EVERETT, Wash. – Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Boeing a me ʻAitiopa Airlines i kēia lā i kahi kauoha no hoʻokahi 777-200LR (Longer Range) Worldliner, e hoʻohui ana i nā ʻauwaʻa mokulele o ʻelima 777-200LRs. Kuhi ʻia ke kauoha ma kahi o $276 miliona ma ke kumukūʻai papa inoa.
"He mokulele maikaʻi loa ka 777-200LR no ʻAitiopa Airlines," wahi a Tewolde Gebremariam, Luna Nui o ʻAitiopa Airlines. "ʻO ka hana a me ka laulā o ka mokulele ua ʻae iā mākou e wehe i nā ala pololei mai Wakinekona DC a i Addis Ababa a me Addis Ababa i Beijing, Toronto a me nā ala lōʻihi ʻē aʻe. E like me kā mākou Vision 2025, hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻolako i nā huakaʻi lōʻihi lōʻihi ʻole e hoʻopili i ka hikina, komohana, ʻākau a me ka hema me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahi hoʻolālā o kā mākou hub Addis Ababa. ʻO kēia mokulele hou e ʻae iā mākou e lawe pono i ka hana a me ka waiwai o kēia mokulele nui.
Lawe ʻo 777-200LR i nā kaʻa a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā ma mua o nā jetliner ʻē aʻe a hiki iā ia ke hoʻopili kokoke i nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua o ka honua me ka pau ʻole.
"He mau hoa ʻo Boeing a me ʻAitiopa Airlines no nā makahiki ʻoi aku ma mua o 65 a ua ʻike mākou i ka ulu ʻana o ka mokulele e lilo i alakaʻi i ka mokulele ʻApelika a ma waho aku," wahi a Van Rex Gallard, ka hope pelekikena o Sales no ʻApelika, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me ka Caribbean. Na Mokulele Kalepa Boeing. "Ke hoʻomau nei ka mokulele i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa e ulu i ka mokulele, hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā a hāʻawi i nā huahana maikaʻi loa i ka lewa no kā lākou mea kūʻai waiwai. Haʻaheo ʻo Boeing i kā mākou pilina a ke kakali nei mākou e hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana i kēlā paʻa no nā makahiki he nui e hiki mai ana.
ʻO Ethiopian Airlines ka mokulele ʻApelika mua e hoʻokele i ka 777-200LR, ka mea mua i kauoha i ka Boeing 787 Dreamliner me kahi kauoha no 10 a ʻo ka mea mua e kauoha i ka 777 Freighter. Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ʻAitiopa Airlines i kēia manawa i nā ʻauwaʻa holoʻokoʻa-Boeing o 737, 757, 767 a me 777 mau mokulele i ka lawelawe kaʻa a me kahi 757, MD11 a me 747 i nā hana ukana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO Ethiopian Airlines ka mokulele ʻApelika mua e hoʻohana i ka 777-200LR, ka mea mua i kauoha i ka Boeing 787 Dreamliner me kahi kauoha no 10 a ʻo ka mea mua e kauoha i ka 777 Freighter.
- Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Ethiopian Airlines i nā moku mokulele holoʻokoʻa-Boeing o 737, 757, 767 a me 777 mau mokulele i ka lawelawe kaʻa a me kahi 757, MD11 a me 747 i nā hana ukana.
- "He mau hoa ʻo Boeing a me ʻAitiopa Airlines ma mua o 65 mau makahiki a ua ʻike mākou i ka ulu ʻana o ka mokulele e lilo i alakaʻi i ka mokulele ʻApelika a ma waho,".
