Lawe ʻo Virgin i ka lawe ʻana iā Boeing 777 no ka mokulele mokulele Australia.

He kanaka haʻaheo paha ʻo Sir Richard Branson i kona lawe ʻana i kahi Boeing 777-300 ER hou ma ka inoa o kāna mokulele Australia, ʻo V Australia. ʻO kēia ka 777-300ER mua e hele i kahi mokulele Australia a ʻo ka lua a me ke kolu o 777 e pono ai no ka lawe ʻana i nā pule e hiki mai ana.

E hoʻomaka ana ʻo V Australia i nā lawelawe trans-pacific i ka lā 27 Feb. i ka wā e haʻalele ai ka V Australia mua mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kingsford Smith ʻo Sydney e holo ana no Los Angeles ma nā mokuʻāina a e piʻi aʻe nā mokulele a ma ka lā 20 Malaki e lilo i kēlā me kēia lā. Hoʻomaka ka lua o ka lele hou ma ka lā 08 ʻApelila i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo V Australia i ka lele Brisbane i Los Angeles me ke kolu mai Melbourne e hoʻomaka ana ma hope o ka makahiki.

E lawe nā mokulele i 361 mau ohua ma kahi hoʻonohonoho papa ʻekolu: ʻoihana, Premium Economy a me Economy papa a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ke ʻano o nā ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa lele.

Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Stan Deal o Boeing "He lā maikaʻi loa ia e ʻike ai i kēia 777-300ER i ka hana i hoʻolālā ʻia, ʻo V Australia ka mea mua me nā lawelawe 777 ma ke ala ʻo Sydney a i Los Angeles-ʻo ia ke kumu i kūkulu ai mākou i ka mokulele. Mahalo mākou iā V Australia no kāna hana ʻike.

Ua lohi nui ka hoʻolauna ʻana o V Australia ma muli o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻoihana i hoʻopilikia i ka hana ʻana o ka 777, ua hoʻolālā mua ka mokulele e hoʻomaka i ka lele i ka Autumn i hala.

Me kēia mau lawelawe hou hiki iā Virgin ke haʻaheo ua lilo ia i mokulele honua maoli.

Pehea e hoʻokūkū ai ʻo V Australia i ka poʻe like me Qantas nāna e lele i ka Airbus A380 double decker kūikawā a kaulana a i ʻole ka United Airlines lōʻihi. Maikaʻi inā kaomi ka mīkini kūʻai Virgin i ka mea kiʻekiʻe e hana maikaʻi loa ia iā ʻoe. Wahi a nā hōʻike paʻi, manaʻo ʻo Sir Richard he pōkole paha ka hoʻokūkū mai United.

Ua hoʻohana ʻia ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa o ka hui kaikuahine ʻo Virgin Blue a aia kekahi mau kūʻai maoli e loaʻa i kēia manawa. No ka laʻana, ke hāʻawi nei ʻo Qantas i ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa loa mai SYD a LAX o ʻoi aku ma mua o AU$2100 aʻo V Australia e hāʻawi ana i ka huakaʻi kaʻapuni like no AU$ 975. No laila ua maopopo ka ʻōlelo…e puke i kēia manawa a ʻeke nui.