Etihad, Emirates Flights Unaffected by Boeing 777 Ban

MIAMI – Etihad Airways (EY) and Emirates Airlines (EK) have both indicated that their flights are unaffected by the Boeing 777 ban that Japan and the UK Civil Aviation Authorities have applied on overflights of their countries.

Both EY and EK Boeing 777 aircraft are equipped with General Electric engines of the GE90 family. The temporary ban on Pratt & Withney-equipped Boeing triple sevens was applied by the UK and Japan following the incident that occurred to United Airline (UA) flight UA328 between Denver (DEN) and Honolulu (HNL).

The UA Boeing 777 aircraft was equipped with PW4000-112 engines, one read more ⇒

Source:: “Airways Magazine”

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