Editing Boeing 777 (section)

====777-200LR Worldliner<span class="anchor" id="777-200LR Worldliner"></span>====<!-- This section is linked from [[KLM]] -->
[[File:AP-BGY KJFK (37725309116).jpg|thumb|A Boeing 777-200LR in the livery of its first operator, [[Pakistan International Airlines]]|alt=Aircraft landing approach. Side view of twin-engine jet in flight with flaps and landing gear extended.]]

The 777-200LR Worldliner ("LR" for Long Range), the C-market model, entered service in 2006 as one of the longest-range commercial airliners.<ref name=Flug772/><ref>{{cite web |last=Field |first=David |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/delta-pushes-boeing-to-squeeze-more-range-from-777-2-222225/ |title=Delta pushes Boeing to squeeze more range from 777-200LR |date=March 17, 2008 |work=Flight International |access-date=December 2, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080320012523/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/03/17/222225/delta-pushes-boeing-to-squeeze-more-range-from-777-200lr.html |archive-date=March 20, 2008}}</ref> Boeing named it ''Worldliner'' as it can connect almost any two airports in the world,<ref name=NYT_772LR_record>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/10/business/11air.html |title=Flight of Boeing's 777 Breaks Distance Record |author=Phillips, Don |agency=International Herald Tribune |date=November 10, 2005 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 14, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203152936/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/10/business/11air.html |archive-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref> although it is still subject to ETOPS restrictions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/6f3c0a764bd5cd0d86257482006e966a/$FILE/T00001SE.pdf |title=FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet T00001SE |work=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |access-date=November 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204170653/http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/6f3c0a764bd5cd0d86257482006e966a/$FILE/T00001SE.pdf |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It holds the world record for the longest nonstop flight by a commercial airliner.<ref name="NYT_772LR_record"/> It has a maximum design range of {{convert|8555|nmi}} {{as of|2017|lc=y}}.<ref name="Characteristics" /> The -200LR was intended for [[ultra long-haul]] routes such as [[Los Angeles]] to [[Singapore]].<ref name="Norris and Wagner p. 165"/>

Developed alongside the -300ER, the -200LR features an increased MTOW and three optional auxiliary fuel tanks in the rear cargo hold.<ref name=Flug772>{{cite web |url=http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRtypen/FR77720l.htm |title=Datafile: Boeing 777-200LR Worldiner |work=Flug Revue |year=2006 |access-date=March 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517015012/http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRtypen/FR77720L.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref> Other new features include extended raked wingtips, redesigned main landing gear, and additional structural strengthening.<ref name=Flug772/> As with the -300ER and 777F, the -200LR is equipped with wingtip extensions of 12.8&nbsp;ft (3.90&nbsp;m).<ref name=Flug772/> The -200LR is powered by GE90-110B1 or GE90-115B turbofans.<ref name=Boeing_777_airport_report_gen1/> The first -200LR was delivered to [[Pakistan International Airlines]] on February 26, 2006.<ref name=pia777/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm?content=modelselection.cfm&pageid=m15525 |title=Deliveries |work=Boeing |access-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217122256/http://active.boeing.com/commercial/orders/index.cfm?content=modelselection.cfm&pageid=m15525 |url-status=live}}</ref> Twelve different -200LR customers took delivery of 61 aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |date=Dec 12, 2021 |title=Boeing: Commercial Orders & Deliveries: Dec 2021 |url=https://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=www.boeing.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991002201937/http://www.boeing.com/commercial/#/orders-deliveries |archive-date=October 2, 1999}}</ref> Airlines operated 50 of the -200LR variant {{as of|2018|lc=on}}.<ref name=FlightCensus/> Emirates is the largest operator of the LR variant with 10 aircraft.<ref name="FI17">{{cite journal |last1=Thisdell |first1=Dan |last2=Morris |first2=Rob |date=July 31, 2017 |title=World Airliner Census 2017 |department=Flightglobal Insight |journal=Flight International |publisher=Flightglobal |publication-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref> The closest competing aircraft from Airbus are the discontinued [[Airbus A340|A340-500HGW]]<ref name=Flug772/> and the current [[Airbus A350#A350-900ULR|A350-900ULR]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://leehamnews.com/2015/10/16/bjorns-corner-increasing-an-aircrafts-range/ |title=Bjorn's Corner: Increasing an aircraft's range - Leeham News and Comment |date=October 16, 2015 |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809121025/https://leehamnews.com/2015/10/16/bjorns-corner-increasing-an-aircrafts-range/ |url-status=live}}</ref>