ZURICH, Switzerland - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Boeing, ka Lufthansa Group a me Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) i kēia lā no nā mokulele 777-300ER (Extended Range). Ua koho ʻia nā mokulele, he $1.9 biliona ma nā kumukūʻai papa inoa, no ka hoʻohou hou ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa holo lōʻihi. Manaʻo ʻo Boeing e hana pū me SWISS e hoʻopau i nā kikoʻī, i ka manawa e kau ʻia ai ke kauoha i ka pūnaewele Boeing Orders & Deliveries.
"ʻO ka Boeing 777-300ER ka nui kūpono a me ka laulā e hoʻokō i kā mākou mākeke Swiss," wahi a Harry Hohmeister, ka luna nui o SWISS. "Ua hoʻoholo mākou i kahi hoʻoholo hoʻoholo no ka hoʻokomo hou ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa mokulele holomua e hoʻopaʻa i kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻokūkū ma luna o ka nui o kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū e hana nei i nā mokulele me nā noho he 300 ma nā ala like."
"He mea punahele ka 777-300ER ma waena o nā mokulele nui o ka honua, e lawe mai ana i ka maikaʻi a me ka hilinaʻi ʻole o ka māhoe māhoe i ka mākeke lōʻihi," wahi a Todd Nelp, hope pelekikena o European Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Hoʻohanohano ʻia mākou e ka hoʻoholo a SWISS e kau i ka 777-300ER ma ke poʻo o ka hoʻohou hou ʻana o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa a ke nānā nei i ka hana nui i kāna kūleʻa e hiki mai ana."
ʻO ka Boeing 777-300ER ka mokulele ʻoihana māhoe māhoe lōʻihi loa ma ka honua, e noho ana a hiki i 386 mau ohua ma kahi hoʻonohonoho papa ʻekolu a he 7,825 mau mile nautical (14,490 km).
"Me ka 777-300ER, e ʻike nā poʻe kaʻa o SWISS i ka hale ākea ākea loa i kūkulu ʻia," wahi a Bob Whittington, ka hope pelekikena a me ka ʻenekini papahana nui no ka 777 Program. "Me kēia mau mokulele, hiki iā SWISS ke hāʻawi i nā noho ākea, nā ala ākea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke poʻo a me ka maʻalahi o nā noho."
He ʻāpana ʻo SWISS o ka Pūʻulu Lufthansa a ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia i 69 mau wahi ma waena o 37 mau ʻāina ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa mai Zurich, Basel a me Geneva nā mokulele honua me nā ʻauwaʻa ʻoi aku ma mua o 90 mau mokulele haiki a ākea.
