Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Boeing a me LOT Polish Airlines i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka 737 MAX mua no ka mea lawe, e lawe ana i ka mokulele 737 hou a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mākeke waena a me ka hikina o ʻEulopa. ʻO ka mokulele hoʻi ka MAX mua i kau ʻia e ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka mokulele mokulele Air Lease Corporation (ALC).

Hoʻolālā ʻo LOT, ka mea lawe hae Polani, e lawe i nā mokulele MAX hou aʻe ma ke ʻano o kāna hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i kāna mokulele.

"Haʻaheo mākou i ka lilo ʻana i kekahi o nā mea lawe mua ma ka honua me ka mokulele Boeing 737 MAX hou loa i kā mākou moku pōkole a waena," wahi a Rafal Milczarski, ka luna hoʻokele nui, LOT Polish Airlines. "ʻO mākou kekahi o nā mokulele ʻEulopa e ulu wikiwiki nei a ua maopopo iaʻu ʻo kēia hana nui i mua e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻokō i kā mākou mau pahuhopu e hoʻonui i kā mākou hana pono a hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou lawelawe. Me nā Boeing 787 Dreamliners hou loa a me 737 MAX hou, ʻo mākou ka mokulele ʻoluʻolu loa no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka uku a me ka hope, akā ʻaʻole ka liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ke kaiapuni. Mahalo i ka hui pū ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa, ua hoʻokahi ʻanuʻu ʻo LOT i mua e hoʻonohonoho i ka leo no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana mokulele i ko mākou ʻāina.

Hāʻawi ka 737 MAX i ka hana kiʻekiʻe loa, hilinaʻi a me ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe kaʻa ma ka mākeke hoʻokahi-aisle ma o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ʻenehana hou loa CFM International LEAP-1B engines, Advanced Technology winglets, ka Boeing Sky Interior, nā hōʻikeʻike lele lele nui, a me nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻē aʻe. Ua kōkua ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maikaʻi i ka MAX i ka mokulele kūʻai wikiwiki loa ma ka mōʻaukala Boeing me nā kauoha he 4,000 a hiki i kēia lā mai 92 mau mea kūʻai aku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

“ʻOliʻoli loa mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kēia hoʻolimalima hoʻolimalima mua 737 MAX me LOT, ʻo ia ka mea mua o ʻeono mau 737 MAX 8 hou ma ka hoʻolimalima lōʻihi i ka mokulele. Hāʻawi ka MAX 8 i nā mea hana hou a me kahi ʻike kaʻa i hoʻonui ʻia e lawelawe maikaʻi aku i nā ʻoihana ala ala ulu o LOT, "wahi a Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, ka Luna Hoʻokele o Air Lease Corporation. Loaʻa iā ALC 129 mau mokulele 737 MAX ma ke kauoha.

"He mea kūʻai koʻikoʻi ʻo LOT no nā makahiki he mau makahiki a hauʻoli mākou i lilo ia i mea hoʻohana mua o ka MAX ma ʻEulopa," wahi a Monty Oliver, hope-peresidena Europe Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "E hāʻawi ka 737 MAX i ka maikaʻi like ʻole, ka laulā, ka hilinaʻi a me nā kumukūʻai hana ʻoiai e hoʻomau ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻike ma luna o ka papa no kāna poʻe kaʻa."

Ma waho aʻe o nā 737 MAX 8 ʻeono, hoʻolālā ʻo LOT e hoʻonui i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa o nā Dreamliners super-efficient a maikaʻi hoʻi i ka poʻe kaʻa ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ʻehā mau 787-9s ma ka hopena o 2019.

Ke hoʻohana nei ka mokulele i nā mokulele hou e hoʻonui i kāna pūnaewele. Mai ka makahiki 2016, ua hoʻolaha ʻo LOT i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā ala he 42, me ka lawelawe lōʻihi mai Warsaw a Los Angeles, Newark a me Kraków i Chicago. Ma Mei 2018, e hoʻomaka ʻo LOT i nā pilina mai Warsaw a Singapore a mai Budapest a New York City a me Chicago.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“We are very pleased to announce this first 737 MAX lease placement with LOT, which is the first of six new 737 MAX 8s on long-term lease to the airline.
Boeing and LOT Polish Airlines celebrated the delivery of the first 737 MAX for the carrier, ushering the new and improved 737 airplane into the central and east Europe market.
“We are proud to be one of the first carriers in the world with the state-of-the-art Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in our short- and middle-haul fleet,”.