BIG AVIATION REPORT

Mon, Oct 12, 2026, 00:27:32 MT

SIMPLE FLYING · AIRLINES

UNITED AIRLINES LAUNCHED THE BOEING 777 IN 1990: HERE'S HOW THE 777X REWRITES THINGS DECADES LATER...

To be a launch customer for a particular airframe program presents a company with infinite bragging rights, forever acting as a steward for the respective model.

SCOTT: Ask what this does to pairings, the MEL, and the jumpseat. Press releases are written for investors. You fly the leftover.

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