Boeing 777X First Flight

On Saturday, January 25, 2020, the 777X took off at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:09 a.m. local time. During the three hour, 51 minute flight over Washington state, 777/777X Chief Pilot Van Chaney and Boeing Chief Pilot Craig Bomben worked through a detailed test plan to begin exercising the airplane's systems and structures while the test team in Seattle monitored the data in real time.

The newest member of Boeing's market-leading widebody family, the 777X will deliver 10 percent lower fuel use and emissions and 10 percent lower operating costs than the competition through advanced aerodynamics, the latest generation carbon-fiber composite wing and the most advanced commercial engine ever built, GE Aviation's GE9X.