola Airlines	–	3	–	–	2	–	5
TAM Airlines	–	–	–	–	5^{[citation needed]}	–	5
Thai Airways	8	6	–	6	6^{[citation needed]}	–	26
TNT Airways	–	–	–	–	–	3	3
Transaero Airlines	2	7	–	4	–	–	13
Turkish Airlines	–	–	–	–	13^{[citation needed]}	–	13
Turkmenistan Airlines	–	–	1^{[citation needed]}	–	–	–	1
United Airlines	19	55	–	–	–	–	74
Vietnam Airlines	–	10	–	–	–	–	10
Virgin Australia	–	–	–	–	5	–	5
Total	85	411	49	60	281	39	924

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.^[20] 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.^[20] The number of 777 customers had grown to 25 airlines by June 1997, with 323 aircraft on order.^[21] 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.^[22] The combined orders would make the carrier's 777 fleet number 77 when deliveries were complete.^[22]

On November 20, 2005, Emirates placed the largest firm order for the 777.^[23] Totaling 42 aircraft, including 24 −300ERs, ten −200LRs and eight 777Fs, the purchase was reportedly worth US$9.7 billion.^[23] The Middle Eastern carrier followed up with another order for 30 −300ERs at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow.^[24]

Customer totals

The following table lists of orders and deliveries of the aircraft as of March 2013.^[6] 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.
Defunct airlines (‡).

Customers^[6]
Customers^[6]	777-200		777-200ER		777-200LR		777-300		777-300ER		777F		Total
Aeroflot †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	3	–	–	16	3
Air Austral	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Air Canada †	–	–	–	–	6	6	–	–	15	10	–	–	21	16
Air China †	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	12	–	–	29	22
Air France †	–	–	18	18	–	–	–	–	36	32	5	5	59	55
Air India †	–	–	–	–	8	8	–	–	15	12	–	–	23	20
Air New Zealand	–	–	4	4	–	–	–	–	5	5	–	–	9	9
ALC *	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	0	–	–	15	0
Alitalia	–	–	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6
All Nippon Airways †	16	16	12	10	–	–	7	7	19	19	–	–	54	52
American Airlines †	–	–	47	47	–	–	–	–	20	5	–	–	67	52
Asiana Airlines †	–	–	10	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	9
Austrian Airlines	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Biman Bangladesh Airlines †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	–	–	4	2
BOC Aviation †	–	–	2	2	–	–	4	4	8	3	–	–	14	9
British Airways	5	5	44	44	–	–	–	–	2	2	–	–	51	51
Business Jet / VIP Customer(s)	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1	–	–	2	2
Cathay Pacific †	5	5	–	–	–	–	12	12	46	27	–	–	63	44
Ceiba	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
China Airlines *	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6^[25]	0	–	–	6	0
China Southern Airlines †	4	4	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	6	18	12
Continental Airlines ‡	–	–	20	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	20	20
Delta Air Lines	–	–	8	8	10	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	18
Deucalion Capital VII Limited	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	8	8	8
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13	8	13	8
EgyptAir	–	–	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5
El Al	–	–	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6
Emirates †	3	3	6	6	10	10	–	–	120	56	–	–	139	75
Ethiopian Airlines †	–	–	–	–	6	5	–	–	–	–	4	0	10	5
Etihad Airways †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	14	3	2	21	16
EVA Air †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	15	–	–	18	15
FedEx Express †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	29	20	29	20
Garuda Indonesia *	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	0	–	–	10	0
GECAS †	–	–	4	4	–	–	–	–	47	31	10	10	61	45
Guggenheim Aviation Partners	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	3	3	4	4
Hong Kong Airlines *	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	0	6	0
ILFC	–	–	43	43	–	–	8	8	28	28	–	–	79	79
JAL Domestic ‡	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	7
Japan Airlines	8	8	11	11	–	–	7	7	13	13	–	–	39	39
Jet Airways	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	10	–	–	10	10
Kenya Airways	–	–	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
KLM	–	–	6	6	–	–	–	–	6	6	–	–	12	12
Korean Air †	–	–	18	18	–	–	4	4	15	10	5	3	42	35
Kuwait Airways	–	–	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
LAN Cargo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	2	2
Lauda Air ‡	–	–	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3
Lufthansa Cargo *	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	0	5	0
Malaysia Airlines	–	–	15	15	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	15
Mid East Jet	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Oak Hill	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	4	4
Pakistan International Airlines †	–	–	3	3	2	2	–	–	8	3	–	–	13	8
Philippine Airlines †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	–	–	4	2
Qatar Airways †	–	–	–	–	9	9	–	–	25	20	8	4	42	33
Republic of Iraq	–	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Saudia †	–	–	23	23	–	–	–	–	20	6	–	–	43	29
Saudi Oger	–	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1
Singapore Airlines †	–	–	46	46	–	–	12	12	27	19	–	–	85	77
TAAG Angola Airlines †	–	–	3	3	–	–	–	–	5	2	–	–	8	5
TAM Airlines †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	8	–	–	12	8
Thai Airways International †	8	8	6	6	–	–	6	6	6	0	–	–	26	20
Turkish Airlines †	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	12	–	–	27	12
Turkmenistan Airlines †	–	–	–	–	3	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1
Unidentified customer(s) *	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	36	0	10	0	46	0
United Airlines	22	22	38	38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	60	60
Vietnam Airlines	–	–	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4
Virgin Australia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	–	–	4	4
Total	88	88	422	419	58	55	60	60	687	393	127	75	1442	1090
Backlog	–		3		3		–		294		52		352

Annual totals

The following table lists of orders and deliveries by year, as of end of December 2011.^[6]

	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

Former operators

This is a list of previous 777 operaters or of its different variants:

Customers (^) that currently operate the type but have phased out other versions.
Defunct airlines (‡).

Operators^[6]	777-200	777-200ER	777-200LR	777-300	777-300ER	777F	Total
Aeroflot ^	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
Air Algerie	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
Air Europe ‡	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
Air India ^	1	3	–	–	–	–	4
Air Madagascar	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Air Pacific	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Biman Bangladesh Airlines ^	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Continental Airlines ‡	–	20	–	–	–	–	20
Gulf Air	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
Japan Air System ‡	7	–	–	–	–	–	7
Khalifa Airways ‡	2	–	–	–	–	–	2
Lauda Air ‡	–	3	–	–	–	–	3
Saudi Oger	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Thai Airways ^	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
Varig ‡	4	4	–	–	–	–	8

References

Footnotes

^ 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

^ Robertson, David (March 13, 2009). "Workhorse jet has been huge success with airlines that want to cut costs". The Times. UK. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
^ Grantham, Russell (February 29, 2008). "Delta's new Boeing 777 can fly farther, carry more". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
^ "777 Interior Arrangements". Boeing. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
^ Birtles 1998, pp. 13–16
^ ^a ^b "The Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "777 Model Summary". Boeing. March 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "World Airliner Census". Flight International, August 24–30, 2010. Cite error: The named reference "FI10" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 132
^ "Business Notes: Aircraft". Time. October 29, 1990. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
^ "Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
^ Birtles 1998, p. 80
^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 139
^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 143
^ Eden 2008, p. 115
^ "Emirates becomes largest Boeing 777 operator". Business Standard. July 31, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
^ Kingsley-Jones, Max (June 22, 2010). "Emirates talks to Boeing about 777 successor and hints at more big orders". Flight International. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
^ "World Airliner Census 2012" (PDF). Flight International. August 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
^ http://www.aeroflot.ru/cms/en/flight/plane_park
^ Iraqi Airways get a 777-200LR
^ ^a ^b "Singapore Airlines to Buy Up to 77 of New Boeing Plane". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1995. Retrieved August 3, 2004.
^ Eden 2008, p. 107
^ ^a ^b Bowermaster, David (August 26, 2004). "Singapore makes big 777 order, holds off on 7E7s". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Emirates Places Order for 42 Boeing 777s" (Press release). Boeing. November 29, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
^ "Farnborough Opens with Emirates Order for Boeing 30 777-300ERs" (Press release). Boeing. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
^ boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2545

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[workhorse-1] Robertson, David (March 13, 2009). "Workhorse jet has been huge success with airlines that want to cut costs". The Times. UK. Retrieved March 20, 2009.

[2] Grantham, Russell (February 29, 2008). "Delta's new Boeing 777 can fly farther, carry more". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 30, 2009.

[3] "777 Interior Arrangements". Boeing. Retrieved January 12, 2011.

[4] Birtles 1998, pp. 13–16

[B777_Pro_Back-5] "The Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Retrieved January 12, 2011.

[777_Summ_OD-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "777 Model Summary". Boeing. March 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2013.

[FI10-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "World Airliner Census". Flight International, August 24–30, 2010. Cite error: The named reference "FI10" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[norris132-8] Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 132

[9] "Business Notes: Aircraft". Time. October 29, 1990. Retrieved July 19, 2008.

[Boe_777_back-10] "Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Retrieved September 23, 2011.

[11] Birtles 1998, p. 80

[12] Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 139

[13] Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 143

[14] Eden 2008, p. 115

[15] "Emirates becomes largest Boeing 777 operator". Business Standard. July 31, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2011.

[Emirates_Classics-16] Kingsley-Jones, Max (June 22, 2010). "Emirates talks to Boeing about 777 successor and hints at more big orders". Flight International. Retrieved January 7, 2011.

[Flight_2011-17] "World Airliner Census 2012" (PDF). Flight International. August 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.

[18] ttp://www.aeroflot.ru/cms/en/flight/plane_park

[19] Iraqi Airways get a 777-200LR

[seventy-seven-20] "Singapore Airlines to Buy Up to 77 of New Boeing Plane". Los Angeles Times. November 15, 1995. Retrieved August 3, 2004.

[Eden_p._107-21] Eden 2008, p. 107

[7E7-22] Bowermaster, David (August 26, 2004). "Singapore makes big 777 order, holds off on 7E7s". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 3, 2011.

[largest-23] "Emirates Places Order for 42 Boeing 777s" (Press release). Boeing. November 29, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2011.

[24] "Farnborough Opens with Emirates Order for Boeing 30 777-300ERs" (Press release). Boeing. Retrieved January 13, 2011.

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