77w ?

[Vishal Jolapara]

Just a slightly off-topic question about this.
Why do they always call the 777-300 as 77W ?
Or is it tht the 777-300ER's are called 77W's ?

Either ways what the reason & logic behind it ?
Wht does the 'W' stand for ?


Cheers - Vishal

[HalcyonDays]

Pretty sure the 77W is the 777-300ER. The non-ER -300 is the 773. No idea what the W stands for, if indeed it stands for anything. (Could it be 'Wide" - with the raked wingtips...?)

[CathayPacific]

The non-ER is called 773. Moreover, although most airlines follow the standard and called 777-300ER "77W", it is not mandatory to do so. For example, if you look at Cathay Pacific's schedule, 777-300ER is called "77A". ANA has completely different codes for its Boeing fleet (at least in the Japanese printed schedule which you can get at ANA's counters at airports). Boeing 747-400 is B44, Boeing 767-200 is B6 and Boeing 777-200 is B7 in ANA's schedule.

[ptbodale]

Yep, it's a B777-300ER and that's what Boeing calls it and so does Air Canada..

[Vishal Jolapara]

All thats ok but again what does the 'W' stand for/signify in 77W ?

[ptbodale]

I put your question to Dispatch, Maintenance and my fellow Ops Managers and none of us could agree on the "W". All the emails I have just refer to the acft as a B77W or a B77L as we have both 200ER and 300 ER versions. I guess we will have to dig some more.

[Bok269]

I remember hearing that it stands for Wide (as in wider wingspan).

[avro_arrow_25206]

I put your question to Dispatch, Maintenance and my fellow Ops Managers and none of us could agree on the "W". All the emails I have just refer to the acft as a B77W or a B77L as we have both 200ER and 300 ER versions. I guess we will have to dig some more.

Haha, I've always wondered about that as well.
At least 77L makes sense (777-200LR), but the "W" for 777-300ER seems arbitrary to me...

[Petertenthije]

Japan Airlines was the launch order, so perhaps W stands for "Weally Wig".


I'll get my coat.

[DAL767-400ER]

Japan Airlines was the launch order, so perhaps W stands for "Weally Wig".


I'll get my coat.

I hope that coat is fire-proof . And I still maintain the W stands for "WoW, What aWesome performance" .

[CathayPacific]

but the "W" for 777-300ER seems arbitrary to me...

It is not the only arbitrary one.
747-300 Combi is 74D
747-400 Combi is 74E
727-200 Advance and 737-200 Advance are 72S and 73S
767-300 is 76S (what does S stand for anyway?)
And the list goes on.

[Foxtrot]

Re:

It is not the only arbitrary one.
747-300 Combi is 74D
747-400 Combi is 74E
727-200 Advance and 737-200 Advance are 72S and 73S
767-300 is 76S (what does S stand for anyway?)
And the list goes on.

I have seen the quick-convertible variants (-200QC) of the 737 and 727 being abbreviated as 73Q or 72Q before. But S doesn't really make any sense.

[Vishal Jolapara]

I hope that coat is fire-proof . And I still maintain the W stands for "WoW, What aWesome performance" .

You're all Boeing arent you ?

It is not the only arbitrary one.
747-300 Combi is 74D
747-400 Combi is 74E
727-200 Advance and 737-200 Advance are 72S and 73S
767-300 is 76S (what does S stand for anyway?)
And the list goes on.

Well i'd surely like to know about those as well but let get this one sorted out first.

Cheers - Vishal

[DAL767-400ER]

It is not the only arbitrary one.
747-300 Combi is 74D

I thought that was the code for the 747-400Ds (the non-wingletted Japan domestic version)?

747-400 Combi is 74E

Wasn't the combi code 74M? At least that's the way it was at LH before they converted their 744 Combis into pure pax jets.

727-200 Advance and 737-200 Advance are 72S and 73S
767-300 is 76S (what does S stand for anyway?)
And the list goes on.

In the case of the 727 and 732, the S refered to the updated engines over the older versions, but why the letter S was chosen, no idea.
With the 767, I believe that was only a temporary thing. Delta originally referred to their non-ER 767-300s as 76S, but after around 5 years or so started going with the more logical 763 code.

And just for the heck of it, adding to the list,
73G (737-700)
73H (737-800 with winglets)
Or the Alitalia model, 767/764/765, three different codes, all for the same model, namely the 767-300ER, but a different code for every different seat layout.

[ptbodale]

Air Canada's combi's were M's and they were 200 series.