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===767-400ER===<!-- This section is linked from [[Boeing 747]] --> [[File:Boeing 767-424-ER, United Airlines (Continental Airlines) AN1913767.jpg|thumb|A 767-400ER of [[United Airlines]] in 2011. This variant is {{Convert|205.1|ft|m}} long.]] The 767-400ER, the first Boeing wide-body jet resulting from two fuselage stretches,<ref>{{harvnb|Norris|Wagner|1999|p=114}}</ref> entered service with Continental Airlines in 2000.<ref name=Boe_767_back/> The type features a {{convert|21.1|ft|m|abbr=off|sigfig=3|adj=on}} stretch over the {{not a typo|767-300}}, for a total length of {{convert|205.11|ft|m|sigfig=3}}.<ref>{{harvnb|Norris|Wagner|1999|p=120}}</ref> The wingspan is also increased by {{convert|14.3|ft|m|sigfig=3}} through the addition of [[raked wingtips]].<ref name=Eden_p105/> The exit configuration uses six main cabin doors and two smaller exit doors behind the wings, similar to certain 767-300ERs.<ref name="767_airport_report" /> Other differences include an updated cockpit, redesigned landing gear, and 777-style Signature Interior.<ref>{{harvnb|Norris|Wagner|1999|pp=119β120, 123}}</ref> Power is provided by uprated General Electric CF6 engines.<ref name=faa/> The FAA granted approval for the 767-400ER to operate 180-minute [[ETOPS]] flights before it entered service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boeing 767-400ER gets FAA clearance |work=Flight International |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-767-400er-gets-faa-clearance-68337/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929164638/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-767-400er-gets-faa-clearance-68337/ |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |date=July 25, 2000 |access-date=February 1, 2011}}</ref> Because its fuel capacity was not increased over preceding models, the 767-400ER has a range of {{convert|5625|nmi}},<ref name=764specs>{{cite web |url=http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_03/textonly/ps01txt.html |title=Introducing the 767-400 Extended Range Airplane |work=AERO Magazine |publisher=Boeing |date=July 1998}}</ref> less than previous extended-range 767s.<ref name=long/> No 767-400 (non-extended range) version was developed. The longer-range 767-400ERX was offered in July 2000<ref name=Boeing26july2000/> before being cancelled a year later,<ref name=sonic/> leaving the 767-400ER as the sole version of the largest 767.<ref name=f63>{{harvnb|Frawley|2001|p=63}}</ref> Boeing dropped the 767-400ER and the -200ER from its pricing list in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2013/09/19/boeing-drops-the-767-200er-and-767-400er-from-its-pricing-lists-the-end-of-an-era/ |title=Boeing Drops the 767-200ER and 767-400ER from its Pricing List: the End of an Era - Airchive |date=September 19, 2013 |language=en-US |access-date=July 17, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708121139/http://airwaysnews.com/blog/2013/09/19/boeing-drops-the-767-200er-and-767-400er-from-its-pricing-lists-the-end-of-an-era/ |archive-date=July 8, 2016}}</ref> A total of 37 767-400ERs were delivered to the variant's two airline customers, [[Continental Airlines]] (now merged with [[United Airlines]] as of 2010) and [[Delta Air Lines]], with no unfilled orders.<ref name=767_O_D_summ/> All 37 examples of the -400ER were in service in July 2018.<ref name=FI_Airlines_2018 /><!-- Updates require a newer reference. --> One additional example was produced as a military testbed for cancelled E-10, and later sold to Bahrain as a VIP transport.<ref name=vip764>{{Cite journal |last=Sarsfield |first=Kate |url=http://flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/27/321681/bahrain-acquires-767-400er-testbed-for-vip-use.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130070223/http://flightglobal.com/articles/2009/01/27/321681/bahrain-acquires-767-400er-testbed-for-vip-use.html |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |title=Bahrain acquires 767-400ER testbed for VIP use |journal=Flight International |date=January 27, 2009 |access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> The type's closest competitor is the Airbus A330-200.<ref name=Flug767-400>{{cite web |title=Boeing 767-400ER |work=Flug Revue |date=March 4, 2002 |url=http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/Frtypen/FR767400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513172529/http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/Frtypen/FR767400.htm |archive-date= May 13, 2008 |access-date=August 18, 2011}}</ref>
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