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 the "Triple Seven",[5] it is the largest twinjet.[6] The 777 can accommodate between 301 and 458 (Air Canada High Density) 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 799 aircraft delivered and over 844 orders to date.[4] Emirates operates the largest 777 fleet with 148 aircraft.[4] FedEx Express operates the largest fleet of the 777F cargo aircraft. As of June 2019, 2,033 Boeing 777s, of all variants, have been ordered and 1,598 have been delivered.[10]
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.[11][12] Subsequent versions of the 777, including the 777-200ER, 777-200LR, 777-300, 777-300ER, 777F and the upcoming 777-8X and -9x, 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.[13]
Model | Launch order | Launch customer | Go-ahead | Rollout | Maiden flight | Certification | First Delivery | Service entry |
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777-200 | Oct 15, 1990 | ![]() | Oct 29, 1990 | Apr 9, 1994 | Jun 12, 1994 | Apr 19, 1995 | May 15, 1995 | Jun 7, 1995 |
777-200ER | Jun 14, 1991 | ![]() | Oct 29, 1990 | Sep 3, 1996 | Oct 7, 1996 | Jan 17, 1997 | Feb 6, 1997 | Feb 9, 1997 |
777-200LR | Feb 27, 2000 | ![]() | Feb 29, 2000 | Feb 15, 2005 | Mar 8, 2005 | Feb 2, 2006 | Feb 27, 2006 | Mar 3, 2006 |
777-300 | Jun 14, 1995 | ![]() | Jun 26, 1995 | Sep 8, 1997 | Oct 16, 1997 | May 4, 1998 | May 21, 1998 | May 27, 1998 |
777-300ER | Mar 31, 2000 | ![]() | Feb 29, 2000 | Nov 14, 2002 | Feb 24, 2003 | Mar 16, 2004 | Apr 29, 2004 | May 10, 2004 |
777F | May 24, 2005 | ![]() | May 24, 2005 | May 21, 2008 | Jul 14, 2008 | Feb 6, 2009 | Feb 19, 2009 | Feb 22, 2009 |
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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.[14] 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.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]
In July 2009, Emirates surpassed Singapore Airlines as the biggest 777 operator, when the 78th aircraft was delivered.[18] Since 2010, Emirates is the largest Boeing 777 operator, with 152 aircraft;[19] the carrier began phasing out older −200s, −200ERs and −300s in February 2011,[20] but as of May 2011 has 47 additional −300ER orders scheduled for delivery.[4] Other primary operators are United Airlines (96), Qatar Airways (81), Air France (70), American Airlines (67), and Cathay Pacific (65). 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 September 2022.[21]
Legend | Notes |
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* | Current |
* | Former |
Orders |
Airline | Country / Region | Photo | 200 | 200ER | 200LR | 300 | 300ER | Freighter | Notes |
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Aeroflot | ![]() |
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2 | 22 | No longer supported by Boeing as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||
AeroLogic | ![]() |
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20 | ||||||
Aeroméxico | ![]() |
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4 | ||||||
Air Algérie | ![]() |
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2 | ||||||
Air Austral | ![]() |
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3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Air Canada | ![]() |
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6 | 18 | |||||
Air China | ![]() |
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10 | 28 | |||||
Air Europe | ![]() |
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2 | Transferred to Air Austral | |||||
Air France | ![]() |
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21 | 43 | 2 | Launch customer of 777-300ER and 777F | |||
Air India | ![]() |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||
Air Madagascar | ![]() |
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1 | Leased from EuroAtlantic Airways | |||||
Air New Zealand | ![]() |
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8 | 7 | To be retired. | ||||
Air Peace | ![]() |
1 | 2 | ||||||
Air Zimbabwe | ![]() |
2 | |||||||
AirBridgeCargo | ![]() |
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1 | No longer supported by Boeing as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
Alexandria Airlines | ![]() |
1 | |||||||
AlisCargo | ![]() |
4 | |||||||
Alitalia | ![]() |
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11 | 1 | Ceased operations in 2021 | ||||
All Nippon Airways | ![]() |
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2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 777-200 & 777-300 to be retired | |
American Airlines | ![]() |
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47 | 20 | |||||
Asiana Airlines | ![]() |
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9 | ||||||
ASL Airlines Belgium | ![]() |
5 | Transferred to FedEx Express | ||||||
Atlas Air | ![]() |
1 | |||||||
Austrian Airlines | ![]() |
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6 | ||||||
Azerbaijan Airlines | ![]() |
1 | |||||||
Azur Air | ![]() |
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7 | No longer supported by Boeing as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
Azur Air Ukraine | ![]() |
1 | Operated by Azur Air | ||||||
Biman Bangladesh Airlines | ![]() |
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2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
British Airways | ![]() |
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5 | 43 | 16 | Launch customer of 777-200ER | |||
Cargolux | ![]() |
10[22] | |||||||
Cathay Pacific | ![]() |
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5 | 17 | 41 | Launch customer of 777-300 | |||
CEIBA Intercontinental | ![]() |
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2 | ||||||
Central Airlines | ![]() |
1 | Operated for YunExpress | ||||||
China Airlines | ![]() |
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10 | 4 | |||||
China Cargo Airlines | ![]() |
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8 | ||||||
China Eastern Airlines | ![]() |
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20 | ||||||
China Southern Airlines | ![]() |
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4 | 6 | 15 | 14 | |||
CMA CGM Air Cargo | ![]() |
2 | |||||||
Continental Airlines | ![]() |
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22 | Merged with United Airlines in 2012 | |||||
Delta Air Lines | ![]() |
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8 | 10 | |||||
DHL Air UK | ![]() |
2 | |||||||
Eastern Airlines | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 33 | |||||
EgyptAir | ![]() |
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2 | 6 | |||||
El Al | ![]() |
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6 | ||||||
Emirates | ![]() |
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3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 124 | Largest 777 operator | |
Emirates SkyCargo | ![]() |
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11 | ||||||
Ethiopian Airlines | ![]() |
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6 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Etihad Airways | ![]() |
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5 | 10 | 5 | 777-300ER to be retired by 2021 | |||
EuroAtlantic Airways | ![]() |
1 | |||||||
EVA Air | ![]() |
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34 | 6 | |||||
FedEx Express | ![]() |
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51 | ||||||
FlyGlobal | ![]() |
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2 | 2 | Ceased operations in 2018 | ||||
Garuda Indonesia | ![]() |
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2 | 6 | 777-200 leased from China Southern Airlines Some to be retired due to fleet reduce and COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Gulf Air | ![]() |
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4 | Leased from Jet Airways | |||||
IrAero | ![]() |
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3 | ||||||
Iraqi Airways | ![]() |
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1 | ||||||
Japan Air System | ![]() |
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7 | Rebranded to Japan Airlines Domestic in 2004 | |||||
Japan Airlines | ![]() |
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15 | 5 | 7 | 13 | To be retired by 2023[23] | ||
Japan Airlines Domestic | ![]() |
7 | Merged with Japan Airlines in 2006 | ||||||
Jet Airways | ![]() |
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6 | Temporarily ceased operations in 2019 | |||||
Jin Air[24] | ![]() |
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4 | ||||||
Kalitta Air | ![]() |
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2 | 5 | 777F operated by DHL | ||||
Kenya Airways | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | |||||
Khalifa Airways | ![]() |
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2 | Transferred to Air Algérie | |||||
KLM | ![]() |
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15 | 16 | |||||
Korean Air | ![]() |
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12 | 4 | 26 | 12 | |||
Kuwait Airways | ![]() |
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2 | 10 | |||||
Lauda Air | ![]() |
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2 | Transferred to Austrian Airlines | |||||
LAN Cargo | ![]() |
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3 | Rebranded to LATAM Cargo Chile in 2016 | |||||
LANCO | ![]() |
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1 | Rebranded to LATAM Cargo Colombia in 2016 | |||||
LATAM Brasil | ![]() |
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10 | ||||||
LATAM Cargo Chile | ![]() |
2 | Transferred to AeroLogic | ||||||
LATAM Cargo Colombia | ![]() |
1 | |||||||
Lufthansa Cargo | ![]() |
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11 | ||||||
Malaysia Airlines | ![]() |
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17 | ||||||
Med-View Airlines | ![]() |
1 | |||||||
Mid East Jet | ![]() |
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1 | ||||||
NokScoot | ![]() |
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7 | Ceased operations in 2020 | |||||
Nordwind Airlines | ![]() |
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6 | 6 | No longer supported by Boeing as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||
Omni Air International | ![]() |
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3 | ||||||
Orenair | ![]() |
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3 | Ceased operations in 2016 | |||||
Pakistan International Airlines | ![]() |
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6 | 2 | 4 | Launch customer of 777-200LR | |||
Pegas Fly | ![]() |
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2 | No longer supported by Boeing as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
Philippine Airlines | ![]() |
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10 | ||||||
Polar Air Cargo | ![]() |
8 | |||||||
Privilege Style | ![]() |
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2 | ||||||
Qatar Airways | ![]() |
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8 | 52 | 777-200LR & some 777-300ER to be retired by 2024 | ||||
Qatar Airways Cargo | ![]() |
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26 | ||||||
Red Wings Airlines | ![]() |
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3 | No longer supported by Boeing as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
Rossiya Airlines | ![]() |
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2 | 5 | 5 | No longer supported by Boeing as an effect of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||
Royal Brunei Airlines | ![]() |
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6 | Leased from Singapore Airlines | |||||
Royal Flight | ![]() |
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3 | Ceased operations in 2022 | |||||
Saudia | ![]() |
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23 | 35 | 4 | ||||
Scoot | ![]() |
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6 | ||||||
Singapore Airlines | ![]() |
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46 | 12 | 26 | ||||
Southern Air | ![]() |
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10 | Merged with Atlas Air in 2021 | |||||
Surinam Airways | ![]() |
1 | |||||||
Swiss International Air Lines | ![]() |
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12 | ||||||
TAAG Angola Airlines | ![]() |
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3 | 5 | |||||
TAM Linhas Aéreas | ![]() |
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10 | Rebranded to LATAM Brasil in 2016 | |||||
Thai Airways | ![]() |
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8 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 777F operated by Southern Air | |
TNT Airways | ![]() |
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5 | Rebranded to ASL Airlines Belgium in 2016 | |||||
Transaero | ![]() |
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2 | 7 | 5 | Ceased operations in 2015 777-300 transferred to Rossiya Airlines | |||
Turkish Airlines | ![]() |
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33 | 8 | |||||
Turkmenistan Airlines | ![]() |
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4 | ||||||
Ukraine International Airlines | ![]() |
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3 | 2 | |||||
United Airlines | ![]() |
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19 | 55 | 22 | Launch customer of 777-200 | |||
V Australia | ![]() |
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5 | Merged into Virgin Australia in 2011 | |||||
Varig | ![]() |
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4 | 4 | Ceased operations in 2007 | ||||
Vietnam Airlines | ![]() |
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10 | ||||||
Virgin Australia | ![]() |
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5 | Retired in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
VIM Airlines | ![]() |
12 | 1 | 1 | Ceased operations in 2017 | ||||
YunExpress | ![]() |
1 | Operated by Central Airlines | ||||||
Zimbabwe Airways | ![]() |
1 | Ceased operations in 2018 Transferred to Air Zimbabwe | ||||||
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