Umphathi weflegi waseLatvia Moya wamaBaltic (I-AS Air Baltic Corporation), esekwe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iRiga kwaye isebenza ngeenqwelomoya kulo lonke elaseYurophu, ithe kufuneka yenze injini ezingamashumi amahlanu kwiminyaka emibini yokuqala emva kokudibanisa Airbus Iinqwelomoya eziyi-A220-300 kwizithuthi zayo.
I-airline ithe ukutshintshwa kwenzeke ngenxa "yezizathu ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya nokucwangciswa nokutshintshwa okucwangcisiweyo," njengoko isicwangciso sokungenisa senqwelomoya esitsha sifuna "ingqalelo eyongezelelweyo kunye nokuphuculwa kwinqanaba lokuqala lokuxhaphaza."
IiJets zeAirbus A220-300, ezazisaziwa njengeBombardier CSeries, zaziswa kwiBaltic ngeyoMnga ngo-2016 yaza yongeza inqwelomoya ye-14 yemodeli ekupheleni kuka-2018. Inqwelomoya nganye ineenjini ezimbini zePratt & Whitney. Ke, ukuba umphathi wayephethe iinqwelomoya ezili-13 ngelo xesha, oko kuthetha ukuba inkampani kuye kwafuneka ukuba iqhube phantse iinguqu ezimbini kwenjini nganye.
Inani elimangalisayo lokutshintshwa kweinjini ekuqaleni kwaxelwa ngumhlalutyi wenqwelomoya u-Alex Macheras kwakamsinya nje emva kokuba umphathi weflegi yaseSwitzerland, i-Swiss International Air Lines (i-SWISS), athathe isigqibo sokubeka phantsi zonke iijets zayo zeAirbus A220. Inkampani ithi ihlangabezane "nesiganeko" ngenjini yenqwelomoya kwaye ifuna ukwenza uhlolo lweinjini kunye noviwo olubanzi lweenqwelo moya zeA220 ngaphambi kokuyibuyisela kwinkonzo.
Kungekudala emva kwesehlo, umvelisi weinjini uPratt & Whitney wacebisa ukuba kujongwe i-PW1500G, uhlobo lwe-injini egunyazisa i-Airbus A220, kunye ne-PW1900G iinjini, "ukugcina izithuthi zisebenza."
NgoLwesine, i-SWISS ibeke zonke ii-A220s zayo kwinkonzo kwaye zaqala kwakhona iinqwelomoya rhoqo. Abanye abasebenzisi abaziintloko be-A220s abakhange babonakalise naziphi na izicwangciso zokubeka umhlaba kwizithuthi zabo.
I-AirBaltic ngoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezingama-20 zeAirbus A220-300, kwaye isebenzisa iBoeing 737-300, 737-500, kunye neBombardier DHQ400 kwiinqwelomoya zayo, kodwa ijonge ukuba nenqwelomoya yazo zonke iinqwelo-moya zeAirbus.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The company said it encountered an “incident” with the plane's engine and wanted to conduct engine inspections and an extensive examination of the entire A220 fleet before returning it to service.
- Latvian flag carrier airBaltic (AS Air Baltic Corporation), which is based at Riga International Airport and of operates flights all over Europe, said that it had to perform fifty engine replacements in the first 2 years after adding Airbus A220-300 aircraft to its fleet.
- Airbus A220-300 jets, previously known as Bombardier CSeries, were introduced to airBaltic in December 2016 and it added the 14th plane of the model at the end of 2018.
