List of Boeing 777 operators

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, 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]

Model Launch order Launch customer Go-ahead Rollout Maiden flight Certification First Delivery Service entry
777-200 Oct 15, 1990United AirlinesOct 29, 1990Apr 9, 1994Jun 12, 1994Apr 19, 1995May 15, 1995Jun 7, 1995
777-200ER Jun 14, 1991British AirwaysOct 29, 1990Sep 3, 1996Oct 7, 1996Jan 17, 1997Feb 6, 1997Feb 9, 1997
777-200LR Feb 27, 2000Pakistan InternationalFeb 29, 2000Feb 15, 2005Mar 8, 2005Feb 2, 2006Feb 27, 2006Mar 3, 2006
777-300 Jun 14, 1995Cathay PacificJun 26, 1995Sep 8, 1997Oct 16, 1997May 4, 1998May 21, 1998May 27, 1998
777-300ER Mar 31, 2000Air FranceFeb 29, 2000Nov 14, 2002Feb 24, 2003Mar 16, 2004Apr 29, 2004May 10, 2004
777F May 24, 2005Air FranceMay 24, 2005May 21, 2008Jul 14, 2008Feb 6, 2009Feb 19, 2009Feb 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.[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]

Operators[4] 777-200777-200ER777-200LR777-300777-300ER777FTotal
Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight112
Aeroflot 14[21]14
AeroLogic 88
Aeroméxico44
Air Austral134
Air Canada61925
Air China102030
Air France 2543270
Air India 31215
Air New Zealand8715
Alitalia1111
All Nippon Airways16971951
American Airlines472067
Asiana Airlines1111
Austrian Airlines55
Biman Bangladesh Airlines246
British Airways3431258
Cathay Pacific5125370
Ceiba11
China Airlines1010
China Cargo Airlines66
China Eastern Airlines6-6[22]
China Southern791228
Crystal Cruises
begins early 2017
11[23]
Delta Air Lines81018
DHL Aviation
operated by Aero Logic
and Southern Air
1212
EgyptAir4610
El Al66
Emirates1012110[24]8146
Ethiopian Airlines62210
Etihad Airways511429
EuroAtlantic Airways11
EVA Air27+11order27
FedEx Express1919
Garuda Indonesia-7+3 order10
Iran Air_-__25 order-
Japan Airlines 151171346
Jet Airways 1010
Jin Air[25] 44
Kenya Airways4-37
KLM 151429
Korean Air15418542
Kuwait Airways21012
LATAM Brasil1212
LATAM Cargo Chile22
Lufthansa Cargo55
Mid East Jet1[26]1
NokScoot 22
Nordwind Airlines 33
Omni Air International 22
Pakistan International Airlines62311
Philippine Airlines6
(2 more lease orders)
6
Privilege Style 1[27]1
Qatar Airways 925539[28]
Saudia2325452
Singapore Airlines111272454
Southern Air 44
Swiss International Air Lines
(Operate by Swiss Global Air Lines)
3+6 order3
TAAG Angola Airlines325
Thai Airways8661434
TNT Airways33
Turkish Airlines 32[29]32
Turkmenistan Airlines22
United Airlines195574
Vietnam Airlines88
VIM Airlines11
Virgin Australia55
Total853845655531831200

Orders and deliveries

Former operators

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

Operators[4] 777-200777-200ER777-200LR777-300777-300ER777FTotal
Aeroflot ^ 2[30]2
Air Algerie 2[31]2
Air Austral ^ 314[32]
Air Europe (Italy) double-dagger 2[33]2
Air India ^1359[34]
Air Madagascar 1[35]1
China Southern Airlines ^ 6[36]6
Continental Airlines double-dagger20[37]20
Emirates ^ 3[38]6[39]9
Fiji Airways 1[40]1
Finnair11[41]
Gulf Air 4[42]4
Japan Airlines Domestic double-dagger 7[43]7
Japan Air System double-dagger
7[44]7
Kenya Airways double-dagger437[45]
Khalifa Airways double-dagger 2[46]2
Lauda Air double-dagger 3[47]3
Malaysia Airlines 1717[48]
Orenair 33[49]
Royal Brunei Airlines 6[50]6
Saudi Oger 1[51]1
Thai Airways International ^2[52]2
Transaero double-dagger27413[53]
Varig double-dagger 448[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
  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
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "777 Model Summary". Boeing. March 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  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. 1 2 "The Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  10. Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 132
  11. "Business Notes: Aircraft". Time. October 29, 1990. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
  12. "Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  13. Birtles 1998, p. 80
  14. Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 139
  15. Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 143
  16. Eden 2008, p. 115
  17. "Emirates becomes largest Boeing 777 operator". Business Standard. July 31, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Airliner Census". Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
  19. 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.
  20. "World Airliner Census 2012" (PDF). Flight International. August 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  21. http://www.aeroflot.ru/cms/en/flight/plane_park
  22. https://d1fmezig7cekam.cloudfront.net/VPP/Global/Flight/Airline%20Business/AB%20home/Edit/WorldAirlinerCensus2015.pdf
  23. Crystal Cruises acquires 777LR BBJ
  24. http://www.emirates.com/english/flying/our_fleet/boeing_777_300ER.aspx
  25. Jin Air to fly long haul
  26. Mideast Jet fleet
  27. Privilege style lease a 777 9in Spanish)
  28. http://www.qatarairways.com/global/en/our-fleet.page/
  29. http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-us/travel-information/turkish-airlines-passenger-cargo-airbus-boeing-all-flight-fleet
  30. Aeroflot historic fleet
  31. Air Algerie historic fleet
  32. Air Austral fleet at airfleets.com
  33. Air Europe historic fleet
  34. Air India historic fleet
  35. Air Madagascar historic fleet
  36. China Southern moves forward last 777-200ER flight
  37. Continental historic fleet
  38. Emirates at Airfleets
  39. Emirates fleet
  40. Air Pacific lease temporary plane
  41. Finnair 777 lease info at Skyliner Aviation
  42. Gulf Air historic fleet
  43. JAL Domestic historic fleet
  44. JAS historic fleet
  45. Kenya Airways at Airfleets
  46. Khalifa Airways historic fleet
  47. Lauda historic fleet
  48. Malaysia Airlines fleet at Airfleets
  49. Orenair fleet at Airfleets
  50. Royal Brunei historic fleet
  51. Saudi Oger historic fleet
  52. Thao historic fleet
  53. Transaero at Airfleets
  54. Varig Aeroflot historic fleet
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