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The ultra-long-range variants of new types enable new routes between far-away city pairs: the 9,700 nmi Airbus A350-900 ULR entered service in 2018 and the 8,700 to 9,100 nmi (16,100 to 16,900 km) Boeing 777-8 was initially expected in 2022.
The A350's main competitor, the Boeing 777X, suffers yearslong delays to its launch. Emirates is building a more diverse fleet, with the Airbus A350 becoming its first new aircraft type since 2008.
Airbus says that per seat, the Boeing 777-200ER should have a 16% heavier manufacturer's empty weight, a 30% higher block fuel consumption, and 25% higher cash operating costs than the A350-900. [214] The −900 is designed to compete with the Boeing 777-200LR and 787-10, [215] while replacing the Airbus A340-500 and Boeing 777-200ER. [5]
At the 2017 Paris Airshow, Ethiopian announced an additional firm order for 10 Airbus A350-900s, and committed to purchasing two Boeing 777 Freighter aircraft. The airline also exercised its options for 10 Boeing 737 MAX 8s they had from their original order in 2014, extending the largest 737 MAX order by an African carrier.
Turkish was recently named the world's 10th-best airline for business class by Skytrax, thanks to its Boeing 787 and A350 cabins. But the airline's dated Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 cabins are ...
The airline's fleet is composed of three wide-bodied aircraft families, the Airbus A350, Airbus A380 and Boeing 777, the latter two of whose largest fleets it operates. The airline also has the Boeing 777X and Boeing 787 aircraft on order.
As the Japanese government plans to add more slots at Tokyo's Haneda Airport by 2020 (in time for the 2020 Summer Olympics), Japan Airlines intends to order more wide-bodies for growth in 2018 or 2019: it could exercise its 25 options on Airbus A350s on top of its 31 firm orders, due for delivery from 2019, and study others such as the proposed Boeing New Midsize Airplane or the 787-10 to add ...
Airbus A330, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner wide-body aircraft are used on medium and long-haul flights. In September 2023, Air France-KLM announced an order for 50 Airbus A350s . These will replace the group's remaining Airbus A330s and Boeing 777-200ERs , and will be shared between Air France and KLM.