List of Boeing 777 operators

An Emirates 777-300ER. Emirates is the largest operator of the Boeing 777, having operated each 777 family variant;^[1][2] the carrier has 48 –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 17,372 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 432 aircraft delivered and over 700 orders to date.^[4] Emirates operates the largest 777 fleet, with 87 aircraft.^[4]FedEx Express operates the largest fleet of the 777F cargo aircraft. As of August 2013, 1,467 Boeing 777s, of all variants, have been ordered, and 1223 have been delivered.^[4]

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.^[10][11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[15] 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.^[16]

In July 2009, Emirates surpassed Singapore Airlines as the biggest 777 operator, when the 78th aircraft was delivered.^[17] Since 2010, Emirates is the largest Boeing 777 operator, with 146 aircraft;^[18] 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 United Airlines (88),^[20] Cathay Pacific (70), Air France (70)^[18] 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 November 2011.^[21]

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

Orders and deliveries

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
Aeroflot ^	–	2[33]	–	–	–	–	2
Air Algerie	2[34]	–	–	–	–	–	2
Air Austral ^	–	3	2	–	–	–	5[35]
Air Europe (Italy)	–	2[36]	–	–	–	–	2
Air India ^	1	3	–	–	–	–	3[37]
Air Madagascar	–	1[38]	–	–	–	–	1
China Southern Airlines ^	7	6[39]	–	–	–	–	6
Continental Airlines	–	20[40]	–	–	–	–	20
Emirates ^	3[41]	6[42]	–	–	–	–	9
Etihad Airways ^	-	-	5	-	-	-	5
Fiji Airways	–	1[43]	–	–	–	–	1
Finnair	–	1	–	–	–	–	1[44]
Gulf Air	–	–	–	–	4[45]	–	4
Japan Airlines Domestic	7[46]	–	–	–	–	–	7
Japan Air System	7[47]	–	–	–	–	–	7
Kenya Airways	–	4	–	–	3	–	7[48]
Khalifa Airways	2[49]	–	–	–	–	–	2
Kuwait Airways ^	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
LAN Cargo	–	–	–	–	–	3	3
Lauda Air	–	3[50]	–	–	–	–	3
Malaysia Airlines	–	17	–	–	–	–	17[51]
Orenair	–	3	–	–	–	–	3[52]
Royal Brunei Airlines	–	6[53]	–	–	–	–	6
Saudi Oger	–	1[54]	–	–	–	–	1
Scoot	–	6[55]	–	–	–	–	6
Thai Airways ^	–	–	–	–	–	2[56]	2
TNT Airways ^	–	–	–	–	–	3	3
Transaero	2	7	–	4	–	–	13[57]
Varig	4	4	–	–	–	–	8[58]
Vietnam Airlines	–	8	–	–	–	–	8
VIM Airlines	–	10	–	–	2	–	12

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

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.

External links

• Boeing 777 Orders and Deliveries
• Boeing Commercial Orders and Deliveries