CHICAGO, Ill. – Ua hoʻokipa ʻo United Airlines i kēia lā i kāna Boeing 787 me ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana i ka lawelawe kalepa mai ke kikowaena o ka mokulele ma Houston. ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana o United's Flight 1 mai Houston Intercontinental i ka hola 11 am i Chicago O'Hare i hōʻailona i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka lawelawe maʻamau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele ʻoi loa a maikaʻi o ka honua ma nā ala kūloko a me ka honua.
"Hāʻawi ka 787 i kahi ʻike huakaʻi like ʻole no kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a me nā hoa hana, a hauʻoli mākou i ka lele hou ʻana," wahi a Jeff Smisek, ka pelekikena, pelekikena a me ka luna nui o United. "He manawa hoihoi kēia ma United. ʻO kā mākou hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ka Dreamliner he hoʻokahi wale nō hiʻohiʻona o kā mākou kūpaʻa i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka huahana maikaʻi loa, ka ʻoihana ala a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku ma ka ʻoihana.
E hoʻohana ʻo United i nā huakaʻi Dreamliner hou ma nā ala mai Houston a i nā hubs kūloko ʻē aʻe i kēia pule, a e hoʻolauna ka mokulele i ka lawelawe honua 787 ma ke ala Denver-Tokyo i manaʻo nui ʻia ma Iune 10. ʻO kēia kauwela hoʻi ʻo United hoʻolālā e hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe 787 ma nā ala e kū nei. me Houston-London, Los Angeles-Tokyo, Los Angeles-Shanghai a me Houston-Lagos.
Manaʻo ka mokulele e lawe i ʻelua Dreamliners hou mai Boeing i ka hapa ʻelua o 2013.
