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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 .
For all models sold beginning with the Boeing 707 in 1957, except the Boeing 720, Boeing's naming system for commercial airliners has taken the form of 7X7 (X representing a number). All model designations from 707 through 787 have been assigned, leaving 797 as the only 7X7 model name not assigned to a product.
Boeing has restarted production of its 737, 767, and 777/777X aircraft models again after a lengthy strike. China News Service/Getty Images Boeing has resumed the production of the 767 and 777 as ...
After the baseline model, the 777-200, Boeing developed an increased gross weight variant with greater range and payload capability. [63] Initially named 777-200IGW, [64] the 777-200ER first flew on October 7, 1996, [65] received FAA and JAA certification on January 17, 1997, [66] and entered service with British Airways on February 9, 1997. [66]
China Airlines ordered nearly $12 billion worth of Boeing and Airbus widebody aircraft. The deal is worth about $7.4 billion to Boeing, with China Airlines as its newest 777X customer.
The never-before-seen technology has several advantages, but the idea stemmed from airport-gate space limitations and the 777X's huge wingspan.
B-HNL, originally registered as N7771, at Geneva Airport on 9 September 1995. The Boeing 777 is the world's largest twin-engine jet and the first of two Boeing aircraft to feature fly-by-wire flight controls, followed by the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
The General Electric GE9X is a high-bypass turbofan developed by GE Aerospace exclusively for the Boeing 777X. It first ran on the ground in April 2016 and first flew on March 13, 2018; it powered the 777-9's maiden flight in early 2020. It received its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certificate on September 25, 2020.