Given that it's delivery date to some airlines is getting closer and closer, I thought this may be of some interest to a few people.
Fri, 17 Oct '03
777-300ER Flies a Lot of the Pacific on One Engine
The old ETOPS record was well under four hours; the new 777-300ER has just landed in Taiwan, after having left Seattle. During that 13-hour flight (over Tuesday and Wednesday), it was on one engine for five and a half hours.
The GE90-115B, the most-powerful engine in commercial service, was "perfect," according to Boeing spokesman Ed McGinn. Test pilot Frank Santoni confirmed that evaluation.
Aero-News Network.
I bet Mr Frank Santoni loves his job!
I think Air France are first in line to receive this aircraft, somewhere around April 2004.
Soulman.