Originally Posted by
SeenItAll
KenV: Now that is a pretty overwhelming set of arguments. I guess we will see if they all hold true in practice once the 777X is flying. But one more thing. I had heard that wing-folding was to be an option on the 777X. If this is correct, it would be interesting to hear how many frames are being ordered with, and how many without. That might indicate a bit the confidence level that airlines have in the mechanism -- or the tightness of the typical gates at which they expect to park these planes.
No, it's not an option on the 777X - the folding wingtip is basic. There is too much confusions with the originally proposed 777 folding wing (~1990) which was never implemented.