After days of abysmal weather, airplane WH-001 took from Paine Field, home of Boeing's wide-body factory, north of Seattle, on Saturday morning. At 1:30 p.m. Friday with conditions not improving and the flight window closing, her first sortie was scrubbed. Record breakerWith the A380 and 747-8 Intercontinental ending their runs, the 777-9 stands alone as the largest airliner by passenger capacity being built in the world. Indeed Boeing says its newest flagship is 22% more efficient than the world's largest airliner, the A380. Borrowing from its pioneering stablemate, the 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's newest 777X has larger windows and a wider cabin translating to wider seats (especially in economy).

Source: CNN January 26, 2020 01:30 UTC