Boeing, Cathay Pacific fa'asalalau oka mo 12 777s

HONG KONG – O le Boeing ma le Cathay Pacific Airways i aso nei na fa'ailoa mai ai ua okaina e le kamupani va'alele a Hong Kong le valu Boeing 777 Freighters ma le fa 777-300ER (extended range) va'alele. Ole fa'atonuga e fa'atatau ile $3.3 piliona ile lisi o tau. Faatasi ai ma lenei faʻasalalauga, ua avea ai Cathay Pacific ma tagata faʻatau lona 15 e oka le 777 Freighter ma faʻateleina lana Boeing 777-300ER i le 50.

"Matou te matua fiafia lava e faʻasalalau lenei faʻatonuga fou a Boeing, lea e faʻamaonia ai la matou tautinoga e faʻatautaia se vaʻa faʻaonaponei ma lelei faʻatasi ma se tautinoga loloto i lo matou taulaga, Hong Kong," o le tala lea a John Slosar, Cathay Pacific Pule Sili. “O le Boeing 777-300ER ose va’alele mata’ina ua mae’a ona tu’uina mai se fa’aolataga tele i la tatou fegasoloa’iga pasese umi, ae o le Boeing 777 Freighter o le a fa’aleleia atili a tatou fe’avea’i e ala i le tu’uina atu o le fa’aleleia atili o le gafatia o uta i tau fa’atauva’a.

"O le Boeing 777 Freighter, faʻatasi ai ma isi ituaiga vaʻalele fou, o le a tuʻuina mai ia i matou le paleni saʻo i totonu o la matou vaʻa e oʻo atu i le faʻaiʻuga o le sefulu tausaga faʻatasi ai ma se faʻagaioiga sili atu ona lelei ma faʻaleleia le siosiomaga," faʻaopoopo Slosar.

"Matou te faafetai atu ia Cathay Pacific mo lona talitonuina faifaipea i le 777-300ER ma le filifilia o le 777 Freighter," o le tala lea a Marlin Dailey, sui peresitene o Sales & Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Matou te tulimatai atu e galulue ma Cathay e faʻafeiloaʻi le 777 Freighter i ana faʻagaioiga uta, ma faʻafetai mo le avanoa e faipaaga ai ma Cathay aʻo faʻaauau pea ona faʻaleleia lona manuia o se vaʻavaʻa mamao i le lalolagi atoa."

E aofia ai ma lenei poloaiga, o le Cathay Pacific e 36 777s i tua, ma ua uma ona fa'agaoioia le 35 777s sa'o mai Boeing.

O le 777-300ER o le vaalele masaga masaga pito sili ona tele i le lalolagi, e mafai ona ave le 365 pasese e oʻo atu i le 7,930 nautical miles (14,685 kilomita). E oʻo mai i le taimi nei 34 tagata faʻatau i le salafa o le lalolagi ua okaina sili atu i le 500 777-300ERs.

O le 777 Freighter o le a fa'atulagaina le Cathay Pacific Airways e fa'aoga lelei ai le maualuga o felauaiga i luga o le ea o lo'o fuafua mo Hong Kong ma le itulagi o Asia Pasefika. O le va'alele o le va'alele pito sili ona umi i le lalolagi e lua masini uta. Tuuina atu le gafatia o uta e masani ona fesoʻotaʻi ma vaʻalele tetele, o le 777 uta e mafai ona lele i le 4,900 nautical miles (9,070 kilomita) ma le uta atoa o le 225,200 pauna (102 metric tone).