Nonetheless substantial orders from all three now mean there are 49 Boeing 777-300ERs spread amongst the big three. The primary equipment choice for most of the smaller airlines is the Airbus A330 or the Boeing 787, and only the largest (Air China, China Southern and China Eastern) have the need for the triple seven. Nowadays China is clearly the largest sales market for new widebody aircraft as the big three continue to expand their reach, especially across the Pacific, but also as a wide range of secondary Chinese airlines branch into long haul routes. THE REAL THING At Frankfurt in June 2017. Can the new JC 777 compete against Phoenix’s renowned mould? Let’s find out. Gemini, who use the JC Wings catalogue of moulds, in fact is yet to switch over to the new mould, which is unusual and shows that there is a separation of duties at JC Wings between their own and Gemini’s output.
It must be almost a year since JC Wings new 777 mould was released but relatively few have made it onto the shelves and they have mostly been Asian.
The 1:400 scale battlefield, like airports around the world, is dominated by a relatively small number of aircraft types nowadays and one of the most important is the Boeing 777-300ER.
