Boeing begins work on 777 #1000

[FlightPathOBN]

EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) workers today began assembling the 1,000th 777. The airplane is a Boeing 777-300ER (extended range) model. It will be delivered to Dubai-based Emirates Airline in March 2012.
Emirates is the largest 777 customer with 95 777s currently in its fleet; the 1,000th 777 will be its 102nd.
Production began with loading of the 97-foot (29.5 meter) wing spar – the main support structure for the wing – into a giant tool that automatically drills, measures and installs more than 5,000 fasteners into the spar. The spar components are built in Auburn, Wash., by Boeing Fabrication employees.
"We reached this milestone in only 16 years, eight years sooner than the runner up the 747, because of the enormous popularity of the airplane by the airlines that operate it, and the passengers who fly on it," said Larry Loftis, vice president and general manager of the 777 program. "Sixty-four airlines have ordered 1,295 777s. The numbers prove that the 777 is the world's preferred airplane. In fact, it's preferred 1,000 times
Boeing Begins Work on 1,000th 777 - Nov 9, 2011 (http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2012)

[Groundloop]

Sixty-four airlines have ordered 1,295 777s. The numbers prove that the 777 is the world's preferred airplane.


Either he has been misquoted or is talking rubbish!

737 - 9134 orders
747 - 1524 orders
A320 - 8113 orders

[akerosid]

Yes, a bit overblown on Boeing's part, but it's an unintended double celebration for Boeing, because it also comes on the day Airbus announced that production of the 777's arch rival, the A340, is to cease (although in reality it has long since ceased!)

Appropriate that EK should take the 1,000th model, since it has taken nearly 10% of all 777 production and indeed, virtually all 777 models.

JetPhotos.Net Photo » A6-EMR (CN: 29396) Emirates Boeing 777-31H by John Fitzpatrick (http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6587513)

[Groundloop]

that production of the 777's arch rival, the A340, is to cease

A340 production has ceased because the A330 can now do almost as much but at a much lower cost. The A330 is now the 777's "arch rival". Not forgetting the A350 of course!