The Boeing 777 is a wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and commonly referred to as the Triple Seven. The 777 was designed to bridge the gap between Boeing's 767 and 747, and to replace older DC-10s or L-1011s. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines, with a first meeting in January 1990, the program was launched on October 14, 1990 with an order from United Airlines. The prototype was rolled out on April 9, 1994, and first flew on June 12, 1994. The 777 entered service with the launch customer, United Airlines, on June 7, 1995. Longer range variants were launched on February 29, 2000 and were first delivered on April 29, 2004.


It can accommodate up to ten abreast seating layout and has a typical 3-class capacity of 301 to 368 passengers, with a range of 5,240 to 8,555 nautical miles (9,700 to 15,840 km). It is recognizable for its large-diameter turbofan engines, six wheels on each main landing gear, fully circular fuselage cross-section, and a blade-shaped tail cone.It has fly-by-wire controls, a first for Boeing. It initially competed with the Airbus A340 and the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, both now out of production, and currently competes with the Airbus A330-300 and newer Airbus A350 XWB.

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Boeing 777 (Triple Seven или T7 — «Три семёрки») — семейство двухдвигательных широкофюзеляжных пассажирских самолётов для авиалиний большой протяжённости. Самолёт разработан в начале 1990-х, совершил первый полёт в 1994 году, в эксплуатации с 1995 года.

Самолёты этого типа способны вместить от 305 до 550 пассажиров, в зависимости от конфигурации салонов, и имеют дальность полёта от 9100 до 17 500 километров. На Boeing 777 установлен абсолютный рекорд дальности для пассажирских самолётов: 21 601 км.

Boeing 777 — самый крупный в мире двухмоторный турбовентиляторный пассажирский самолёт. Его двигатели General Electric GE90 — самые крупные и самые мощные в истории авиации турбовентиляторные двигатели. Отличительная особенность — шестиколёсные стойки шасси.