Since we all talk about reliability so much, I thought you all might be interested in this from the June 5 issue of Aviation Week and Space Technology:
"Boeing's 777 has achieved a 99.1% schedule reliability rate after its first five years in service, a level almost unheard of for wide-body transports.
....Overall, the 777 has the best fleet reliability for any wide-body transport....(it) comes close to the industry high of 99.7% on-time takeoffs logged by the 737NG.... The Airbus A320...also has high reliability.
...Through March, the 777 with the most flight time was operated by United Airlines, also a launch customer...All Nipon Airways of Japan had the highest cycle 777 with about 9,200 takeoffs and landings. Lauda Air of Austria has the highest daily utilization rate.
... United's 777's have accumulated more that 169,000 flight hours and 30,000 landings."

[This message has been edited by dcpremex (edited 06-22-2000).]