I-EVERETT, Wash. – I-Boeing ne-Ethiopian Airlines namuhla imemezele i-oda le-777-200LR (Longer Range) Worldliner eyengeziwe, yengeza ezinkampanini zezindiza zama-777-200LRs amahlanu. I-oda lilinganiselwa ku-$276 million ngentengo yohlu.
"I-777-200LR ibe indiza enhle kakhulu ye-Ethiopian Airlines," kusho uTewolde Gebremariam, oyi-CEO ye-Ethiopian Airlines. “Ukusebenza nobubanzi bendiza kusivumele ukuthi sivule imizila eqondile esuka eWashington DC iya e-Addis Ababa kanye nase-Addis Ababa eya eBeijing, eToronto neminye imizila yebanga elide. Ngokuvumelana ne-Vision yethu yowezi-2025, sihlela ukuhlinzeka ngezindiza ezengeziwe ezingami ezithatha uhambo olude ukuze zixhumane nempumalanga, entshonalanga, enyakatho naseningizimu sisebenzisa indawo ekahle yesikhungo sethu sase-Addis Ababa. Le ndiza eyengeziwe izosivumela ukuthi sikusebenzise ngokugcwele ukusebenza nezomnotho kwale ndiza enkulu.”
I-777-200LR ithwala abagibeli abaningi kanye nempahla engenayo eningi ngaphezu kwanoma iyiphi enye indiza yendiza futhi iyakwazi ukuxhuma cishe noma imaphi amadolobha amabili emhlabeni ngokungami.
“I-Boeing ne-Ethiopian Airlines sebengabambisene iminyaka engaphezu kuka-65 futhi sibone inkampani yezindiza ikhula yaba umholi kwezokundiza e-Afrika nangale kwayo,” kusho uVan Rex Gallard, iphini likamongameli weSales for Africa, Latin America kanye neCaribbean. Izindiza ze-Boeing Commercial. “Inkampani yezindiza iyaqhubeka nokutshala izimali zayo ukuze ikhulise inkampani yezindiza, yandise inzuzo futhi inikeze amakhasimende ayo ayigugu imikhiqizo esibhakabhakeni. I-Boeing iyaziqhenya ngobudlelwano bethu futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nokukhulisa leso sibopho iminyaka eminingi ezayo. "
I-Ethiopian Airlines yaba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala yase-Afrika ukusebenzisa i-777-200LR, eyokuqala uku-oda i-Boeing 787 Dreamliner ngomyalo we-10 futhi yaba eyokuqala uku-oda i-777 Freighter. I-Ethiopian Airlines njengamanje isebenzisa zonke izinhlobo zezindiza ze-Boeing ezingu-737, 757, 767 kanye nezindiza ezingu-777 ezihlinzeka ngabagibeli kanye ne-757, MD11 kanye ne-747 emisebenzini yezimpahla.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ethiopian Airlines was the first African airline to operate the 777-200LR, the first to order the Boeing 787 Dreamliner with an order for 10 and the first to order the 777 Freighter.
- I-Ethiopian Airlines njengamanje isebenzisa zonke izinhlobo zezindiza ze-Boeing ezingu-737, 757, 767 kanye nezindiza ezingu-777 ezihlinzeka ngabagibeli kanye ne-757, MD11 kanye ne-747 emisebenzini yezimpahla.
- “Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines have been partners for more than 65 years and we’ve seen the airline grow to become a leader in African aviation and beyond,”.
