List of Boeing 777 operators
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]
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 | Oct 15, 1990 |  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 |  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 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 |  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 |  Air France |
Feb 29, 2000 | Nov 14, 2002 | Feb 24, 2003 | Mar 16, 2004 | Apr 29, 2004 | May 10, 2004 |
| 777F | May 24, 2005 | Air France |
May 24, 2005 | May 21, 2008 | Jul 14, 2008 | Feb 6, 2009 | Feb 19, 2009 | Feb 22, 2009 |
Current and future operators
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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 146 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 (88),[21] Cathay Pacific (68), Air France (70)[19] and American Airlines (67). 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.[22]
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aeroflot |
– | – | – | – | 19 | – | 19 |
 AeroLogic |
– | – | – | – | – | 14 | 14 |
| Air Austral |
– | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 |
 Air Canada |
– | – | 6 | – | 19 | – | 25 |
 Air China |
– | – | – | – | 28 | 8 | 36 |
| Air France |
– | 25 | – | – | 43 | 2 | 70 |
 Air India |
– | – | 3 | – | 15 | – | 18 |
 Air New Zealand |
– | 8 | – | – | 8 | – | 16 |
 Air Peace |
– | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 3 |
 Alexandria Airlines |
– | – | – | 1[23] | – | – | 1 |
 Alitalia |
– | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | 12 |
 All Nippon Airways |
8 | 12 | – | 7 | 28 | 2 | 55 |
| American Airlines |
– | 47 | – | – | 20 | – | 67 |
 Asiana Airlines |
– | 9 | – | – | – | – | 9 |
 Austrian Airlines |
– | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
 Azerbaijan Airlines |
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Azur Air |
– | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
 Biman Bangladesh Airlines |
– | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| British Airways |
3 | 43 | – | – | 12 | – | 58 |
| Cathay Pacific |
- | – | – | 17 | 51 | – | 68 |
 Ceiba Intercontinental Airlinesoperated by  White Airways |
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
 China Airlines |
– | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 |
| China Cargo Airlines |
– | – | – | – | – | 6 | 6 |
| China Eastern Airlines |
– | – | – | – | 20 | – | 20[24] |
| China Southern Airlines |
– | – | – | – | 15 | 12 | 27 |
| Crystal Cruises
operated by |
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1[25] |
| Delta Air Lines |
– | 8 | 10 | – | – | – | 18 |
| DHL Aviation operated by Aero Logic |
– | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| EgyptAir |
– | -- | – | – | 6 | – | 8 |
 El Al |
– | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
 Emirates |
– | – | 10 | – | 134 | 11 | 155 |
| Equatorial Guinea Govt |
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1[26] |
 Ethiopian Airlines |
– | – | 6 | – | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| Etihad Airways |
– | – | – | – | 19 | 4 | 32 |
| EuroAtlantic Airways |
– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| EVA Air |
– | – | – | – | 34 | 5 | 39 |
| FedEx Express |
– | – | – | – | – | 43 | 43 |
 FlyGlobal
|
- | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
 Garuda Indonesia |
– | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 |
 Iraqi Airways |
– | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Japan Airlines |
12 | 11 | – | 4 | 13 | – | 40 |
| Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
– | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Jin Air[27] |
– | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Kalitta Air
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
 Kenya Airways
|
- | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 |
 KLM |
– | 15 | – | – | 14 | – | 29 |
| Korean Air |
– | 14 | – | 4 | 26 | 12 | 56 |
 Kuwait Airways |
– | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 |
 LATAM Brasil |
– | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 |
| Lufthansa Cargo |
– | – | – | – | – | 5 | 5 |
| Med-View Airlines |
– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Mid East Jet |
– | 1[28] | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 NokScoot |
– | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Nordwind Airlines |
– | 6 | – | – | 3 | – | 9 |
| Omni Air International |
– | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Pakistan International Airlines |
– | 6 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 12 |
 Philippine Airlines |
– | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 |
| Presidential Flight UAE |
– | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
 Privilege Style |
– | 1[29] | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Qatar Airways |
– | – | 9 | – | 48 | 21 | 78 |
| Rossiya Airlines |
– | – | – | 5 | 5 | – | 10 |
| Royal Flight |
– | – | – | - | 3 | – | 3 |
| Saudia |
– | -- | – | – | 35 | 4 | 39 |
 Singapore Airlines |
- | 8 | – | 5 | 27 | – | 40 |
| Southern Air |
– | – | – | – | – | 9 | 9 |
 Swiss International Air Lines |
– | – | – | – | 11 | – | 11 |
 TAAG Angola Airlines |
– | 3 | – | – | 5 | – | 8 |
| Thai Airways |
6 | 6 | – | 6 | 14 | – | 32 |
 Turkish Airlines |
– | – | – | – | 33[30] | 6 | 39 |
 Turkmenistan Airlines |
– | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
 Ukraine International Airlines |
– | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| United Airlines |
19 | 55 | – | – | 19 | – | 93 |
 Virgin Australia |
– | – | – | – | 5 | – | 5 |
 Zimbabwe Airways
|
- | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 48 | 326 | 53 | 53 | 805 | 177 | 1,462 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeroflot ^ |
– | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | [31] |
 Aeromexico ^ |
– | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | [32] |
 Air Algerie |
2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | [33] |
| Air Austral ^ |
– | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | [34] |
| Air China ^
|
10 | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | [35] |
| Air Europe (Italy) ‡ |
– | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | [36] |
| Air India ^ |
1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 4 | [37] |
 Air Madagascar |
– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | [38] |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines ^
|
– | – | 4 | 4 | [39] | |||
| Cathay Pacific ^ |
5 | - | – | – | – | – | 5 | [40] |
| China Southern Airlines ^ |
4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 10 | [41] |
| Continental Airlines ‡ |
– | 20 | – | – | – | – | 20 | [42] |
| Emirates ^ |
3 | 6 | – | 12 | – | – | 21 | [43][44] |
| Etihad Airways ^
|
– | – | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | [45] |
 Fiji Airways |
– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | [46] |
 Finnair |
– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | [47] |
 Gulf Air |
– | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 | [48] |
| IrAero
|
- | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | [49] |
| Japan Airlines Domestic ‡ |
7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | [50] |
| Japan Air System ‡ |
7 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | [51] |
| Jet Airways † |
– | – | – | – | 10 | – | 10 | |
| Kenya Airways |
– | 4 | – | – | 3 | – | 7 | [52] |
| Khalifa Airways ‡ |
2 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | [53] |
| Kuwait Airways ^ |
– | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 LAN Cargo ‡ |
– | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Lauda Air ‡ |
– | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | [54] |
| Malaysia Airlines |
– | 17 | – | – | – | – | 17 | [55] |
| Orenair ‡ |
– | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | [56] |
 Royal Brunei Airlines |
– | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 | [57] |
| Saudi Oger |
– | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | [58] |
| Scoot |
– | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 | [59] |
| Thai Airways ^ |
– | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | [60] |
 TNT Airways ^ |
– | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | |
| Transaero ‡ |
2 | 7 | – | 4 | – | – | 13 | [61] |
| Varig ‡ |
4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | 8 | [62] |
 Vietnam Airlines |
– | 8 | – | – | – | – | 8 | |
| VIM Airlines |
– | 10 | – | – | 2 | – | 12 |
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
- ^ "Boeing, Emirates Announce Order for 30 Boeing 777-300ERs". Boeing. July 19, 2010. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Emirates Places Order for 42 Boeing 777s" (Press release). Boeing. November 29, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ^ Boeing, Emirates Announce Historic Order for 50 777-300ERs Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f "777 Model Summary". Boeing. January 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ^ http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=777&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=777&ViewReportF=View+Report
- ^ Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 132
- ^ "Business Notes: Aircraft". Time. October 29, 1990. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
- ^ "Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. 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.
- ^ a b "World Airliner Census". Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
- ^ 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". Flight International. August 18–24, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ^ "Boeing 777 Operators List". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ^ [1]
- ^ https://d1fmezig7cekam.cloudfront.net/VPP/Global/Flight/Airline%20Business/AB%20home/Edit/WorldAirlinerCensus2015.pdf
- ^ Crystal Cruises acquires 777LR BBJ
- ^ Equatorial Guinea govt 777LR BBJ
- ^ Jin Air to fly long haul
- ^ Mideast Jet fleet
- ^ Privilege style lease a 777 9in Spanish)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Aeroflot historic fleet Archived 2014-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Aeromexico". aeromexico.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ Air Algerie historic fleet
- ^ Air Austral fleet at airfleets.com
- ^ "Air China operates its last two Boeing 777-200 scheduled revenue flights". World Airline News. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ Air Europe historic fleet Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Air India historic fleet Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Air Madagascar historic fleet[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Biman to return two Egypt Air Boeing jets after counting Tk 3bn loss". Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ [2]
- ^ China Southern moves forward last 777-200ER flight
- ^ Continental historic fleet Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Emirates at Airfleets
- ^ Emirates fleet
- ^ "Abu Dhabi's Etihad phases out 5 Boeing 777-200LRs". Gulf Business. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ Air Pacific lease temporary plane
- ^ Finnair 777 lease info at Skyliner Aviation
- ^ Gulf Air historic fleet
- ^ IrAero ends wide body experiment
- ^ JAL Domestic historic fleet[permanent dead link]
- ^ JAS historic fleet Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kenya Airways at Airfleets
- ^ Khalifa Airways historic fleet Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Lauda historic fleet Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malaysia Airlines fleet at Airfleets
- ^ Orenair fleet at Airfleets
- ^ Royal Brunei historic fleet[permanent dead link]
- ^ Saudi Oger historic fleet Archived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Saudi Oger historic fleet Archived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Thao historic fleet
- ^ Transaero at Airfleets
- ^ Varig Aeroflot historic fleet Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- 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 1-84509-324-0.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Norris, Guy; Mark Wagner (1999). Modern Boeing Jetliners. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Imprint. ISBN 0-7603-0717-2.
