SEATTLE, WA – Inkampani yezindiza entsha ye-V Australia edonsa kanzima i-Boeing kanye ne-Virgin Group namuhla igubhe i-777-300ER yokuqala ukuya kunkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Australia. Indiza, elethwe yi-Boeing ku-International Lease Finance Corp. futhi yaqashiswa e-V Australia, ingenye kweziyisikhombisa eziqashiwe futhi ezithengiwe i-777-300ERs V Australia izosetshenziswa e-trans-Pacific nakweminye imizila.
Umcimbi we-Boeing Field wawuhlanganisa umsunguli we-Virgin Group uSir Richard Branson, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Virgin Group uBrett Godfrey, usihlalo we-ILFC kanye ne-CEO uSteven F. Udvar-Hazy, kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu ze-Boeing.
I-V Australia izokwethula isevisi yekilasi lesithathu, iSydney-Los Angeles, isevisi engami ngoFebhuwari 27, yakhela izindiza zansuku zonke ngoMashi 20. Izindiza zaseBrisbane-Los Angeles ziqala ngo-Ephreli 8.
"Le 777 iqedela umbuthano wezivakashi ezifuna ukundiza emhlabeni wonke ngenkonzo eyingqayizivele ehlinzekwa yizinkampani zezindiza ze-Virgin Group," kusho u-Godfrey. “Inhlanganisela ye-Virgin service kanye nesikhalazo sabagibeli be-777 kuzoba abawinile eSouth Pacific. Sijabule ngokuphindiwe ngokushayela indiza eyonga kakhulu uphethiloli esigabeni sayo.”
I-V Australia 777-300ER ithwala abagibeli abangu-361 kwezamabhizinisi, umnotho we-premium, namakilasi omnotho, enezinketho ezithuthukisiwe zokuzijabulisa endizeni.
I-Boeing ibimagange ukubona inkampani yezindiza yase-Australia isebenzisa amakhono e-777 esifundeni esiseNingizimu Pacific, ngokusho kuka-Stan Deal, iphini likamongameli we-Boeing Commercial Airplanes, e-Asia Pacific.
“Kuwusuku oluhle ukubona le 777-300ER ithatha umsebenzi eyakhelwe wona,” kusho yena. “I-V Australia izoba ngeyokuqala ngesevisi ye-777 emzileni we-Sydney-Los Angeles - yingakho nje sakhe le ndiza. Sihalalisela i-V Australia ngeqhaza layo lombono.”
UJohn Wojick, iphini likamongameli we-Boeing Commercial Airplanes, oqashisa ngezokuthengisa, wanezela, “I-ILFC iyikhasimende elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni i-777 futhi, ngobuholi bayo nombono wayo, ibambisene ne-Boeing ukuze kwandiswe imakethe yomhlaba wonke ye-777, kuhlanganisa nale yokuqala engu-777 e-Australia. ”
Umndeni we-777 ungumholi wemakethe engxenyeni yezihlalo ezingu-300-to-400. Kusukela kwabangu-777 baqala ukusebenza ngo-1995, i-Boeing ikhulise umndeni wama-777 ukuze ihlanganise izinhlobo ezinhlanu zabagibeli kanye neyokuthutha impahla.
I-V Australia 777-300ER inikwa amandla yi-GE90-115B. Igunyazwe ngo-115,000 pounds (512 kilonewtons) we-thrust, ibonwa njengenjini yejethi yezentengiselwano enamandla kakhulu emhlabeni, kuyilapho ibonisa ukusebenza kahle okuphakeme nokuzibophezela kwezemvelo.
Kuze kube manje, amakhasimende angu-56 emhlabeni jikelele a-ode acishe abe ngu-1,100 777, okuyenza ibe indiza ephumelela kunazo zonke emakethe enezinjini ezimbili enezindlela ezimbili. I-Boeing inama-oda angama-350 angagcwalisiwe ku-777.
