Sponsor Message: Civil Aviation Forum Gulf Air - Why Did It
Reject The 777   Posted (13 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 2
hours ago) and read 2385 times:  One thing which puzzles me even
now is why GF turned down its orders for the 777, eventhough it
was one of its launch customers.  Instead GF opted for the A340,
which I think was a big mistake.  I would love to have seen a
777 in GF's colours today, but sadly the GF tail depicted on
Boeing's first aircraft never made it.  Does anyone know the
reason to the cancellation of the order?  9 replies: All unread,
jump to last Reply 1, posted (13 years 7 months 2 weeks 1 day 17
hours ago) and read 2308 times:  They ordered the A343 before
the 777 and it was already in service when they ordered the 777.
From what I remember. the 777 didn't fit in with Gulf Air's
fleet plans and they opted for cockpit commonality with the A343
and ordered the A332 instead of the 777. I think they also
started to see a drop in traffic as Emirates got bigger and more
successful. This top