Kauoha ʻo Japan Airlines ʻehā mau Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners

Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Boeing a me Japan Airlines (JAL) i kahi kauoha i kēia lā no ʻehā 787-8 Dreamliners. ʻO ke kauoha, i helu mua ʻia ma ka pūnaewele Boeing Orders & Deliveries, i pili i kahi mea kūʻai i ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻoi aku ka waiwai ma mua o $ 900 miliona ma nā kumukūʻai papa inoa o kēia manawa a e hoʻonui i nā ʻauwaʻa Dreamliner o JAL i 49 mau mokulele.

"ʻO kēia kauoha no ka 787 Dreamliners hou, he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ia o kā mākou hoʻolālā ʻoiai mākou e ʻimi nei e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou ʻoihana ala e kū nei a hoʻoikaika i ko mākou kūlana ma mua o ka 2020 Summer Olympic Games ma Tokyo," wahi a Yoshiharu Ueki, Pelekikena o Japan Airlines. "E hana koʻikoʻi ka hana leo maikaʻi o ka 787 i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou kūpaʻa no nā hana ʻoi aku ka mālie i loko o kā mākou pūnaewele kūloko e neʻe nei."

Ke hoʻohana nei ʻo Japan Airlines i ka lua o nā ʻauwaʻa 787 Dreamliner nui loa ma ka honua, me 34 mau mokulele. Manaʻo ʻia ka mea lawe i kāna 35th Dreamliner, kahi 787-9 ma hope o kēia pule. Me kēia kauoha hou, ʻo nā ʻauwaʻa 787 ʻo Japan Airlines he 29 787-8s a me 20 787-9 mau mokulele.

"Hoʻohanohano mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me Japan Airlines i ko lākou hoʻonui ʻana i kā lākou mau ʻauwaʻa papa honua me nā 787 Dreamliners hou aku," wahi a Kevin McAllister, Pelekikena a Luna Nui o Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Ua hiki iā JAL ke ulu maikaʻi i kāna ʻoihana i nā makahiki, ʻoiai e hoʻopuka ana i nā waiwai olakino ma muli o ka maikaʻi a me ka hilinaʻi o kā lākou ʻauwaʻa 787."

Ua lilo ʻo Japan Airlines i mokulele mokulele mua loa ma ka honua e lawe i kahi 787 powered by fuel-efficient General Electric GEnx engines i ka makahiki 2012. Eia kekahi, ʻo JAL kekahi o nā mokulele mua i hoʻomaka i nā ala hou me ka 787, i kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kāna Boston. a me nā alahele o San Diego me ka Dreamliner i kēlā makahiki.

Ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ka ʻohana 787 Dreamliner ma mua o 530 mau ala, me 150 brand hou nonstop ala i hoʻolālā ʻia a i ʻole i ka lawelawe ʻana mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka mokulele i ka lawelawe kalepa ma 2011. I kēia lā, 69 nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i kau i nā kauoha no nā mokulele 1,278, e hana ana i ka 787 Dreamliner ka kūʻai wikiwiki loa i ka mokulele māhoe māhoe ma ka mōʻaukala Boeing.