{"id":354795,"date":"2026-01-24T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-boeing-777-300er-cant-be-powered-any-other-engine-type\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T22:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T12:00:17","slug":"why-cant-the-boeing-777-300er-be-powered-by-any-other-engine-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=354795","title":{"rendered":"Why Can\u2019t The Boeing 777-300ER Be Powered By Any Other Engine Type?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While some first-generation variants of the Boeing 777<\/span><\/span> family were optionally powered by the General Electric GE90 engines<\/a><\/span>, Rolls-Royce Trent 800, and the Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112, subsequent generations were exclusively GE-powered. All three engines received a comparable number of orders for the first generation of Boeing 777s, with the Trent 800 being the most popular. And yet Boeing decided to exclusively power the second-generation Boeing 777-300ER and Boeing 777-200LR with the GE90.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GE90 is the only engine option for the 777-300ER due to a series of factors driven by requirements, costs, and timetables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,737,1198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-boeing-777","category-boeing-777-300er"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t