DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Delivers Air France's 60th 777 Passenger Jetliner
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada / EVERETT, Wash - April 4, 2012: Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Air France celebrated the delivery of Air France’s 60th 777 passenger jetliner on April 3. The airplane, showing taking off from Paine Field in Everett on April 3, is a 777-300ER (Extended Range) model. Air France’s newest 777-300ER seats 468 passengers in a three-class configuration.
Air France's newest 777-300ER seats 468 passengers in a three-class configuration. The brand-new cabin includes 14 business class lie-flat seat beds measuring over 78.74 inches (2 m) in length, plus an in-seat entertainment system with 15-inch (38 cm) wide screens in 16:9 format. It also features 32 "Alize" new premium economy fixed-shell seats offering 40 percent additional space compared with seats in economy class.
Air France, a member of Sky Team, will operate this 777-300ER between Paris and the French Overseas Departments in the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean regions, including Fort de France, Pointe a Pitre and St-Denis de la Reunion.
By summer 2012, Air France will operate a total of 62 777 passenger jetliners and two 777 Freighters.
