I-TAIPEI, eTaiwan - I-Boeing kunye ne-China Airlines namhlanje ibhengeze umyalelo weenqwelo-moya ezintandathu ze-777-300ERs (i-Extended Range). Lo myalelo uxabisa malunga ne-2 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kuluhlu lwamaxabiso. Iinqwelomoya ezintsha ziya kuba zezokuqala ezingama-777 ukujoyina inqanawa ye-China Airlines.

"Ukwaziswa kwe-777-300ER kwiinqanawa zethu lelinye inyathelo elibalulekileyo ekukhuliseni imisebenzi yethu yehlabathi kunye nokuphucula imveliso yethu yemveliso," watsho uHuang-Hsiang Sun, umongameli weChina Airlines. “I-777-300ER ibeka umgangatho weenqwelomoya ezineendlela ezimbini ezinokuthembeka okuphuculweyo kunye nokusebenza kwenqwelomoya. Iinqwelomoya zethu ezintsha ze-777-300ER ziya kuba nezinto zangaphakathi ezintsha eziza kuphucula amava okubhabha kubakhweli bethu. "

Umthwali weflegi waseTaiwan uphakathi kokuhlaziya iinqwelomoya zayo ezihamb ixesha elide kwaye uceba ukusebenzisa ii-777-300ER ezintsha kwiinqwelomoya ezintsha ezidlulayo phakathi koMntla Merika kunye neAsia. Iinqwelomoya ezintsha ziya kunceda inqwelomoya ukuba iphucule imeko yayo njengeyona nqwelomoya inkulu eTaiwan kunye neyona nqwelo moya iphambili yehlabathi.

"I-China Airlines ibe ngumthengi oxabisekileyo we-Boeing iminyaka engaphezu kwe-50 kwaye siwongekile ukuba i-airline ikhethe i-777-300ER ukwandisa iinqwelo zayo ezihamba ixesha elide," kusho uRay Conner, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Ukwaziswa kwe-777-300ERs entsha kuya kubonelela i-China Airlines ngeendawo zangaphakathi ze-cabin yangaphakathi, ngelixa isongeza ukusebenza okuphuculweyo kweenqwelo moya kunye noqoqosho kwiinqwelo zayo ezide."

I-Boeing 777 yeyona nqwelo-moya iphumelele iinjini ezimbini, ezimgama omde kwaye isaqhubeka nokuthandwa ziinkampani zeenqwelo moya kwihlabathi jikelele, ibeka irekhodi yeeodolo zenqwelomoya ezingama-200 ngo-2011. Ikhaphukhaphu nge-19 ekhulwini kuneyona ikhuphisana nayo ikufutshane, ivelisa ama-22 ngaphantsi ngepesenti ikharbon diokside kwisitulo ngasinye yaye kubiza ngaphantsi kwama-20 ekhulwini ukusebenza ngesitulo ngasinye. I-China Airlines iya kumisa i-777-300ERs yayo ukuze ikwazi ukuhlalisa abakhweli abangaphezu kwama-350 kwi-configuration yeklasi ezintathu kwaye inoluhlu oluphezulu lwe-7,825 yeemayile ze-nautical (14,490 km).

Ukongeza kwi-odolo ye-Boeing ye-777-300ER ezintandathu, i-China Airlines nayo iya kuqeshisa ii-777-300ER ezine kwi-GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). I-China Airlines ngoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya zabakhweli be-Boeing ezingama-23 ezibandakanya ii-747-400 kunye ne-737-800s, kunye neenqwelomoya ezingama-21 ze-Boeing ezibandakanya i-747-400F's.

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