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][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 (74),^[18] Cathay Pacific (70), Air France (70)^[18] and Singapore Airlines (54),^[18] the launch customer. 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.^[20]

•   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[30]	–	–	–	–	2
Air Algerie	2[31]	–	–	–	–	–	2
Air Austral ^	–	3	1	–	–	–	4[32]
Air Europe (Italy)	–	2[33]	–	–	–	–	2
Air India ^	1	3	5	–	–	–	9[34]
Air Madagascar	–	1[35]	–	–	–	–	1
China Southern Airlines ^	–	6[36]	–	–	–	–	6
Continental Airlines	–	20[37]	–	–	–	–	20
Emirates ^	3[38]	6[39]	–	–	–	–	9
Fiji Airways	–	1[40]	–	–	–	–	1
Finnair	–	1	–	–	–	–	1[41]
Gulf Air	–	–	–	–	4[42]	–	4
Japan Airlines Domestic	7[43]	–	–	–	–	–	7
Japan Air System	7[44]	–	–	–	–	–	7
Kenya Airways	–	4	–	–	3	–	7[45]
Khalifa Airways	2[46]	–	–	–	–	–	2
Lauda Air	–	3[47]	–	–	–	–	3
Malaysia Airlines	–	17	–	–	–	–	17[48]
Orenair	–	3	–	–	–	–	3[49]
Royal Brunei Airlines	–	6[50]	–	–	–	–	6
Saudi Oger	–	1[51]	–	–	–	–	1
Thai Airways International ^	–	–	–	–	–	2[52]	2
Transaero	2	7	–	4	–	–	13[53]
Varig	4	4	–	–	–	–	8[54]

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