It's unique, but not a new design, and will allow the aircraft to serve both Category E and Category F airports.

Each wing is the largest single composite structure in the world. To fit on the same gates, taxiways and runways as the current 777-300ERs, Boeing has designed distinctive 11-foot folding wingtips ...

In addition to the automated wing painting system, which started in February, Boeing also has been using a robotic drilling machine to drill rivet holes in the 777’s metal fuselage, although the ...

John Leahy, sales chief of Airbus, sees Boeing’s suggestion that it could revamp its large twin-engine 777 airliner with a new wing as a certain win for him. And Tim Clark, the president of ...

A high-level discussion on the upcoming operations of Boeing’s newest wide-body aircraft, the 777-9, was held this week at ...

Still, the Boeing 777-9 version of the X is almost 15 feet ... However, the unique folding wing design proved a pivotal element in the 777X's development because the jet's full width made it ...

The plane is a stretched version of Boeing's successful 777-200/300, but with reduced emissions and operating costs. Insider toured Flight Test 1 — Boeing's first-ever 777X aircraft — to learn ...

2 Swiss flight attendants were spotted posing for selfies on the wing of a Swiss Boeing 777. They were pictured striking poses while the plane was at an airport in Buenos Aires. An airline ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Boeing 777 aircraft to address ...

A Boeing-owned 777-200ER has been utilized as the latest ... that could improve operational efficiency. Embedded in the wing surfaces, new smart vortex generators will be put through their paces ...

As a subsonic concept cruising at around Mach 0.70 to 0.75 (519 to 556 mph, 835 to 895 km/h), Boeing estimated these braced-wing airliners could burn 50% less fuel than a regular plane.