Boeing's 777 has had a much faster start than the 747
Boeing's 777 has had a much faster start than the 747. With 318 orders at the end of December, the 777 program already was more than one-fourth as large as the 747's 1,258 orders. The 777 total was 43% higher than the 223 orders the 747 had amassed after the same sales effort, seven years.
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