Boeing delivers 200th 777F with Qatar triple

Boeing ended 2020 by delivering its 200th 777F overall and twenty-second for the year as Qatar Airways received three frames on Dec. 31 [FATs 005841-5843]. [caption id="attachment_415170" align="alignright" width="560"] The three 777Fs all arrived in Doha on Jan. 1. (Photo/Qatar Airways)[/caption] The three aircraft (66340, 66341 and 66870) all left the Boeing facility in Everett (PAE) within the space of half an hour, headed for the Doha (DOH) base of the second-largest 777F operator. They have quickly been put into service. The aircraft trio exited final assembly in the summer of 2020 but were put into storage after Qatar Airways motioned in June to renegotiate delivery timelines for its outstanding aircraft on order with Airbus and Boeing. At the time, CEO Akbar Al Baker had reportedly said additional deliveries would be paused through 2022, but that schedule has since been adjusted for both passenger aircraft and freighters. In October, well before the 777Fs were delivered, Qatar Airways took delivery of three A350-100s on the same day. Units 66340, 66341 and 66870 are the first three 777Fs in a firm order for five finalized in 2019. Qatar Airways, which has grown its freighter fleet yearly for the past six years, did not comment on the delivery timeline for its next two 777Fs. It is unclear at this point whether the carrier will keep to its original plan to phase out its A330-200Fs as new 777Fs arrive. For now, the four remaining A330-200Fs (1584, 1594, 1688 and 1708) continue to be in active service, while one unit (1578) was sold to the Hungarian government in 2020. Our full list of 777F operators as of the end of 2020 is below. Note that it includes the Ethiopian Airlines aircraft (42031) that was involved in a major fire in July 2020, and does not include four on order for DHL, six for Hong Kong International Aviation, and one for LATAM Airlines. [wpdatatable id=64 table_view=regular] Qatar Airways has a penchant for taking delivery of multiple aircraft at the same time. Notably, it received its eighteenth and nineteenth 777Fs (66336 and 66337) on Sept. 30, 2019, and in September 2018 also took two 777Fs (62773 and 62772) on consecutive days. Boeing delivered its first 777F to Air France in 2009. Apart from Qatar’s three aircraft in December 2020, Taiwan-based China Airlines also received its second 777F just before Christmas [FAT 005828].

Boeing delivers 200th 777F with Qatar triple

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