The Boeing 777, for which United was the launch customer, is depicted on the cover of the timetable. The 777's first flight in service with the United was June 7, 1995 from Dulles-Frankfurt. The previous year, United launch what was at the time, the world's longest scheduled commercial flight Chicago to Hong Kong. The last of the passenger DC-10, after 26 years of service, were retired in 1997 though 3 continued in freighter configuration until 2001. This timetable was over 700 pages thick.