Emirates’ Boeing 777 fleet tops 859,000 flights

Emirates, the world’s largest operator of the US-built Boeing 777, celebrated the fleet completing over 859,000 flights while logging over 4,720,000 flight hours since its first delivery in 1996.
On Sept. 3, the airline and Boeing marked the 150th Emirates 777 delivery milestone, with a triple delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs and one Boeing 777 Freighter.
Emirates’ 147-strong Boeing 777 fleet crisscrosses the globe, currently serving 98 destinations on six continents.
These staggering operating milestones underscores Emirates’ long-term commitment to the Boeing 777 program and its contribution to aerospace manufacturing and related jobs in the United States.
“Emirates’ approach to global air travel has created substantial additional demand for US-made aircraft and engines, and benefited millions of travelers,” said Sir Tim Clark, president, Emirates Airline.
“The Boeing 777 makes up the majority of our fleet, and gives us the range and flexibility to provide nonstop services to almost any city within a 16 hour flying range of our hub in Dubai.”
Emirates’ multi-billion dollar investment in the Boeing 777 program over the past 19 years, with committed deliveries for the next decade, continue to support jobs and innovation in the US aerospace manufacturing supply chain.
Including its record-setting order in November 2013 for 150 GE-powered Boeing 777Xs, Emirates currently has an order book of 196 Boeing 777s valued at $ 93 billion at list prices.
With its launch of daily services to Orlando, Florida on Sept. 1, Emirates now serves 10 US gateways, providing international connections for business and leisure travelers into these airports and their surrounding regions/economies.
In an analysis by aviation experts Campbell-Hill Aviation Group, it has been demonstrated that Emirates supports 3,975 US jobs with each of its US daily flights, and the employees holding these jobs earn $161 million per year.