I-ZURICH, eSwitzerland - i-Boeing, iQela leLufthansa kunye ne-Swiss International Air Lines (i-SWISS) ibhengeze ukuzibophelela namhlanje kwiinqwelomoya ezintandathu ze-777-300ER (i-Extended Range). Iinqwelomoya, ezixabisa i-1.9 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi kuluhlu lwamaxabiso, zikhethelwe ukuhlaziya iinqwelo-moya ezithatha ixesha elide. U-Boeing ukhangele phambili ekusebenzeni ne-SWISS ukugqiba iinkcukacha, ngelo xesha umyalelo uya kuthunyelwa kwi-website ye-Boeing Orders & Deliveries.
"I-Boeing 777-300ER yisayizi efanelekileyo kunye noluhlu lokuhlangabezana neemfuno zethu zemarike yaseSwitzerland," kusho uHarry Hohmeister, igosa elilawulayo le-SWISS. "Senze isigqibo esibalulekileyo sotyalo-mali ngakumbi kwinqwelomoya yenqwelomoya ukuze sigcine ukhuphiswano lwethu kuninzi lwabakhuphisana nabo abasebenzisa inqwelomoya enezihlalo ezingaphezu kwama-300 kwiindlela ezifanayo."
“I-777-300ER iyintandokazi phakathi kweenqwelomoya ezihamba phambili zehlabathi, izisa ukusebenza kakuhle kweenjini ezimbini kunye nokuthembeka kwimarike yoluhlu olude,” utshilo uTodd Nelp, usekela mongameli weEuropean Sales, iBoeing Commercial Airplanes. "Siwongekile sisigqibo se-SWISS sokubeka i-777-300ER phambili ekuhlaziyweni kweenqanawa kwaye sijonge phambili ukudlala indima ebalulekileyo kwimpumelelo yayo yexesha elizayo."
I-Boeing 777-300ER yeyona nqwelo-moya inkulu kumgama omde we-injini yorhwebo ehlabathini, ehlala abakhweli abaya kutsho kuma-386 kulungiselelo lweklasi ezintathu kwaye inoluhlu oluphezulu lweemayile nautical ezingama-7,825 (14,490 km).
"Nge-777-300ER, abakhweli be-SWISS baya kufumana eyona ndlu yangaphakathi ibanzi eyakha yaphuhliswa," utshilo uBob Whittington, usekela mongameli kunye nenjineli yeprojekthi ye-777 Program. "Ngezi nqwelomoya, i-SWISS iya kuba nakho ukubonelela ngezihlalo ezibanzi, iipaseji ezibanzi, i-headroom engaphezulu kunye nokuguquguquka okungaphezulu kwendawo yokuhlala."
I-SWISS yinxalenye yeQela leLufthansa kwaye kungokunje isebenzela iindawo zokufikela ezingama-69 kumazwe angama-37 kwihlabathi liphela ukusuka kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zamazwe ngamazwe eZurich, eBasel naseGeneva ezineenqwelo-moya ezimxinwa nezinomzimba obanzi ezingaphezu kwama-90.
