SEATTLE, WA - Boeing ndi Virgin Group ndege yatsopano ya V Australia yoyenda maulendo ataliatali lero idakondwerera 777-300ER yoyamba kupita ku chonyamulira cha ku Australia. Ndegeyo, yoperekedwa ndi Boeing ku International Lease Finance Corp. ndipo idabwerekedwa ku V Australia, ndi imodzi mwa zisanu ndi ziwiri zomwe zabwerekedwa ndikugula 777-300ERs V Australia zidzatumizidwa ku trans-Pacific ndi njira zina.
Mwambo wa Boeing Field unaphatikizapo woyambitsa Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson, wamkulu wa Virgin Group Brett Godfrey, tcheyamani wa ILFC ndi CEO Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, ndi akuluakulu akuluakulu a Boeing.
V Australia idzayambitsa maulendo atatu, Sydney-Los Angeles, ntchito yosayimitsa pa February 27, kumanga maulendo apandege tsiku ndi tsiku pofika pa March 20. Ndege za Brisbane-Los Angeles zimayamba pa April 8.
"777 iyi imamaliza kuzungulira kwa alendo omwe akufuna kuwuluka padziko lonse lapansi pa ntchito yapadera yoperekedwa ndi ndege za Virgin Group," adatero Godfrey. "Kuphatikizika kwa Virgin service ndi okwera 777 kudzakhala kopambana ku South Pacific. Ndife okondwa kwambiri kukwera ndege yosagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ambiri m’gulu lake.”
V Australia 777-300ER imanyamula okwera 361 mubizinesi, chuma chamtengo wapatali, komanso makalasi azachuma, okhala ndi zosangalatsa zapamwamba zapaulendo.
Boeing wakhala akufunitsitsa kuona ndege ya ku Australia ikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu za 777 kudera la South Pacific, malinga ndi Stan Deal, wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wa Boeing Commercial Airplanes, malonda a Asia Pacific.
"Ndi tsiku labwino kuwona 777-300ER ikugwira ntchito yomwe idapangidwira," adatero. "V Australia ikhala yoyamba ndi ntchito za 777 panjira ya Sydney-Los Angeles - ndendende chifukwa chomwe tidapangira ndegeyi. Tikuthokoza V Australia chifukwa cha masomphenya ake. "
John Wojick, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Boeing Commercial Airplanes, kubwereketsa malonda, anawonjezera kuti, "ILFC ndiye kasitomala wamkulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi wa 777 ndipo, kudzera mu utsogoleri ndi masomphenya ake, adagwirizana ndi Boeing kukulitsa msika wapadziko lonse wa 777, kuphatikiza 777 woyamba ku Australia. ”
Banja la 777 ndilo mtsogoleri wamsika mu gawo la mipando 300 mpaka 400. Kuyambira pomwe 777 idalowa mu 1995, Boeing yakulitsa banja la 777 kuti liphatikizepo mitundu isanu yonyamula anthu komanso yonyamula katundu.
V Australia 777-300ER imayendetsedwa ndi GE90-115B. Imatsimikiziridwa pa 115,000 pounds (512 kilonewtons) ya thrust, imadziwika kuti ndi injini yamphamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, pomwe ikuwonetsa kuchita bwino kwambiri komanso udindo wachilengedwe.
Mpaka pano, makasitomala 56 padziko lonse lapansi adayitanitsa pafupifupi 1,100 777s, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale ndege yopambana kwambiri pamsika yama injini ziwiri. Boeing ili ndi maoda 350 osakwaniritsidwa a 777.
