List of Boeing 777 operators

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.[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.

An Emirates 777-300ER. Emirates is the largest operator of the Boeing 777 with 148 aircraft, having operated each 777 family variant;[1][2] .[3][4]

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 June 2019, 2,033 Boeing 777s, of all variants, have been ordered, and 1,598 have been delivered.[10]

A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 at Fiumicino Airport, Registration N771UA

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.[11][12] 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.[13]

Model	Launch order	Launch customer	Go-ahead	Rollout	Maiden flight	Certification	First Delivery	Service entry
777-200	Oct 15, 1990	United Airlines	Oct 29, 1990	Apr 9, 1994	Jun 12, 1994	Apr 19, 1995	May 15, 1995	Jun 7, 1995
777-200ER	Jun 14, 1991	British Airways	Oct 29, 1990	Sep 3, 1996	Oct 7, 1996	Jan 17, 1997	Feb 6, 1997	Feb 9, 1997
777-200LR	Feb 27, 2000	Pakistan International Airlines	Feb 29, 2000	Feb 15, 2005	Mar 8, 2005	Feb 2, 2006	Feb 27, 2006	Mar 3, 2006
777-300	Jun 14, 1995	Cathay Pacific	Jun 26, 1995	Sep 8, 1997	Oct 16, 1997	May 4, 1998	May 21, 1998	May 27, 1998
777-300ER	Mar 31, 2000	Air France	Feb 29, 2000	Nov 14, 2002	Feb 24, 2003	Mar 16, 2004	Apr 29, 2004	May 10, 2004
777F	May 24, 2005	Air France	May 24, 2005	May 21, 2008	Jul 14, 2008	Feb 6, 2009	Feb 19, 2009	Feb 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.[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 146 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 (88),[21] Cathay Pacific (68), Air France (70)[19] and American Airlines (67). 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 December 2019.[22]

•   Original 777-200 launch customers, the first to take delivery, and part of the "Working Together" 777 design team.

Operators[4]	777-200	777-200ER	777-200LR	777-300	777-300ER	777F	Total
Aeroflot	–	–	–	–	19	–	19
AeroLogic	–	–	–	–	–	14	14
Air Austral	–	–	–	–	3	–	3
Air Canada	–	–	6	–	19	–	25
Air China	–	–	–	–	28	8	36
Air France	–	25	–	–	43	2	70
Air India	–	–	3	–	15	–	18
Air New Zealand	–	8	–	–	8	–	16
Air Peace	–	1	–	2	–	–	3
Alexandria Airlines	–	–	–	1[23]	–	–	1
Alitalia	–	11	–	–	1	–	12
All Nippon Airways	8	12	–	7	28	2	55
American Airlines	–	47	–	–	20	–	67
Asiana Airlines	–	9	–	–	–	–	9
Austrian Airlines	–	6	–	–	–	–	6
Azerbaijan Airlines	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Azur Air	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
Biman Bangladesh Airlines	–	–	–	–	4	–	4
British Airways	3	43	–	–	12	–	58
Cathay Pacific	-	–	–	17	51	–	68
Ceiba Intercontinental Airlines operated by White Airways	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
China Airlines	–	–	–	–	10	–	10
China Cargo Airlines	–	–	–	–	–	6	6
China Eastern Airlines	–	–	–	–	20	–	20[24]
China Southern Airlines	–	–	–	–	15	12	27
Crystal Cruises operated by Comlux Aruba	–	–	1	–	–	–	1[25]
Delta Air Lines	–	8	10	–	–	–	18
DHL Aviation operated by Aero Logic	–	–	–	–	–	2	2
EgyptAir	–	--	–	–	6	–	8
El Al	–	6	–	–	–	–	6
Emirates	–	–	10	–	134	11	155
Equatorial Guinea Govt	–	–	1	–	–	–	1[26]
Ethiopian Airlines	–	–	6	–	4	10	20
Etihad Airways	–	–	–	–	19	4	32
EuroAtlantic Airways	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
EVA Air	–	–	–	–	34	5	39
FedEx Express	–	–	–	–	–	43	43
FlyGlobal	-	2	-	2	-	-	4
Garuda Indonesia	–	–	–	–	10	–	10
Iraqi Airways	–	–	1	–	–	–	1
Japan Airlines	12	11	–	4	13	–	40
Japan Air Self-Defense Force	–	–	–	–	2	–	2
Jin Air[27]	–	4	–	–	–	–	4
Kalitta Air	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Kenya Airways	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
KLM	–	15	–	–	14	–	29
Korean Air	–	14	–	4	26	12	56
Kuwait Airways	–	–	–	–	10	–	10
LATAM Brasil	–	–	–	–	10	–	10
Lufthansa Cargo	–	–	–	–	–	5	5
Med-View Airlines	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Mid East Jet	–	1[28]	–	–	–	–	1
Nordwind Airlines	–	6	–	–	3	–	9
Omni Air International	–	3	–	–	–	–	3
Pakistan International Airlines	–	6	2	–	4	–	12
Philippine Airlines	–	–	–	–	10	–	10
Presidential Flight UAE	–	1	–	–	1	–	2
Privilege Style	–	1[29]	–	–	–	–	1
Qatar Airways	–	–	9	–	48	21	78
Rossiya Airlines	–	–	–	5	5	–	10
Royal Flight	–	–	–	-	3	–	3
Saudia	–	--	–	–	35	4	39
Singapore Airlines	-	8	–	5	27	–	40
Southern Air	–	–	–	–	–	9	9
Swiss International Air Lines	–	–	–	–	11	–	11
TAAG Angola Airlines	–	3	–	–	5	–	8
Thai Airways	–	6	–	6	14	–	26
Turkish Airlines	–	–	–	–	33[30]	6	39
Turkmenistan Airlines	–	–	3	–	–	–	3
Ukraine International Airlines	–	3	–	–	–	–	4
United Airlines	19	55	–	–	25	–	99
Virgin Australia	–	–	–	–	5	–	5
Zimbabwe Airways	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Total	42	326	53	53	805	177	1,456

Former operators

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

•   Current operators of other versions (^).
•   Defunct airlines ().

Operators[4]	777-200	777-200ER	777-200LR	777-300	777-300ER	777F	Total	Source
Aeroflot ^	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	[31]
Aeromexico ^	–	4	–	–	–	–	4	[32]
Air Algerie	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	[33]
Air Austral ^	–	2	2	–	–	–	4	[34]
Air China ^	10	–	–	–	–	–	10	[35]
Air Europe (Italy)	–	2	–	–	–	–	2	[36]
Air India ^	1	3	–	–	–	–	4	[37]
Air Madagascar	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	[38]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines ^			–	–	4		4	[39]
Cathay Pacific ^	5	-	–	–	–	–	5	[40]
China Southern Airlines ^	4	6	–	–	–	–	10	[41]
Continental Airlines	–	20	–	–	–	–	20	[42]
Emirates ^	3	6	–	12	–	–	21	[43][44]
Etihad Airways ^	–	–	5	–	–	–	5	[45]
Fiji Airways	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	[46]
Finnair	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	[47]
Gulf Air	–	–	–	–	4	–	4	[48]
IrAero	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	[49]
Japan Airlines Domestic	7	–	–	–	–	–	7	[50]
Japan Air System	7	–	–	–	–	–	7	[51]
Jet Airways	–	–	–	–	10	–	10
Kenya Airways	–	4	–	–	3	–	7	[52]
Khalifa Airways	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	[53]
Kuwait Airways ^	–	2	–	–	–	–	2
LAN Cargo	–	–	–	–	–	3	3
Lauda Air	–	3	–	–	–	–	3	[54]
Malaysia Airlines	–	17	–	–	–	–	17	[55]
NokScoot	–	7	–	–	–	–	7
Orenair	–	3	–	–	–	–	3	[56]
Royal Brunei Airlines	–	6	–	–	–	–	6	[57]
Saudi Oger	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	[58]
Scoot	–	6	–	–	–	–	6	[59]
Thai Airways ^	6	–	–	–	–	2	8	[60]
TNT Airways ^	–	–	–	–	–	3	3
Transaero	2	7	–	4	–	–	13	[61]
Varig	4	4	–	–	–	–	8	[62]
Vietnam Airlines	–	8	–	–	–	–	8
VIM Airlines	–	10	–	–	2	–	12

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 Archived 2011-11-17 at the Wayback Machine
4. "777 Model Summary". Boeing. January 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
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7. "777 Interior Arrangements". Boeing. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
8. Birtles 1998, pp. 13–16
9. "The Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
10. http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=777&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=777&ViewReportF=View+Report
11. Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 132
12. "Business Notes: Aircraft". Time. October 29, 1990. Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2008.
13. "Boeing 777 Program Background". Boeing. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
14. Birtles 1998, p. 80
15. Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 139
16. Norris & Wagner 1999, p. 143
17. Eden 2008, p. 115
18. "Emirates becomes largest Boeing 777 operator". Business Standard. July 31, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
19. "World Airliner Census". Flight International, August 24–30, 2010.
20. 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.
21. "World Airliner Census". Flight International. August 18–24, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
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24. https://d1fmezig7cekam.cloudfront.net/VPP/Global/Flight/Airline%20Business/AB%20home/Edit/WorldAirlinerCensus2015.pdf
25. Crystal Cruises acquires 777LR BBJ
26. Equatorial Guinea govt 777LR BBJ
27. Jin Air to fly long haul
28. Mideast Jet fleet
29. Privilege style lease a 777 9in Spanish)
30. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
31. Aeroflot historic fleet Archived 2014-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
32. "Aeromexico". aeromexico.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
33. Air Algerie historic fleet
34. Air Austral fleet at airfleets.com
35. "Air China operates its last two Boeing 777-200 scheduled revenue flights". World Airline News. 2018-09-04. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
36. Air Europe historic fleet Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
37. Air India historic fleet Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
38. Air Madagascar historic fleet
39. "Biman to return two Egypt Air Boeing jets after counting Tk 3bn loss". Retrieved 2018-11-26.
41. China Southern moves forward last 777-200ER flight
42. Continental historic fleet Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
43. Emirates at Airfleets
44. Emirates fleet
45. "Abu Dhabi's Etihad phases out 5 Boeing 777-200LRs". Gulf Business. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
46. Air Pacific lease temporary plane
47. Finnair 777 lease info at Skyliner Aviation
48. Gulf Air historic fleet
49. IrAero ends wide body experiment
50. JAL Domestic historic fleet
51. JAS historic fleet Archived 2014-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
52. Kenya Airways at Airfleets
53. Khalifa Airways historic fleet Archived 2013-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
54. Lauda historic fleet Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
55. Malaysia Airlines fleet at Airfleets
56. Orenair fleet at Airfleets
57. Royal Brunei historic fleet
58. Saudi Oger historic fleet Archived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
59. Saudi Oger historic fleet Archived 2014-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
60. Thao historic fleet
61. Transaero at Airfleets
62. Varig Aeroflot historic fleet Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

• Birtles, Philip (1998). Boeing 777, Jetliner for a New Century. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International. ISBN 0-7603-0581-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Eden, Paul, ed. (2008). Civil Aircraft Today: The World's Most Successful Commercial Aircraft. London: Amber Books Ltd. ISBN 1-84509-324-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Norris, Guy; Mark Wagner (1999). Modern Boeing Jetliners. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Zenith Imprint. ISBN 0-7603-0717-2.

External links

• Boeing 777 Orders and Deliveries
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