Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei ʻo Boeing, EL AL Israel Airlines a me Air Lease Corporation i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Boeing 787 Dreamliner mua o ka mea lawe i kēia lā.
Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo EL AL i ka mokulele ma o ka ʻaelike me Air Lease Corporation.
Ua paʻi ka 787-9 ma Tel Aviv i kēia lā ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻana, 6,746 mile (10,856 km.) lele lele mai Paine Field, e pili ana i ka hale hana Boeing ma Everett, Wash.
"ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka Boeing 787 Dreamliner mua he lā haʻaheo a hauʻoli hoʻi iā mākou a pau ma EL AL," wahi a EL AL Luna Nui ʻo David Maimon. "ʻO ia ka mea koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomau hou ʻana o nā ʻauwaʻa EL AL, i hoʻomaka i hoʻokahi makahiki a me ka hapa i hala aku nei i ka wā i hoʻoholo ai mākou e kauoha i 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Hauʻoli mākou e hoʻomaka i kahi huakaʻi hou me kā mākou Dreamliner mua.
"ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā mokulele hou e hana i kahi loli i ka ʻike mea kūʻai aku. Ua hoʻonoho mākou i kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa o ka lawelawe a me ka maikaʻi o ka huahana i mea e mālama ai i ko mākou kūlana ma ke ʻano he koho mua a makemake ʻia no nā poʻe holo kaʻa, e hele ana a mai ʻIseraʻela mai, "wahi a Maimon. "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo kēia kūʻai koʻikoʻi o 787s he manawa kūpono loa ia no mākou e hoʻokō i nā pae kiʻekiʻe i manaʻo ʻia. E hōʻoia ka Dreamliner i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i ka hōʻoluʻolu kūʻokoʻa, ka ʻenehana hou, nā mokulele holomua a me ka lawelawe maikaʻi.
He ʻohana ka 787 o nā mokulele ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe loa me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoluʻolu hou. Ma waho aʻe o ka lawe ʻana i nā pae mokulele nui i nā mokulele liʻiliʻi, e hāʻawi ka 787 iā EL AL me ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka wahie a me ka hana kaiapuni, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 20 a i ka 25 pākēneka emi ka wahie a me 20 a 25 pakeneka ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā mokulele e pani ai.
"Hoʻohanohano mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka 787 Dreamliner mua i kā mākou mau hoa nui ma EL AL," wahi a Ray Conner, hope pelekikena, The Boeing Company. "E hana nui ka 787 Dreamliner i ka hana hou ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa o EL AL a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna pūnaewele ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai i kahi au hou no ka mokulele, kāna mau limahana a me kāna mau mea kūʻai aku a puni ka honua."
ʻO EL AL ka mea lawe holoʻokoʻa-Boeing mai ka lawe ʻana i kāna mokulele Boeing hou i ka makahiki 1961 a ke hoʻohana nei i nā ʻauwaʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 mau mokulele me Next-Generation 737s, 747s, 767s a me 777s.
