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 Emirates — ...

The third iteration of Boeing 's popular 777 airliner series will be able to retract part of its wings. The FAA recently signed off on the proposed designs. Folding wings have been employed for some ...

With all the excitement surrounding the upcomingBoeing 777X family of widebody aircraft, whose passenger variants are known as the 777-8 and 777-9, it can be easy to forget the fact that this series ...

So you want a plane with huge lift capability and the wingspan to match, but you also need it to fit through regular airport gates. What do you do? If you're Boeing and the craft is the new 777X, you ...

In addition to studying the long term future of the 777, Boeing is working to implement a host of incremental changes to the long-range widebody, as well as evaluating an extended wingspan. Boeing ...

At first glance, the Boeing 777X may look like a stretched and modernized version of the original 777. After all, it shares the same basic fuselage shape that has made the 777 one of the most ...

An automated fiber placement machine has been used to lay down plies of composite material to create the first 777-8F wing spar. Credit: Marian Lockhart/Boeing Boeing has begun construction of the ...

Boeing has started work on the initial 777-8 Freighter test aircraft, drilling the first hole into a wing spar as it works towards delivery of the lead aircraft in 2028. About 100 teammates were at ...