Emva kokuba i-Qatar Airways imise phantse isiqingatha seenqwelo zayo ze-A350 kwaye ithathe ingxabano nayo Airbus kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseLondon, umenzi wendiza waseYurophu ubhengeze ukuba "uphelisile" isivumelwano kunye nomnye wabathwali "abathathu abakhulu" bengingqi ye-Gulf yeenqwelomoya ze-50 ze-A321neo enye.
Kwingxabano eyandayo malunga nokumiswa kwenqwelomoya eyi-A350, Qatar Airways uyekile ukwamkela ukuhanjiswa okungaphezulu kwenqwelomoya enomzimba obanzi ukusuka Airbus de ingxaki yokuthotywa kwemiphezulu yefuselage yangaphandle isombululwe.
Isigebenga se-aerospace siyabuvuma ubukho bokonakala kwepeyinti, nto leyo enokuveza umnatha owenziwe ngentsimbi okhusela inqwelomoya ekubetheni kwemibane.
kodwa Airbus uthi lo mba awubangeli zingxaki zokhuseleko emoyeni.
Qatar Airways ifune i-618 yezigidi zeerandi kwimbuyekezo, kunye ne-$4 yezigidi ezingaphezulu ngosuku ngosuku ngalunye iinqwelomoya ze-A350 zigcinwe zingasebenzi.
Ukubuyisa, Airbus ithathe inyathelo elimangalisayo lokurhoxisa iodolo yeebhiliyoni zeedola zeQatar yeenqwelomoya ezingama-50, “ngokuhambelana namalungelo ayo.”
Ngokomenzi wenqwelomoya, yarhoxisa imiyalelo ye-A321neo kuba Qatar Airways yasilela kwizibophelelo zayo zekhontrakthi ngokwala ukuzisa iinqwelomoya ze-A350.
Lo myalelo ubuxabisa ngaphezulu kwe-6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kumaxabiso ekhathalogu, nangona iinqwelomoya zihlala zihlawuliswa imali encinci ngokuthenga okukhulu.
Ezi nkampani zimbini zibe nokumanyelwa kwazo okokuqala kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseLondon ngoLwesine.
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