AI, Jet Airways fly Boeing 777s

Air India and Jet Airways fly Boeing 777s to US, Europe and Asian destinations. Air India operates the 777-200LR, designed for ultra long haul flights and 777-300ER planes. Jet Airways has 777-300ER planes in its fleet. With the cause of Malaysian Airlines incident unknown aviation safety regulators and Boeing have not issued any operational or safety instructions to airlines. Boeing in a statement  said it is assembling a team to provide technical assistance to Malaysian air safety investigators.

 

There are six variants of the Boeing 777 including a freighter. Over a 1,000 Boeing 777s of all variants are in service around the world and Emirates has highest number of them (127). The Boeing 777 entered service in 1995 and United Airlines was its first customer. It  has had  an enviable safety record till now and according to media reports the first fatal crash in its 19-year history only came in July 2013, when an Asiana Airlines jet landed short of the runway in San Francisco. 

 

Air India has 12 Boeing 777-300ERs and flies them to US and Gulf routes. It now has three Boeing 777-200 LRs after selling five planes of this type to Etihad Airways last year. The Boeing 777-200 LR flies on Mumbai-Newark route but the airline proposes to replace it with a Boeing 777-300ER.

 

Jet Airways has ten Boeing 777-300ERs and has leased five of them to Turkish Airlines (3) and Etihad Airways (2). Jet Airways Boeing 777s fly on London and Hong Kong routes.