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Boeing to offer 777 freighter version
Dateline: Wednesday October 27, 2004


Boeing Commercial Airplanes is talking to several customers about developing a 777 freighter based on the passenger version of the 777-200LR set to roll out early next year, according to Regional Director-Product Marketing Rob Faye.

Firm backlog for the 777-200LR passenger version is just five aircraft from two customers--EVA Air, which launched the program prior to 9/11, and Pakistan International Airlines. Faye declined to comment on whether EVA is one of the customers interested in a freighter application.
Faye said entry-into-service for the freighter is projected in 2009. Payload capacity would be 101 tonnes (222,000 lb.) with a range of 5,200 nm. Boeing sees the potential version as being complementary to the 747-400F, offering "similar" payload and 10-ft.-high main deck pallet capability. It would offer a cargo density of 9.9 lb. per cu. ft., almost identical to the 747-400F's density of 9.8 lb. per cu. ft.

The higher payload density capability makes the 777-200LR a better freighter candidate than its larger sister, the 777-300ER, deliveries of which began earlier this year, Faye said.--Perry Flint


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