Boeing a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha aku ua kauoha ka mea lawe i ʻelua mau mokulele hou aku he 777-300ER (Extended Range) ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia e hana i kekahi o nāʻauwaʻa hou a me ka maikaʻi o Europe.

ʻO ke kauoha, i waiwai ʻia ma $ 751 miliona ma nā kumukūʻai papa inoa o kēia manawa, i hāʻawi ʻia i kekahi mea kūʻai aku i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma ka pūnaewele ʻo Boeing's Orders & Deliveries.

"ʻO KLM kekahi o nā mea lawe pūnaewele i alakaʻi nui ʻia ma ka honua a me kahi paionia mokulele a hauʻoli mākou ua koho hou ka mokulele i ka Boeing 777-300ER e hoʻoikaika i nā ʻauwaʻa lōʻihi no ka wā e hiki mai ana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Ihssane Mounir, pelekikena hope poʻokela o Commercial. Kūʻai aku a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana no ka Boeing Company. "Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoihoi o KLM i ka 777-300ER e hōʻike nei i ka hoʻopiʻi kūpaʻa a me ka waiwai o ka 777, mahalo i kāna ʻoihana hoʻokele poʻokela, hana maikaʻi a kaulana i waena o nā mea kaʻa."

Hiki i ka 777-300ER ke noho i 396 mau ohua i ka hoʻonohonoho papa ʻelua a ʻoi aku ka nui o 7,370 mile mile (13,650 km). ʻO ka mokulele ʻo ia ka aisle māhoe ʻoi loa o ka honua me ka paulele 99.5 pakeneka.

Ke hana nei ma waho o kona kahua home ma Amsterdam, lawelawe ka KLM Group i kahi pūnaewele puni honua o 92 mau kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa a me 70 mau wahi intercontinental me nā ʻauwaʻa o 209 mokulele. Hoʻohana ka mea lawe i 29 777s, me 14 777-300ERs. Lele pū kekahi i nā 747s a me ka ʻohana Dreamliner 787.

KLM, ke kahua mokulele ʻoi loa o ka honua e hana nei ma lalo o kona inoa kumu, ke hoʻolauleʻa nei i kona kenekulia i kēia makahiki. I ka makahiki 2004 ua hui pū ʻia me Air France e hoʻokumu i ka hui mokulele nui o ʻEulopa. ʻO ka Air France-KLM Group kekahi o nā mea hana nui loa o ka ʻohana 777 me kahi kokoke 100 ma waena o nā ʻauwaʻa i hoʻohui ʻia.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“KLM is one of the world’s leading network carriers and an aviation pioneer and we are delighted the airline has once again selected the Boeing 777-300ER to strengthen its long-haul fleet for the future,”.
Operating out of its home base in Amsterdam, the KLM Group serves a global network of 92 European cities and 70 intercontinental destinations with a fleet of 209 aircraft.
The Air France-KLM Group is also one of the largest operators of the 777 family with nearly 100 between the combined fleets.