The Boeing 777 is a hugely popular widebody twinjet, with Boeing's data showing that it had racked up almost 2,400 orders and 1,800 deliveries as of October 2025 (including those from the new 777X series). Diving deeper into these numbers, a curious dichotomy appears, whereby the original 777-300 model sold relatively poorly, with only 60 examples produced, while its Extended Range 777-300ER counterpart sold well over 800 examples.

As a result of this contrast, the non-ER Boeing 777-300 has always been a rare aircraft, with this phenomenon being accentuated today due to the type's increasing age and the retirements that come with the passing of time. According to ch-aviation, just 28 active examples are left today , but who flies them?

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