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Old 11th Nov 2011, 13:34
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1000th 777 to Ek

Work Starts On 1,000th Boeing 777


Nov 10, 2011
By Guy Norris [email protected]
Boeing is starting work on the 1,000th 777, a 777-300ER destined for delivery to Dubai-based Emirates Airline in March 2012.
Emirates is the largest 777 customer with 95 777s currently in its fleet and the 1,000th aircraft will be the Middle East carrier’s 102nd.
Some 970 777s have now been delivered, and with the upcoming milestone next year, the 777 will become the seventh heritage Boeing jetliner to reach the 1,000th delivery figure after the 707, 727, 737, 747, 757 and 767. The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 also exceeded 1,000 deliveries. Firm orders for the 777 now stand at 1,295.
The start of assembly of the milestone aircraft comes 16.5 years after the 777 first entered commercial service. The event also illustrates the quickening pace of twin-aisle production and, more strikingly, how the assembly rate for the mid-size widebody sector is on its way to doubling since the advent of the 767.
Boeing officially starts assembly of a new conventional metallic aircraft when it loads the first wing spar into the production tool. Approximately 18 years and 10 months have elapsed between the loading of the spars for WA001, the first 777-200 in January 1993, and start of work on the spars for the 1,000th aircraft.
The 767, by comparison, took just over 31 years from the loading of the first wing spar on the initial -200 to the same milestone on the 1,000th aircraft in September 2010. Assuming the 787 production rate climbs to the planned 10 per month by the end of 2013 and the program stays on a smoother course during the development of the 787-9 stretch, the new twinjet should reach the 1,000 delivery mark by 2021. Although this event will occur at least two years later than Boeing originally planned the milestone will still pass after a period of just under 15 years, or half the time taken for the 767 to hit the same landmark.
The 747, for comparison, took just over 25 years from the laying of the first wing spar to the start of assembly of the 1,000th aircraft – a 747-400 delivered to Singapore Airlines in Sept 1993. A further 421 have been delivered over the intervening 18 years.
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An impressive record and a deserved accolade for EK; after all, it has accounted for over 10% of 777 production. Interestingly, it has also operated every model of the 777, from the standard -200, through the -200ER, -300, -200LR and -200LRF, to the -300ER.

We can expect to see EK to add to the 777 order book within a few days ...

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Sorry but from a professional pilot perspective ,,,,who cares? It is just Boeing PR and 1000 is just a number. I never heard of a proctologist being so enthusiast on his hospital receiving the n.1000 emorroid removal equipement. It reveals a certain degree of immaturity or stupidity of which the category is incresingly suffering. HRs aorund the world are fully aware of it and profiting with their long shafts.They will make you fly unfactored 1000 hours a year on the 1000th B777... worry not.
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