Kauoha ʻo Ethiopian Airlines i ʻehā Boeing 777 Freighters

EVERETT, Wash. – Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Boeing a me ʻAitiopa Airlines i kēia lā i kahi kauoha no ʻehā Boeing 777 Freighters, e hana ana ʻo ʻAitiopa Airlines i ka mea lawe mua ʻApelika e kauoha i ka ukana ʻenekini māhoe. Kuhi ʻia ke kauoha ma kahi o $1.1 biliona ma nā kumukūʻai papa inoa a ua hāʻawi mua ʻia i kahi mea kūʻai ʻike ʻole ma ka pūnaewele ʻo Boeing.

"E like me ka mea lawe ukana nui loa o ʻApelika e hana ana i kekahi o nā ala kalepa e ulu wikiwiki nei o ka honua - ma waena o ʻApelika a me ʻEulopa, Middle East a me ʻAsia - e hoʻomaikaʻi nui ka ʻauwaʻa 777 Freighter i kā mākou mau tonnage a me nā hiki ke hoʻonui," wahi a Tewolde Gebremariam, Luna Nui. o ka mokulele o Etiopia. "ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o kēia mau mokulele e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka ʻAitiopa Cargo ma kahi ikaika e hoʻomau i ka lanakila ma kēia mākeke hypercompetitive."

"I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ʻike mākou i ka Ethiopian Airlines i alakaʻi i ka mokulele ʻApelika a ke hele maikaʻi nei lākou e lilo i alakaʻi mokulele honua," wahi a Marlin Dailey, ka pelekikena o Boeing Germany, EU, Northern Europe, and Africa. "Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Ethiopian Airlines i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka maʻamau i ka mokulele a puni ka ʻāina - mai ka lilo ʻana i ka mokulele ʻApelika mua e kauoha i ka Boeing 787 Dreamliner, ka mea mua i lele i ka 777-200LR a i kēia manawa ka mea mua e kūʻai i ka 777 Freighter."

Hoʻokumu ʻia ka 777 Freighter, ka mokulele māhoe māhoe lōʻihi loa o ka honua, ma ka ʻenehana holomua 777-200LR (Longer Range) mokulele mokulele a hiki ke lele i 4,900 nautical mile (9,070 kilomita) me ka uku piha o 225,200 paona a (102 metric. ). Me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka ukana a me ka hiki ke kiʻekiʻe o loko he 10-kapuaʻi (3.1-mika), hāʻawi ka 777 Freighter i ka mana ukana e pili mau ana me nā mokulele nui aʻe a loaʻa ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o kēlā me kēia ukana nui.

"Ua hoʻohana ʻo Ethiopia Airlines i nā huahana maikaʻi loa a Boeing e hoʻonui i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa ma mua o 65 mau makahiki," wahi a Van Rex Gallard, hope pelekikena o Sales for Africa, Latin America, & the Caribbean, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Ke hōʻike nei kēia kauoha i ka ulu ʻana o ka pilina a ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei mākou iā Ethiopian Airlines no ke koho ʻana i ka 777 Freighter e hoʻonui a hoʻonui i kāna mau ukana."

Hāʻawi ʻo Boeing i ka ʻohana piha loa o nā ukana, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele waiwai e kākoʻo i ka loaʻa kālā o ka mokulele.

ʻO Ethiopian Airlines ka mea mua i hoʻohana i ka 777-200LR (i kēia manawa me ʻelima i loko o kā lākou mau ʻauwaʻa) a ʻo ka mea mua i kauoha i ka Boeing 787 Dreamliner me kahi kauoha no 10. Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Ethiopian Airlines i nā moku āpau-Boeing o 737, 757, 767 a 777 mau mokulele i ka lawelawe kaʻahele a me 757, MD11 a me 747 i nā hana ukana.