Boeing 777X
The Boeing 777X is a new series of the long-range wide-body twin-engine Boeing 777 family that is under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes that is intended to compete with the Airbus A350XWB. The 777X is to feature new GE9X engines, new composite wings with folding wingtips, greater seating in the cabin, and technologies from the Boeing 787. The 777X series was launched in November 2013 with two variants: the 777-8 and the 777-9. The 777-8 provides seating for 365 passengers and has a range of 8,690 nautical miles (16,094 kilometers) while the 777-9 has seating for 414 passengers and a range of over 7,525 nautical miles (13,936 kilometers). The -9 is to fly in the first quarter of 2019 with deliveries to begin in December 2019.
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777-8[edit | edit source]
The 777-8 is a shortened derivative of the 777-9, 229 feet (69.8 meters) long, between the 209 feet 1 inch (63.73 m) 777-200 and 242 feet 4 inches (73.86 meters) 777-300. It will seat typically 365 passengers with a range of 8,690 nautical miles (16,094 kilometers). It would succeed the ultra-long-range -200LR, and competes with the Airbus A350-1000. Production on the -8 will follow the -9 around two years later. It could be the basis of a freighter version which could be available eighteen to twenty-four months after the -8 introduction.
777-9[edit | edit source]
The 777-9 is a 9.4 foot (2.87 meter) longer derivative of the 777-300ER for a length of 251 feet 9 inches (76.73 meters). It will seat typically 414 passengers over a range of 7,525 nautical miles (13,936 kilometers). Boeing froze its design in August 2015 and should start first assembly in 2017, for an introduction in December 2019. Its operating empty weight grew from the 777-300ER's 373,500 to 400,000 lb (169,400 to 181,400 kg), just over, for the -9X target. The 777-9X should be longer than the previous longest airliner, the 250 foot 2 inch (76.25 m) Boeing 747-8.
In 2014, Aspire Aviation estimated its manufacturer empty weight at 362,000 and 415,000 lb (164,000 and 188,000 kg) for its operating empty weight with 300 seats in four classes. In 2017, crowd-sourced stock advising website Seeking Alpha estimated a 370,000 lb (167,829 kg) manufacturer empty weight and a 407,000 lb (184,600 kg) operating empty weight.
777-10[edit | edit source]
Boeing is proposing to stretch the -9 by four rows of seats to accommodate 450 passengers in a 777-10X to compete with the Airbus A380 superjumbo. It has approached several airlines including Emirates, the largest operator of both the 777 and the A380, seating between 489 and 615 passengers. The potential 263 feet (80 m) long airplane (12 ft more) is competing against a hypothetical stretch of the A350-1000 for Singapore Airlines.
Users[edit | edit source]
- All Nippon Airways x 20
- Cathay Pacific x 21
- Emirates x 150
- Etihad Airways x 25
- Iran Air x 15
- Lufthansa x 20
- Qatar Airways x 60
- Singapore Airlines x 39
- Unidentified x 10
