Extended range — the -200 with the fuel and thrust to cross oceans ·First flight 1996 · In service 1997
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The 777-200ER keeps the fuselage and wing of the original -200 but adds extra fuel capacity and a much higher maximum take-off weight — 297.6 t instead of 247.2 t — with engines rated up to 93,700 lbf instead of 77,200 lbf.
The result stretched range from about 9,700 km to roughly 13,080 km. The -200ER first flew on 7 October 1996, and British Airways took the first delivery on 6 February 1997, entering service that month.
It became the long-haul workhorse of the late 1990s and 2000s, flown in large numbers by British Airways, American Airlines, Air France, United and many others on transatlantic and transpacific routes.
