There's a tradeoff between passengers and fuel - the quoted range with a standard passenger load is not the maximum range.
E.g. the 777-8 has a range of 16,090 km (8690 nmi) with 365 passengers, but the business jet variant (BBJ 777-8) has a range of 21,570 km (11,645 nmi).
We are so close to airliners that can fly non-stop between any two major cities on Earth. Not sure I'd want to do 20+ hour flights, but amazing that we will be able to soon.
> A second, no-less-impressive but smaller model will follow. The 777-8 <..> Covering 8,700 nautical miles, <..>, the plane is Boeing's challenger to the Airbus A350ULR's crown as the world's longest-range airplane.
IIRC A350ULR can get you all the way from Auckland to Istanbul, Warsaw or even Copenhagen. 777-8's 8700nm gets you to Moscow at most - none of the European flight hubs (that I know of).
E.g. the 777-8 has a range of 16,090 km (8690 nmi) with 365 passengers, but the business jet variant (BBJ 777-8) has a range of 21,570 km (11,645 nmi).
We are so close to airliners that can fly non-stop between any two major cities on Earth. Not sure I'd want to do 20+ hour flights, but amazing that we will be able to soon.