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    Every silhouette below is sized by real wingspan, the bigger the aircraft, the bigger it draws. Each page carries the full sourced spec table, every variant, and every operator.

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    Boeing 777X

    Boeing · In certification, deliveries expected 2027

    Length (777-9)76.72 m
    Wingspan (extended)71.75 m
    Wingspan (folded)64.85 m
    Height19.68 m
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    Boeing 767

    Boeing · In production (freighter/tanker)

    Length (767-400ER)61.37 m
    Wingspan (-400ER)51.92 m
    Height16.87 m
    MTOW (-400ER)204,116 kg
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    Douglas DC-8

    Douglas · Retired (a handful of specials)

    Length (Super 61/63)57.12 m
    Wingspan (Super 63)45.23 m
    Height13.11 m
    MTOW (Super 63)158,757 kg
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    Airlines

    Fleets, airline by airline

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    Emirates

    United Arab Emirates · None (independent)

    The world's largest international airline, an all-widebody fleet built on the A380 and 777.

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    Ryanair

    Ireland · None (independent)

    Europe's biggest airline by passengers, a single-type all-Boeing 737 operation.

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    QF

    Qantas

    Australia · oneworld

    The Australian flag carrier, a century old, flying the A380 on the Kangaroo Route and trans-Pacific trunk lines.

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    EY

    Etihad Airways

    United Arab Emirates · None (independent)

    Abu Dhabi's flag carrier, parked its entire A380 fleet in the pandemic, then brought it back.

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    Lufthansa

    Germany · Star Alliance

    Germany's flag carrier and Europe's largest airline group, flying its A380s from Munich.

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    KE

    Korean Air

    South Korea · SkyTeam

    South Korea's flag carrier, A380s and one of Asia's biggest 777 fleets, now absorbing Asiana.

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    Asiana Airlines

    South Korea · Star Alliance

    Seoul's second superjumbo operator, flying A380s on Asian trunk routes while merging into Korean Air.

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    CA

    Air China

    China · Star Alliance

    China's flag carrier, the only airline that flies the national flag on its tail.

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    KL

    KLM

    Netherlands · SkyTeam

    The oldest airline in the world still flying under its original name, airborne since 1919.

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    5Y

    Atlas Air

    United States · Cargo

    The world's largest 747 operator, and the airline that flew home the very last 747 ever built.

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    Bring back Concorde

    Twenty-three years ago, the fastest way across the Atlantic retired, and nothing replaced it.

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