Boeing delivers the 777th 777 !

[JF Mezei]

On April 10th, Boeing delivered the 777th 777 aircraft to Air France. A
777-300ER with Air France's new livery.

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(large image. This is an evolution of the traditional AF livery.)


56 customers have ordered just over 1,100 777s. (Average of just over 19
aircraft per customer).

And in a nice example of revisionist history:

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The relationship between Air France and Boeing goes back to the early
days of the airline, which celebrated its 75th anniversary last year.
Air France's early fleet of DC-3s sported the distinctive silver and
royal blue livery that was used to launch the airline.
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[Miles Bader]

Post by JF Mezei
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The relationship between Air France and Boeing goes back to the early
days of the airline, which celebrated its 75th anniversary last year.
Air France's early fleet of DC-3s sported the distinctive silver and
royal blue livery that was used to launch the airline.
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Why, what's the real history...?

It sort of pissed me off when Northwest (RIP) put out various material
about their history for their (80th?) anniversary a while ago, and
entirely omitted their long use of the name "Northwest Orient" -- NWO
always seemed to me to be a much cooler name than the pedestrian
"Northwest", and an interesting facet of their history.

-Miles

[JF Mezei]

Post by Miles Bader
Why, what's the real history...?

I was refering to Boeing claiming it had relationship with Air France
dating back to the days of AF buying DC-3s.

Air France had purchased DC3s from a Boeing competitor. But Boeing's
purchase of McD allows it to claim that Air France had purchased from
Boeing.
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