Ua kau inoa ʻo Boeing i ʻelua mau ʻaelike ma ka Paris Air Show i kēia lā me International Airlines Group (IAG), kekahi o nā hui mokulele nui loa o ka honua, e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe koʻikoʻi no ka IAG's British Airways, me nā ʻāpana no ka ʻohana Airbus A320 o ka mokulele a me kāna mau ʻauwaʻa Boeing 777.
Me ka ʻaelike mua, e hoʻolako ʻo Boeing i ka British Airways me kāna Component Services Program kahi e loaʻa ai, mālama a mālama ai ʻo Boeing a me kāna mau hoa i kahi papa helu hoʻololi honua o nā ʻāpana no ka mokulele A320 a me A320neo. ʻO kēia ʻaelike - ʻo ia ka mea mua o kāna ʻano no Boeing - e wehe i ke ala kūpono i nā ʻāpana no British Airways, e hoʻohana ana i kahi pūnaewele ala ākea.
Ua pūlima pū ʻo British Airways i ʻaelike no ʻekolu Landing Gear Exchange no kāna mau ʻauwaʻa 777. Ma o ka papahana, loaʻa nā mea hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻokele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hōʻoia ʻia mai kahi wai hoʻololi i mālama ʻia e Boeing, me nā mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me nā ʻāpana kākoʻo e hoʻouna ʻia i loko o 24 mau hola.
"Haʻaheo mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa kūpono e lawelawe ai i nā pono o ka British Airways me ka ʻole o ke kahua," wahi a Ihssane Mounir, ka hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe o Commercial Sales & Marketing no The Boeing Company. "Ma ka launa pū ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa hana a me nā mea hoʻolako hoʻoponopono, ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikaika o kā mākou mau mea kūʻai aku ma hope o ka honua e kākoʻo i ka British Airways a kōkua iā lākou e hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi."
Ma hope o ke kau inoa ʻana i kēia mau ʻaelike lawelawe hou, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Boeing a me IAG i kahi hoʻopaʻa inoa hoʻopanee e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kāna kauoha no nā mokulele 18 777X. Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua kau ʻo IAG i nā kauoha paʻa no nā mokulele 18 777-9 a me nā koho 24 no British Airways. Ua koho ka mokulele i ka 777X, ka mokulele māhoe māhoe nui loa o ka honua, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna papahana hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa lōʻihi, e hui pū ana i kahi hui o nā mea lawe alakaʻi honua i koho i ka 777X hou.
ʻO ke kauoha paʻa a IAG e kau i ka 777X ma nā kauoha 364 a me nā hoʻohiki mai nā mea kūʻai aku ʻewalu. Hoʻomaka ka hana ʻana o ka 777X ma 2017, me ka lele mua i manaʻo ʻia ma hope o kēia makahiki a me ka lawe mua ʻana i manaʻo ʻia ma 2020.
Hoʻohana ʻo International Airlines Group (IAG) i nā mokulele 582 a lawelawe i nā wahi 268, e lawe ana i 113 miliona mau ohua ma 2018. ʻO ia ka hui makua o Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, LEVEL a me Vueling.
