Boeing 777-200
The original Triple Seven — the twin that took on the long-haul jumbos · First flight 1994 · In service 1995
The 777-200 is where the family began. It flew for the first time on 12 June 1994, and launch customer United Airlines, which had ordered 34 Pratt & Whitney-powered aircraft in October 1990, took delivery on 15 May 1995 and flew the first revenue service from London Heathrow to Washington Dulles on 7 June 1995.
Airlines could choose between three engine makers — General Electric GE90, Pratt & Whitney PW4000 or Rolls-Royce Trent 800 — and the baseline aircraft carried around 305 passengers in three classes over roughly 9,700 km.
The FAA cleared the 777 for 180-minute ETOPS twin-engine operations on 30 May 1995, before it had even entered service — a first that opened the oceans to the type from day one.
