I-SEATTLE, WA - I-Boeing kunye ne-Virgin Group entsha ye-V Australia yeenqwelomoya ezide namhlanje zibhiyozele i-777-300ER yokuqala ukuya kwi-carrier yase-Australia. Inqwelomoya, ehanjiswe ngu-Boeing kwi-International Lease Finance Corp. kwaye iqeshwe kwi-V Australia, yenye yesixhenxe esiqeshiweyo kwaye sithengiwe i-777-300ERs V Australia iya kuhambisa kwi-trans-Pacific kunye nezinye iindlela.
Umsitho weBoeing Field wawuquka umseki weQela leNtombi enyulu uMhlekazi uRichard Branson, umlawuli oyintloko weQela leNtombi uBrett Godfrey, usihlalo we-ILFC kunye ne-CEO uSteven F. Udvar-Hazy, kunye namagosa aphezulu e-Boeing.
I-V Australia iya kuqalisa iiklasi ezintathu, eSydney-Los Angeles, inkonzo engayekiyo ngoFebruwari 27, ukwakha iinqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla ngoMatshi 20. Iinqwelomoya zaseBrisbane-Los Angeles ziqala ngo-Epreli 8.
"Le 777 igqibezela isangqa kwiindwendwe ezifuna ukubhabha emhlabeni jikelele kwinkonzo ekhethekileyo enikezelwa yi-Virgin Group airlines," kusho u-Godfrey. “Ukudityaniswa kwenkonzo yeNtombi enyulu kunye nesibheno sabakhweli abangama-777 iya kuba ngophumeleleyo kuMzantsi Pasifiki. Sinovuyo oluphindiweyo kukuqhuba eyona nqwelo-moya yonga amafutha kudidi lwayo.”
I-V Australia's 777-300ER ithwala abakhweli abangama-361 kushishino, uqoqosho lwe-premium, kunye neeklasi zoqoqosho, kunye neendlela zokuzonwabisa zokuzonwabisa kwinqwelomoya.
I-Boeing inomdla wokubona i-airline yase-Australia isebenzisa amandla angama-777 kummandla waseMzantsi Pacific, ngokutsho kuka-Stan Deal, usekela-mongameli we-Boeing Commercial Airplanes, ukuthengiswa kwe-Asia Pacific.
“Lusuku oluhle ukubona lo 777-300ER ethatha umsebenzi ebewulungiselelwe,” utshilo. “I-V Australia iza kuqala ngenkonzo ye-777 kwindlela yaseSydney-Los Angeles – kanye isizathu sokuba sakhe le nqwelo-moya. Sivuyisana ne-V Australia ngendima yayo yombono.
UJohn Wojick, usekela mongameli weBoeing Commercial Airplanes, ukuthengisa iinqwelo-moya, wongeze wathi, “I-ILFC ngoyena mthengi mkhulu wehlabathi we-777 kwaye, ngobunkokeli kunye nombono wayo, ibambisene ne-Boeing ukwandisa imakethi yehlabathi ye-777, kubandakanya le yokuqala engama-777 eOstreliya. ”
Intsapho ye-777 yinkokeli yemarike kwinqanaba le-300-to-400-segment. Ukusukela oko kwabangama-777 bangena kwinkonzo ngo-1995, iBoeing ikhulise usapho lwama-777 ukuze ibandakanye iimodeli zabakhweli abahlanu kunye nothutho.
I-V Australia ye-777-300ER inikwe amandla yi-GE90-115B. Iqinisekiswe kwi-115,000 pounds (512 kilonewtons) yethrust, yamkelwa njengeyona injini yejethi yorhwebo inamandla kwihlabathi, ngelixa ibonisa ukusebenza kakuhle kunye noxanduva lokusingqongileyo.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, abathengi abangama-56 kwihlabathi liphela ba-odole phantse i-1,100 777s, beyenza ukuba ibe yeyona nqwelomoya iphumeleleyo ene-injini ezimbini. IBoeing ineeodolo ezingama-350 ezingazaliswanga ze-777.
