Airliner
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An airliner is a type of airplane for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. The modern and most common variant of the airliner is a jet powered airc
A United Airlines Airbus A320 (foreground) and an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER (background) at Logan International Airport in March 2017, two of the world's most widely used airliners.
Sikorsky Ilya Muromets
The Douglas DC-3 appeared in 1935
Prototype of the de Havilland Comet in 1949, the first jet airliner in the world
Boeing 777
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The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777 is the world's largest twinjet
The first Boeing 777 built, a 777-200 registered B-HNL, in 2011 with then-owner Cathay Pacific
The Boeing 777-100 trijet concept was proposed in 1978 to compete with other trijets of the time, like the DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar(artist concept).
The two-crew glass cockpit uses fly-by-wire controls
The 777 made its maiden flight on June 12, 1994.