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A mostly white Boeing 777, with some red, green and black markings, of Emirates, in flight, facing left.
An Emirates 777-300ER. Emirates is the largest operator of the Boeing 777 with 148 aircraft, having operated each 777 family variant;[1][2][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.[6] The 777 can accommodate between 301 and 458 (Air Canada High Density) passengers in a three-class layout,[7] 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,[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 successful variant is the 777-300ER with 799 aircraft delivered and over 844 orders to date.[4] Emirates operates the largest 777 fleet, with 148 aircraft.[4] FedEx Express operates the largest fleet of the 777F cargo aircraft. As June 2019, 2,033 Boeing 777s, of all variants, have been ordered, and 1,598 have been delivered.[10]

A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 at Fiumicino Airport, Registration N771UA

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, 777F and the upcoming 777-8X and -9x, 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 Oct 15, 1990 United States United Airlines Oct 29, 1990 Apr 9, 1994 Jun 12, 1994 Apr 19, 1995 May 15, 1995 Jun 7, 1995
777-200ER Jun 14, 1991 United Kingdom British Airways Oct 29, 1990 Sep 3, 1996 Oct 7, 1996 Jan 17, 1997 Feb 6, 1997 Feb 9, 1997
777-200LR Feb 27, 2000 Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines Feb 29, 2000 Feb 15, 2005 Mar 8, 2005 Feb 2, 2006 Feb 27, 2006 Mar 3, 2006
777-300 Jun 14, 1995 Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Jun 26, 1995 Sep 8, 1997 Oct 16, 1997 May 4, 1998 May 21, 1998 May 27, 1998
777-300ER Mar 31, 2000 France Air France Feb 29, 2000 Nov 14, 2002 Feb 24, 2003 Mar 16, 2004 Apr 29, 2004 May 10, 2004
777F May 24, 2005 France Air France May 24, 2005 May 21, 2008 Jul 14, 2008 Feb 6, 2009 Feb 19, 2009 Feb 22, 2009

Current and future 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] Since 2010, Emirates is the largest Boeing 777 operator, with 152 aircraft;[19] the carrier began phasing out older −200s, −200ERs and −300s in February 2011,[20] but as of May 2011 has 47 additional −300ER orders scheduled for delivery.[4] Other primary operators are United Airlines (96), Qatar Airways (81), Air France (70), American Airlines (67), and Cathay Pacific (65). As of November 2011, 62 airline customers operate variants of the Boeing 777. The following table lists of active operators of the aircraft as of December 2019.[21]

  •   Original 777-200 launch customers, the first to take delivery, and part of the "Working Together" 777 design team.
Operators[4] 777-200 777-200ER 777-200LR 777-300 777-300ER 777F Total
Russia Aeroflot – – – – 19 – 19
Germany AeroLogic – – – – – 16 16
Réunion Air Austral – – – – 3 – 3
Canada Air Canada – – 6 – 19 – 25
China Air China – – – – 28 8 36
France Air France – 25 – – 43 2 70
India Air India – – 3 – 15 – 18
New Zealand Air New Zealand – 8 – – 8 – 16
Nigeria Air Peace – 1 – 2 – – 3
Egypt Alexandria Airlines – – – 1[22] – – 1
Italy Alitalia – 11 – – 1 – 12
Japan All Nippon Airways 7 12 – 7 28 2 56
United States American Airlines – 47 – – 20 – 67
South Korea Asiana Airlines – 9 – – – – 9
Austria Austrian Airlines – 6 – – – – 6
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Airlines – – 1 – – – 1
Russia Azur Air – – – – 4 – 4
Bangladesh Biman Bangladesh Airlines – – – – 4 – 4
United Kingdom British Airways – 43 – – 13 – 56
Hong Kong Cathay Pacific - – – 17 48 – 65
Equatorial Guinea Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines
operated by Portugal White Airways		 – – 1 – – – 1
Taiwan China Airlines – – – – 10 – 10
China China Cargo Airlines – – – – – 8 8
China China Eastern Airlines – – – – 20 – 20[23]
China China Southern Airlines – – – – 15 14 29
United States Crystal Cruises

operated by Aruba Comlux Aruba

– – 1 – – – 1[24]
Germany DHL Aviation
operated by Germany Aero Logic		 – – – – – 2 2
Egypt EgyptAir – -- – – 6 – 8
Israel El Al – 6 – – – – 6
United Arab Emirates Emirates – – 10 – 131 11 152
Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines – – 6 – 4 10 20
United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways – – – – 19 6 25
Portugal EuroAtlantic Airways – 1 – – – – 1
Taiwan EVA Air – – – – 34 5 39
United States FedEx Express – – – – – 45 45
Indonesia Garuda Indonesia – – – – 10 – 10
Iraq Iraqi Airways – – 1 – – – 1
Japan Japan Airlines 9 9 – 4 13 – 35
South Korea Jin Air[25] – 4 – – – – 4
United States Kalitta Air - - - - - 4 4
Kenya Kenya Airways - - - - 3 - 3
Netherlands KLM – 15 – – 14 – 29
South Korea Korean Air – 13 – 4 26 12 55
Kuwait Kuwait Airways – – – – 10 – 10
Brazil LATAM Brasil – – – – 10 – 10
Germany Lufthansa Cargo – – – – – 9 9
Nigeria Med-View Airlines – 1 – – – – 1
Saudi Arabia Mid East Jet – 1[26] – – – – 1
Russia Nordwind Airlines – 6 – – 3 – 9
United States Omni Air International – 3 – – – – 3
Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines – 6 2 – 4 – 12
Philippines Philippine Airlines – – – – 10 – 10
Spain Privilege Style – 1[27] – – – – 1
Qatar Qatar Airways – – 9 – 48 24 81
Russia Rossiya Airlines – – – 5 5 – 10
Russia Royal Flight – – – - 3 – 3
Saudi Arabia Saudia – -- – – 35 4 39
Singapore Singapore Airlines - 11 – 4 27 – 42
United States Southern Air – – – – – 9 9
Switzerland Swiss International Air Lines – – – – 12 – 12
Angola TAAG Angola Airlines – 3 – – 5 – 8
Thailand Thai Airways – 6 – 6 14 – 26
Turkey Turkish Airlines – – – – 33[28] 8 41
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Airlines – – 3 – – – 3
Ukraine Ukraine International Airlines – 1 – – – – 1
United States United Airlines 19 55 – – 22 – 96
Total 35 305 44 50 802 199 1,435

Former operators

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

  •   Current operators of other versions (^).
  •   Defunct airlines (‡).
Operators[4] 777-200 777-200ER 777-200LR 777-300 777-300ER 777F Total Source
Russia Aeroflot ^ – 2 – – – – 2 [29]
Mexico Aeromexico ^ – 4 – – – – 4 [30]
Algeria Air Algerie 2 – – – – – 2 [31]
Réunion Air Austral ^ – 2 2 – – – 4 [32]
China Air China ^ 10 – – – – – 10 [33]
Italy Air Europe (Italy) ‡ – 2 – – – – 2 [34]
India Air India ^ 1 3 5 – – – 9 [35]
Madagascar Air Madagascar – 1 – – – – 1 [36]
Bangladesh Biman Bangladesh Airlines ^ 4 – – – 4 [37]
United Kingdom British Airways ^ 5 - – – - – 5
Hong Kong Cathay Pacific ^ 5 - – – – – 5 [38]
China China Southern Airlines ^ 4 6 – – – – 10 [39]
United States Continental Airlines ‡ – 20 – – – – 20 [40]
United States Delta Air Lines – 8 10 – – – 18
United Arab Emirates Emirates ^ 3 6 – 12 – – 21 [41][42]
United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways ^ – – 5 – – – 5 [43]
Fiji Fiji Airways – 1 – – – – 1 [44]
Finland Finnair – 1 – – – – 1 [45]
Malaysia FlyGlobal ‡ - 2 - 2 - - 4
Bahrain Gulf Air – – – – 4 – 4 [46]
Russia IrAero - 2 - - - - 2 [47]
Japan Japan Airlines Domestic ‡ 7 – – – – – 7 [48]
Japan Japan Air System ‡
 7 – – – – – 7 [49]
India Jet Airways †
 – – – – 4 – 4
Kenya Kenya Airways – 4 – – 3 – 7 [50]
Algeria Khalifa Airways ‡ 2 – – – – – 2 [51]
Kuwait Kuwait Airways ^ – 2 – – – – 2
Chile LAN Cargo ‡ – – – – – 3 3
Austria Lauda Air ‡ – 3 – – – – 3 [52]
Malaysia Malaysia Airlines – 17 – – – – 17 [53]
Thailand NokScoot – 7 – – – – 7
Russia Orenair ‡ – 3 – – – – 3 [54]
Brunei Royal Brunei Airlines – 6 – – – – 6 [55]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Oger – 1 – – – – 1 [56]
Singapore Scoot – 6 – – – – 6 [57]
Thailand Thai Airways ^ 6 – – – – 2 8 [58]
Belgium TNT Airways ^ – – – – – 3 3
Russia Transaero ‡ 2 7 – 4 – – 13 [59]
Brazil Varig ‡ 4 4 – – – – 8 [60]
Vietnam Vietnam Airlines – 8 – – – – 8
Australia Virgin Australia – – – – 5 – 5
Russia VIM Airlines – 10 – – 2 – 12
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Airways ‡ 1 - - - - 1

Government operators

Operators[4] 777-200 777-200ER 777-200LR 777-300 777-300ER 777F Total
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Govt – – 1 – – – 1[61]
India Indian Air Force – - – – 2 – 2
Indonesia Indonesian Presidential Aircraft (Leased Garuda Indonesia) - - - - 1 - 1
Japan Japan Air Self-Defense Force – – – – 2 – 2
United Arab Emirates Presidential Flight UAE – 1 – – 1 – 2

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. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ^ "Emirates Places Order for 42 Boeing 777s" (Press release). Boeing. November 29, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  3. ^ Boeing, Emirates Announce Historic Order for 50 777-300ERs Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "777 Model Summary". Boeing. January 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Grantham, Russell (February 29, 2008). "Delta's new Boeing 777 can fly farther, carry more". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  7. ^ "777 Interior Arrangements". Boeing. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  8. ^ Birtles 1998, pp. 13–16
  9. ^ a b "The Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  10. ^ http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=777&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=777&ViewReportF=View+Report
  11. ^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 132
  12. ^ "Business Notes: Aircraft". Time. October 29, 1990. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  13. ^ "Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. 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. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  19. ^ "World Airliner Census". Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
  20. ^ 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.
  21. ^ "Boeing 777 Operators List". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  22. ^ [1]
  23. ^ https://d1fmezig7cekam.cloudfront.net/VPP/Global/Flight/Airline%20Business/AB%20home/Edit/WorldAirlinerCensus2015.pdf
  24. ^ Crystal Cruises acquires 777LR BBJ
  25. ^ Jin Air to fly long haul
  26. ^ Mideast Jet fleet
  27. ^ Privilege style lease a 777 9in Spanish)
  28. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  29. ^ Aeroflot historic fleet Archived 2014-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ "Aeromexico". aeromexico.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  31. ^ Air Algerie historic fleet
  32. ^ Air Austral fleet at airfleets.com
  33. ^ "Air China operates its last two Boeing 777-200 scheduled revenue flights". World Airline News. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  34. ^ Air Europe historic fleet Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ Air India historic fleet Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
  36. ^ Air Madagascar historic fleet[permanent dead link‍]
  37. ^ "Biman to return two Egypt Air Boeing jets after counting Tk 3bn loss". Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  38. ^ [2]
  39. ^ China Southern moves forward last 777-200ER flight
  40. ^ Continental historic fleet Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
  41. ^ Emirates at Airfleets
  42. ^ Emirates fleet
  43. ^ "Abu Dhabi's Etihad phases out 5 Boeing 777-200LRs". Gulf Business. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  44. ^ Air Pacific lease temporary plane
  45. ^ Finnair 777 lease info at Skyliner Aviation
  46. ^ Gulf Air historic fleet
  47. ^ IrAero ends wide body experiment
  48. ^ JAL Domestic historic fleet[permanent dead link‍]
  49. ^ JAS historic fleet Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
  50. ^ Kenya Airways at Airfleets
  51. ^ Khalifa Airways historic fleet Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
  52. ^ Lauda historic fleet Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
  53. ^ Malaysia Airlines fleet at Airfleets
  54. ^ Orenair fleet at Airfleets
  55. ^ Royal Brunei historic fleet[permanent dead link‍]
  56. ^ Saudi Oger historic fleet Archived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  57. ^ Saudi Oger historic fleet Archived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  58. ^ Thao historic fleet
  59. ^ Transaero at Airfleets
  60. ^ Varig Aeroflot historic fleet Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
  61. ^ Equatorial Guinea govt 777LR BBJ
Bibliography
  • Birtles, Philip (1998). Boeing 777, Jetliner for a New Century. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-7603-0581-1. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Eden, Paul, ed. (2008). Civil Aircraft Today: The World's Most Successful Commercial Aircraft. London: Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-84509-324-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Norris, Guy; Mark Wagner (1999). Modern Boeing Jetliners. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Imprint. ISBN 0-7603-0717-2.
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