Boeing 777-200 is the most "long-range" airliner in the world

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

The Boeing 777-200 passenger transcontinental airliner is unique in many ways. Firstly, it is the largest twin-engine aircraft designed to transport people. Secondly, advanced technological ideas were embodied in it. Thirdly, it can fly over half of the globe without landing. Fourthly, when designing it, the opinion of passengers was taken into account, thus, it became the most democratic aircraft in the world. Fifthly, it was created in an environment of extremely fierce competition, when the deadlines for decommissioning the L-101 and DC-10 aircraft, which it was supposed to replace, were approaching, and the Airbus European concern was also on the alert. Sixthly, almost a fifth of all components and assemblies of this American car are made in … Japan - at the firms of Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi.

There are other reasons to consider the Boeing 777-200 an outstanding phenomenon. The main thing is that, by the standards of world aviation, this liner today can be considered ultramodern, it was “put on the wing” in the mid-nineties.

Innovation began already at the design stage. Boeing 777-200 became the world's first civil aviation aircraft, withthe design of which all the drawing work was carried out using automated workstations and even the assembly of the prototype was carried out in virtual mode. Remote control is carried out using fiber optic conductors, the airframe is made using carbon composites to a large extent, and passengers and crew are provided with unprecedented conditions of comfort and safety.

The time that a Boeing 777-200 can continuously spend in the air reaches eighteen hours, so not only guests of the aircraft, but also its permanent inhabitants - pilots and stewards - need to rest. Sleeping places are organized for them, and this is done in such a way that the useful volume of the fuselage is used as efficiently as possible. Such comfort is not just concern for airline employees or someone's whim, the reason is the demands of trade unions and established regulations for the length of the working day.

Another innovation specific to the Boeing 777-200 is that the cabin layout is a flexible structure. If necessary, it can be changed, as well as the number of seats in different classes. In total, depending on the chosen layout, the Boeing 777-200 accommodates from 300 to 440 passengers. There are seven seats in first or business class, nine in economy class.

Depending on the demand for tickets, as well as the duration of the Boeing 777 flight, the cabin layout can be chosen by the operating airline, while partitions, kitchens, and toilets can also change their position. By the way, for thiseven special toilet bowls are designed, on which the lid smoothly falls.

like very reliable. There are very few flight accidents, and so far they have not led to the death of passengers in any country in the world.

Russian airlines, including Aeroflot and Transaero, also use the Boeing 777-200.