
Boeing unveils its brand new 777X airplane - wtf42
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/boeing-777x-what-you-need-to-know/
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perilunar
There's a tradeoff between passengers and fuel - the quoted range with a
standard passenger load is not the maximum range.

E.g. the 777-8 has a range of 16,090 km (8690 nmi) with 365 passengers, but
the business jet variant (BBJ 777-8) has a range of 21,570 km (11,645 nmi).

We are so close to airliners that can fly non-stop between any two major
cities on Earth. Not sure I'd want to do 20+ hour flights, but amazing that we
will be able to soon.

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dzhiurgis
> A second, no-less-impressive but smaller model will follow. The 777-8 <..>
> Covering 8,700 nautical miles, <..>, the plane is Boeing's challenger to the
> Airbus A350ULR's crown as the world's longest-range airplane.

IIRC A350ULR can get you all the way from Auckland to Istanbul, Warsaw or even
Copenhagen. 777-8's 8700nm gets you to Moscow at most - none of the European
flight hubs (that I know of).

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ilaksh
Does it run on Ada?

