| Market demand sized, shaped and launched the
newest member of the Boeing twin-aisle family -- the 777. The airplane
design offers features, innovations and approaches to airplane development
that set the standard for delivering value to airlines. The Boeing 777 is
the first jetliner to be 100 percent digitally designed using
three-dimensional computer graphics. Throughout the design process, the
airplane was "pre-assembled" on the computer, eliminating the need for a
costly, full-scale mock-up. The airplane is larger than all other twinjet or
trijet airplanes and smaller than the 747. It brings the twin-engine
economic advantage to medium- and long-range markets. The Boeing board of
directors authorized production of the 777-300 on June 26, 1995. The first
777-300 was delivered to Cathay Pacific Airways in June 1998. |
|
