If you read about the development of the Boeing 777, you’ll notice something strange. Boeing partnered with eight major airlines for feedback about what they wanted in Boeing’s next-generation widebody, slotting in between the Boeing 747 and 767, and consulted with All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, United Airlines, and Qantas. Qantas, however, never ordered the 777, and even passed on ordering the upcoming 777X.