British Airways goes green with new 777s

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Flag-carrier title="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/British-Airways/" href="http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/airlines/British-Airways/" target="_self">British Airways made the landmark announcement today that it is the first UK-based airline to take delivery of a Boeing 777-300ER, the world’s largest twin-jet aircraft.

The 777-300ER has a seating capacity of 300 passengers and some models have a range of almost 17,400 kilometres.

The new airliner is mooted as being more fuel efficient – and so more environmentally-friendly and cost-effective – than comparable aircraft, as well as producing less noise pollution.

BA chief executive Willie Walsh emphasised the environmental benefits of the new 777s, commenting: “All these new aircraft generate significantly less CO2 emissions per seat than their predecessors and reinforce British Airways’ commitment to reduce its carbon footprint.”

The 777-300ER will also be the first BA jet to be fitted with its new interior design, which includes updated World Traveller and World Traveller Plus cabins as well as enhanced in-flight entertainment systems featuring twice the number of music and television programmes previously available.

Affirming that further expansion of the BA fleet with the new jets is planned, Mr Walsh pledged: “We will add two more B777-300s by the end of this year, and three more by early 2012.”

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