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Wide-bodied, twin-jet, commercial aircraft. Aluminium and titanium alloy airframe with cabin floor, torsion boxes, flight control surfaces and rudders made from composite materials. Powered by two high thrust GE90 family of turbofan engines.

Supercritical airfoil design wings without winglets which also serve as fuel storage. Wide cyclindrical fuselage accommodates twin-aisle, up to 10-abreast seating, tapering to blade shaped tail-cone. Features largest ever landing gear and tyres on a commercial aircraft with 6 wheels on each main landing gear. 777X features foldable wingtips and composites wing. The 777 was the first Boeing airliner to feature fully digital fly-by-wire controls. Two hydraulic actuators control each surface of the elevators, ailerons, and flaperons and three control the rudder.

Two pilots face a Honeywell (HEICO acquired 2025) airplane information management system (AIMS) six-screen flat panel display system, yoke and rudder controls. Two hydraulic actuators control each surface of the elevators, ailerons and flaperons, and three control the rudder.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Boeing 777-200	1990 / 1994		Production: 25 (2019) Deliveries, all 777F. Initial production variant (no longer marketed), now produced as 777-200LR, and includes 777ER. Also produced as freighter variant 777F.
Boeing 777-300	1995 / 1997		Production: 20 (2019) Deliveries. Stretched variant, currently produced as 777-300ER.
Boeing 777F	2005 / 2008		Freighter variant, based on 777-200LR.
Boeing 777-8X	2013 /		Typical capacity 350 passengers. Includes the twin-engine freighter variant, 777-8F.
Boeing 777-9X	2013 / 2020		First available 777X variant. Further extended with typical capacity of 414 passengers.

Recent news

• 13/04/2026:  Press Release:  Safran modernizes and strengthens forging capacity at its historic Gennevilliers site
• 01/04/2026:  NEWS:  Safran plans €125m aircraft components plant in Wallonia
• 19/02/2026:  Press Release:  Boeing receives initial qualification for 777-9 training devices
• 28/01/2026:  Press Release:  Safran expands its operations in Le Creusot to produce complex parts for Rafale engines
• 11/12/2025:  NEWS:  Boeing and Airbus absorb Spirit operations

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Operations data

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