Boeing 777 is a long haul airliner with 2 engines entered into the market for the replacement of old DC10 in 1995, as MD10, A330 or A340 were about to challenge the Boeing dominance.
Passenger capacity between 300 seats (777-200) to around 400 plus (777-300) with the range between 10,000km and 15.000km, huge 2 hyper turbo fan engines, B777 is also the replacement for B747-400.
The only set back is its price, A330 can carry about 280-330 passengers for the price around 140-150M USD, B777 costs 180M (B777-200) to 250M (777-300ER), this is the reason whenever you fly on A330, it is more likely budget airliner (although the comfort of A330 is as good as B777), of course B777 range is much longer and the cruising speed is faster (A330 mach 0.83 and B777 mach0.85).
Despite some delay, Boeing will soon start selling B787 which will challenge A330 current dominance in the low cost airliners. B777 will probably maintain an alternative choice between B787 and B747-800.
For FSX: there are plenty of payware add-ons or you can get B777-220, -300 for free from POSKY.
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