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A 777-300ER, the best-selling variant, of the launch operator Air France. The 777-300ER ("ER" for Extended Range) is the B-market version of the -300. Its higher MTOW and increased fuel capacity permits a maximum range of 7,370 nautical miles (13,650 km; 8,480 mi) with 392 passengers in a two-class seating arrangement. [187]
Using two engines produces a typical operating cost advantage of around 8–9% for the -300ER over the A340-600. [20] The 777-300ER was also seen as a 747-400 replacement amid rising fuel prices given its 20% fuel burn advantage. [21] Until passed by its derivative, the GE9X, the GE90 series held the title of the largest engines in aviation ...
The Boeing 777X is the latest series of the long-range, wide-body, twin-engine jetliners in the Boeing 777 family from Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The changes for 777X include General Electric GE9X engines, composite wings with folding wingtips , greater cabin width and seating capacity, and technologies from the Boeing 787 .
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]
Rolls-Royce had unsuccessfully offered the Trent 8104 for the second-generation 777 (originally 777-X, eventually produced as the -300ER, -200LR, 777-200LRF or 777F). However Boeing selected GE Aviation as the exclusive engine supplier for the second-generation 777 with high-output derivatives of the General Electric GE90, and again for the ...
A PW4074 engine had a fan blade failure and associated engine cowl damage as the Boeing 777-200 was climbing out of Okinawa. [18] As of March 2021 the investigation is ongoing. 20 February 2021, United Airlines Flight 328 Boeing 777-200's right hand PW4077-112 had a blade failure shortly after taking off from Denver, causing significant engine ...
A Boeing 777-222(ER) from United Airlines is taking off. A Washington, D.C. man has been arrested for threatening flight attendants on a United Airlines plane traveling from Houston to New Jersey.
Four-abreast cross-section Narrow-body Boeing 737-300 in front of a Boeing 777-300ER wide-body. A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner arranged along a single aisle, permitting up to 6-abreast seating in a cabin less than 4 metres (13 ft) in width.