Air France receives 200th Boeing Airplane

Courtesy of Boeing

Boeing and Air France celebrated on Wednesday the 200th direct delivery of a Boeing jetliner – a 777-300ER (extended range. With more deliveries in Summer 2011 Air France will be the world’s largest operator of Boeing 777. Pictured here is the new Air France 777-300ER taking off from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.

Ethiopian Airlines takes delivery of 900th Boeing 777

(Source: USA Today) Ethiopian Airlines will put its first Boeing 777 into service tonight when it puts the jet into commercial service tonight on a 10:45 p.m. ET flight from Washington Dulles to Addis Ababa.
The jet is the first of five ordered by Ethiopian Airlines, which says it plans to use the 777s on its Washington-Addis Ababa route as well as "on other new long-haul, nonstop routes, such as Beijing." The carrier plans to celebrate its launch of the 777 at Dulles tonight prior to the jet's departure. Full article