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Boeing 777-300ER remains vital for busiest transatlantic US routes despite end of production

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More than two decades after its introduction, the Boeing 777-300ER continues to play a key role in long-haul air travel, particularly on routes between international cities and the United States. According to aviation analytics provider Cirium, the aircraft is scheduled for 3,442 flights on US-bound routes in September 2025.

Air France will operate the highest number of these flights next month, with 127 scheduled departures between Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport and New York JFK Airport. This equates to about four daily flights and approximately 38,550 seats offered during the month. American Airlines is also making extensive use of the type, planning 120 flights between London Heathrow and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and providing around 36,480 seats.

British Airways will operate 111 departures using the Boeing 777-300ER between London Heathrow and New York JFK. Other airlines with significant operations include EVA Air on its Taipei–San Francisco and Taipei–Los Angeles routes (90 departures each), Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong–Los Angeles service (86 flights), Turkish Airlines’ Istanbul–New York JFK route (63 flights), and Qatar Airways’ Doha–JFK sector (62 flights).

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United Airlines is deploying its fleet of Boeing 777-300ERs across several US hubs next month. Scheduled international services include routes from Hong Kong, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Manila, Shanghai, Taipei, Rome, and Tokyo to various US airports such as San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Dulles International Airport (IAD), and others. The airline will also use the aircraft domestically on routes like San Diego–Honolulu and Newark–San Francisco.

Other regular operators of the type into the US are ANA, Korean Air, Swiss, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, Emirates—who will also fly ninth-freedom sectors such as Athens–Newark and Bogotá–Miami—and others. Some carriers including Air New Zealand, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Air India, Kuwait Airways and KLM plan only limited operations with this model.

The Boeing 777-300ER was introduced in the early 2000s as an extended-range version of the original 777-300. It was designed to provide airlines with a more efficient alternative to four-engine widebodies while offering high passenger capacity for intercontinental routes. The first delivery went to Air France in 2004.

Although production has ended as Boeing shifts focus toward its next-generation 777X, data from ch-aviation shows that approximately 721 Boeing 777-300ERs remain active worldwide as of August 2025. Emirates operates the largest fleet at 119 aircraft; other major operators include Qatar Airways with 53 jets; Air France with 43; Turkish Airlines with 36; Cathay Pacific and Saudia each have fleets of about 35.

In terms of US-based operators specifically: "In the United States only United Airlines and American Airlines operate the -300ER variant," according to available fleet data. United has a fleet of twenty-two while American counts twenty examples in service.

The Boeing 777 family remains central for many airlines’ long-haul strategies due to its range capabilities—typically seating between 365 –500 passengers—and operational efficiency since its first flight in 2003.

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