BEIJING, China – Ndege ya Air China ya “Smiling China”, yomwe imasewera ndi nkhope zomwetulira, inafika pa bwalo la ndege la Kennedy International ku New York nthawi ya 10:40 pa Marichi 31, 2013. B-2035, imodzi mwa ndege za Air China. Zombo za B777-300ER, ndiye chiyambi cha ntchito yatsopano yokweza ntchito za Beijing-New York.
Mwambowu unapezeka ndi Consul General wa Peoples' Republic of China ku New York, Bambo Sun Guoxiang, General Manager wa Air China North America, Bambo Chi Zhihang, Director of China National Tourist Office ku New York, Bambo Xue. Yaping, ndi Wachiwiri kwa General Manager wa JFK International Airport, Port Authority of New York ndi New Jersey, Bambo Jeff Pearse, komanso okwera ndege yoyamba.
Njira ya Air China yopita ku Beijing-New York - yofunika kwambiri komanso yotanganidwa kwambiri pakati pa China ndi United States - idakwera kuchokera kasanu ndi kawiri kufika ka 11 pa sabata kuyambira pa March 31. Ndege zomwe zangowonjezeredwa kumene ndi CA989/990. Ndege yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito panjirayi idasinthidwa kukhala B777-300ER, mtundu womwe umadziwika ndi apaulendo abizinesi.
Mu 2012, dziko la China linali msika wachiwiri waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi wopezera alendo, ndipo United States inali malo otchuka kwambiri kwa apaulendo aku China. Mfundo yatsopano ya Beijing imalolanso apaulendo ochokera kumayiko 45, kuphatikiza United States, kukhala ku Beijing kwa maola 72 panthawi yosamutsa ndege popanda visa. Pambuyo pofufuza mozama za msika ndikutengera kumvetsetsa kwake kwa zosowa za apaulendo abizinesi, Air China idawonjezeranso zina mlungu uliwonse ku Beijing-New York Lolemba, Lachitatu, Lachisanu ndi Lamlungu.
Yogwira mtima komanso yodalirika, B777-300ER ndi ndege ya Air China yomwe imakonda kuyenda maulendo ataliatali. Imakhala ndi kanyumba kabwino kwambiri m'mbiri ya Air China, kulimbikitsa kuyenda kopanda nkhawa. Makalasi Oyamba ndi Amalonda amakhala ndi mipando yathyathyathya, ndipo malo opangira magetsi ndi AVOD amapezeka m'magulu onse ochitira zosangalatsa za okwera.
Pakadali pano, Air China imagwiritsa ntchito njira zinayi zopita ku North America kuphatikiza Beijing kupita ku New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco ndi Vancouver. Pofuna kupititsa patsogolo mphamvu zake ku North America, Air China ikukonzekeranso kuyambitsa maulendo apandege ochokera ku Beijing-Houston pa Julayi 11, 2013, msonkhano woyamba kulumikiza Beijing ndi chigawo chakumwera kwa United States.
