I-CHICAGO, i-Ill. - I-United Airlines namhlanje yamkele i-Boeing 787 yayo kunye nokuqaliswa kwakhona kwenkonzo yorhwebo evela kwi-hub ye-airline e-Houston. Ukumka kwe-United's Flight 1 ukusuka eHouston Intercontinental ngentsimbi ye-11 kusasa ukuya eChicago O'Hare kuphawule ukubuya kwenkonzo eqhelekileyo kusetyenziswa eyona nqwelo-moya iphambili nesebenzayo kwihlabathi kwiindlela zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe.
"I-787 inikezela ngamava okuhamba angenakulinganiswa kubathengi bethu kunye nabasebenzi esisebenzisana nabo, kwaye sivuyiswa kukuba siphinde sibhabha," kusho uJeff Smisek, usihlalo we-United, umongameli kunye negosa elilawulayo. “Eli lixesha elinika umdla e-United. Utyalo-mali lwethu kwi-Dreamliner ngumzekelo nje omnye wokuzinikela kwethu ekuziseni eyona mveliso ibalaseleyo, uthungelwano lweendlela kunye nenkonzo yabathengi kushishino.
I-United iya kuqhuba iinqwelomoya ezongezelelweyo ze-Dreamliner kwiindlela ezivela e-Houston ukuya kwezinye ii-hubs zasekhaya kule veki, kwaye i-airline iya kuqalisa inkonzo ye-787 yamazwe ngamazwe kwindlela ekulindeleke ukuba i-Denver-Tokyo ngoJuni 10. Eli hlobo lase-United liceba ukusungula inkonzo ye-787 kwiindlela ezikhoyo. kuquka iHouston-London, iLos Angeles-Tokyo, iLos Angeles-Shanghai kunye neHouston-Lagos.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ilindele ukuthabatha ezinye ezimbini ze-Dreamliners ezivela kwi-Boeing kwisiqingatha sesibini sika-2013.
