Boeing Delivers First 777-300ER to China

Boeing [NYSE: BA] this week delivered the first 777-300ER (extended range) to Air China, the flag carrier of the People’s Republic of China.
 
The new airplane is the first of 19 777-300ERs Air China has on order with Boeing. With this new addition to its fleet, Air China becomes the first airline on the Chinese mainland to operate the new generation 777 family member.
Pictured here, Larry Loftis, 777 vice president and general manager, Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of Sales for Greater China and Korea, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, He Li, Vice President of Air China, and Wang Chiming, Deputy Director General, CAAC Northern Bureau, cut the ribbon to celebrate the delivery of 777-300ER to Air China.
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