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After days of abysmal weather, airplane WH-001 took from Paine Field, home of Boeing's wide-body factory, north of Seattle, on Saturday morning, reports Chris Sloan for CNN.

The Boeing 777-9X, the world's biggest twin-engine jetliner, is almost here. The world just got its first look at the aircraft's amazing folding wingtips.

• Thanks to AirplaneNerd777 and AirbusA330. The old template is now deleted. I apologize for making a crapling and calling it accurate. In spite of me making a 777-8x, I noticed the many fatal errors of the -9x. So here it is, the updated template. It also has foldable wingtips, even though not too accurate. The Boeing 777X is a new series of the Boeing 777 family under development.
• Boeing Commercial Airplanes offers airplanes and services that deliver superior design, efficiency and value to customers around the world.
• The 77W replacement cycle will be a long time coming since many were delivered in the last 7 years. The most interesting market for the 777-9 could be the A380 replacement market not the 77W replacements.

EVERETT, Wash., - The world's longest and largest twin-engine airliner, the Boeing 777-9X, has finally taken to the skies for its maiden flight, offering a ray of hope for the troubled US aviation company following months of grim headlines, reports Chris Sloan for CNN. Continue reading original article

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777-9x Interior Configuration

Boeing 777 9x

January 27, 2020-The long-haul 777-9X is designed to carry up to 425 passengers up to 7,600 nautical miles. Boeing expects to deliver the first 777X in 2021. The program has won 340 orders and commitments from carriers around the world, including ANA, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Lufthansa, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines.

'The 777X flew beautifully, and today's testing was very productive,' said Capt. Van Chaney, 777/777X chief pilot for Boeing Test & Evaluation. 'Thank you to all the teams who made today possible. I can't wait to go fly your airplane again.'

Jamie Whitney, Associate Editor
Intelligent Aerospace