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A Boeing 767-300ER ordered by GECAS with customer code 6N would be designated as Boeing 767-36N(ER). A Boeing 777-200LR, 777-300, 777-300ER & 777F ordered by Emirates with customer code 1H would be designated as Boeing 777-21H(LR), Boeing 777-31H, Boeing 777-31H(ER) and 777-F1H (not 777-21H(F)) respectively.
The extended-range 777-300ER, with a MTOW of 700,000–775,000 lb (318–352 t), entered service in 2004, the longer-range 777-200LR in 2006, and the 777F freighter in 2009. These second-generation 777 variants have extended raked wingtips and are powered exclusively by 110,000–115,300 lbf (489–513 kN) GE90 engines.
The number of 777 customers had grown to 25 airlines by June 1997, with 323 aircraft on order. [2] On August 26, 2004, Singapore Airlines followed up with a US$4 billion order for the 777-300ER, including 18 firm orders and 13 options. [3] The combined orders would make the carrier's 777 fleet number 77 when deliveries were complete. [3]
Boeing 737-900ER Boeing 767-300ER: Boeing 777-200ER: 8 1999 2020 [61] Airbus A330-900 Airbus A350: Retirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. N867DA was acquired by the Arizona Cardinals as team transport. 5 B777-200LR's leased to Air India. [62] Boeing 777-200LR: 10 2008 Convair CV-240 family: 18 1953 1970 McDonnell Douglas DC-9
The original 777-200 model first entered service in 1995, followed by the extended-range 777-200ER in 1997. [6] 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. [6]
For Boeing's second-generation 777 long-range versions (777-200LR, 777-300ER, and 777F), greater thrust was needed to meet the aircraft requirements. General Electric and Pratt & Whitney insisted on a winner-take-all contract due to the $500 million investment in engine modifications needed to meet the requirements, with GE receiving sole ...
The order included all three variants of 777, i.e. three 777-200ER (Extended Range), two 777-200LR (Longer Range), and three 777-300ER versions. PIA was the launch customer that revived the Boeing 777-200LR project that, until then, only had three orders.
Later in November 2007, Qatar Airways ordered the Boeing 787-8 [43] as well as the Boeing 777. The airline ordered three variants of the latter: the -300ER, the -200LR, and the 777F. The newest addition to the fleet is the Boeing 737 MAX 8, which Qatar Airways began operations with in 2023.