April 5, 201313 yr I did (just for fun) a flight in the 777-200LR a couple of days ago from Quito Ecuador east straight along the equator. I took off with maximum fuel capacity and just pilots w/ crew for payload. I made it just past a little island in Micronesia when my engines cutoff from no fuel. That was over 12,000 miles. Remy Mermelstein 777-300 FS Pilot Quote "The Skies the limit" Remy Mermelstein 777-300 FS Pilot, Deltava P3Dv4.1, ASP4, UTLive, ReShade + URP + PTA, All settings max'd, i7 Core Extreme @ 5.2gHz, GTX 1080, CyberpowerPC Gaming Laptop, 500GB SSDx2, 32GB DDR4 RAM.
April 9, 201313 yr I think the main reason is everyone wants the 300ER. Just look at the orders: http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/displaystandardreport.cfm?cboCurrentModel=777&optReportType=AllModels&cboAllModel=777&ViewReportF=View+Report Almost 300 of the 300ER on queue against 3 of the 200ER and 200LR. So I guess the 200LR already came shadowed by the 300ER, not by the 200ER. So the apparent preference for the ER over the LR is virtual because it is older. Both sales are minimal compared to the other Boeing products. Pedro Espindola
April 9, 201313 yr Everybody wants the -300ER because it holds a very comparable amount of pax. To the 744, has the same type of range and costs 30-45% less to operate for the airlines. It's also a whole lot more efficient. Remy Mermelstein 777-300 FS Pilot Quote "The Skies the limit" Remy Mermelstein 777-300 FS Pilot, Deltava P3Dv4.1, ASP4, UTLive, ReShade + URP + PTA, All settings max'd, i7 Core Extreme @ 5.2gHz, GTX 1080, CyberpowerPC Gaming Laptop, 500GB SSDx2, 32GB DDR4 RAM.
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