I-TAIPEI, Taiwan - I-Boeing ne-China Airlines namuhla imemezele i-oda lezindiza eziyisithupha ezingama-777-300ERs (Extended Range). I-oda lilinganiselwa ku-$2 billion ngamanani ohlu. Izindiza ezintsha zizoba ngezokuqala ezingama-777 ukujoyina imikhumbi ye-China Airlines.

“Ukwethulwa kwe-777-300ER emikhunjini yethu kungesinye isinyathelo esibalulekile sokukhulisa ukusebenza kwethu emhlabeni wonke nasekuthuthukiseni ukunikezwa kwemikhiqizo yethu,” kusho u-Huang-Hsiang Sun, umongameli we-China Airlines. “I-777-300ER ibeka izinga lezindiza ezinezinhlangothi ezimbili ezinokwethenjelwa okuthuthukisiwe nokusebenza kwendiza. Izindiza zethu ezintsha i-777-300ER zizofaka izinto zangaphakathi ezintsha ezizothuthukisa ulwazi lokundiza kubagibeli bethu.”

Inkampani ephethe ifulegi yase-Taiwan iphakathi kokuvuselela imikhumbi yayo edonsa isikhathi eside futhi ihlela ukusebenzisa ama-777-300ERs amasha ezindizeni ezintsha ezihamba phambili phakathi kweNyakatho Melika ne-Asia. Izindiza ezintsha zizosiza inkampani yezindiza ukuthi ithuthukise isimo sayo njengenkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke e-Taiwan kanye nokuhamba phambili emhlabeni jikelele.

"I-China Airlines iyikhasimende elihlonishwayo le-Boeing iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-50 futhi siyahlonishwa ukuthi inkampani yezindiza ikhethe i-777-300ER ukuze yandise imikhumbi yayo edonsa isikhathi eside," kusho uRay Conner, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Ukwethulwa kwama-777-300ER amasha kuzohlinzeka i-China Airlines ngamakhabethe amasha esimanjemanje, kuyilapho kwengeza ukusebenza kwendiza okuthuthukisiwe kanye nezomnotho emikhumbini yayo emide."

I-Boeing 777 iyindiza ehamba phambili enezinjini ezimbili, edonsa isikhathi eside futhi isaqhubeka nokuthandwa yizinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni jikelele, nokubeka irekhodi lama-oda ezindiza angu-200 ngo-2011. Ilula ngamaphesenti angu-19 kunembangi eseduze kakhulu, ikhiqiza angu-22 iphesenti elincane le-carbon dioxide esihlalweni ngasinye futhi kubiza kancane ngamaphesenti angu-20 ukusebenza ngesihlalo ngasinye. I-China Airlines izomisa ama-777-300ER ayo ukuze imulise abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-350 ekucushweni kwezigaba ezintathu futhi inebanga eliphezulu elingu-7,825 nautical miles (14,490 km).

Ngaphezu kwe-oda le-Boeing lama-777-300ER ayisithupha, i-China Airlines izophinde iqashe ama-777-300ER amane kwa-GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). I-China Airlines njengamanje isebenzisa izindiza zabagibeli ezingama-23 ze-Boeing ezihlanganisa ama-747-400 kanye nama-737-800s, kanye nezindiza ezithwala impahla ezingama-21 ze-Boeing ezihlanganisa ama-747-400F's.

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