I-Airbus ijonge ukuthengisa iinqwelomoya ezingama-300 ngo-2009

I-DUBAI - I-Airbus isenenjongo yokuthengisa iinqwelo-moya ze-300 kwi-2009 kwaye iyaqiniseka ukuba iya kuhlangabezana neenjongo zokuhanjiswa kwe-2013 kwi-A350, umphathi wenkampani uthe ngoLwesithathu.

Ukuthetha neReuters Television kwi-air show yase-Dubai, i-Airbus Chief Operating Officer yathi kukho iimpawu zokubuyisela kwishishini, kwaye nangona ukwehla koqoqosho, inkampani yayiqhuba kumanqanaba okurekhoda ngokuvelisa iindiza ze-490 ngonyaka.

“Amakhulu amathathu aseyinjongo … sisajonge kuyo, yinto ekujoliswe kuyo eyoluliweyo ngoku, kodwa ndicinga ukuba siza kusondela. Sisondela kakhulu kunokuba abantu abaninzi becinga,” utshilo uLeahy.

Ngaphandle kwesiganeko esithobileyo ngaphezu kweminyaka emibini edlulileyo, i-EADS encedisayo i-Airbus ithe ngoLwesithathu iphumelele izibophelelo kumboniso womoya oxabisa i-5.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kuquka ii-odolo ezivela kwi-Air Austral ezimbini ze-A380 kunye ne-Senegal Airlines yeenqwelo-moya ezintsha ezintandathu.

U-Leahy uthe umenzi une-backlog yee-odolo ezingama-3,400 eza kumnceda ukuba agcine amanqanaba akhoyo aphezulu emveliso, kodwa wongeza ukuba iminyaka emibini ezayo inokubona ukuqhubeka okonyuka okuphantsi kweeodolo.

“Mhlawumbi iya kuba ngomnye iminyaka emibini yeodolo ephantsi kodwa sisenako ukuzama ukugcina amanqanaba aphezulu emveliso,” utshilo.

I-airline ye-Emirates yathi kumboniso womoya kule veki yayikwiingxoxo kunye ne-Boeing kunye ne-Airbus ukuthenga "amashumi eenqwelo-moya", mhlawumbi i-777s kunye ne-A330s, njengoko i-airline ilungiselela ukulungiswa kwehlabathi.

Kwisicwangciso semeko ye-Airbus, amanqanaba emveliso anokwehliswa ngeenqwelomoya ezimbini ngenyanga ukusuka ngoku kwi-34 ukuya kwi-32 ngenyanga, utshilo uLeahy.

“Okwangoku sibaxelele ukuba abasithengiselayo bahlala kumyinge (ongama-34), kodwa sibuphaphele ubusika, kuba kuza kuba nzima kobu busika. Ndicinga ukuba xa sifika kobu busika sibona intwasahlobo entle phambi kwethu,” utshilo.

U-Leahy uthe imveliso ye-A380 izinzile ngesantya esinye ngenyanga, kwaye inkampani iceba ukunyuka iye kuthi ga kwisibini nesithathu ngenyanga njengoko uqoqosho lwehlabathi lubuyela kule ngxaki.

I-Airbus yayinokuthi ikwazi ukufikelela kwiithagethi zayo kwii-A350s emva kokufunda kwiimpazamo zayo ekuveliseni i-A380, "utshilo.

“Emva kokudlula kwi-A380, sifunde kwiimpazamo zethu, sijonge okwenzekayo nge-787, kwaye saphuma kwiminyaka emine emva kwe-787, ndicinga ukuba sonke kufanele sidutyulwe ngenxa yokungakwazi ukwenza umsebenzi wethu ukuba sinomnye ujikijolo kwinkqubo ye-A350. Ndiqinisekile sizakube sikwithagethi.”

IZITHETHO EZINTSHA

U-Leahy ukwathe isivumelwano kwiijethi ezinomzimba obanzi kunye ne-United Airlines, iyunithi ye-UAL Corp., inokwenzeka kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezizayo.

"Oku kunokuthi kwenzeke kwiziqendu ezibini, okokuqala kukujongana nomzimba obanzi ngama-20, ama-30 abanzi kwaye emva koko ubuye kwiinyanga ezintandathu ukusuka ngoku kwaye mhlawumbi ujonge ezinye iinqwelomoya."

I-Ethiopian Airlines ifake iodolo malunga ne-12 yeejethi ze-A350 ezixabisa phantse iibhiliyoni ezi-3 zeedola ekuqaleni kweveki. Lo myalelo ulindeleke ukuba uzise ukuthengiswa kwejethi yabakhweli ephakathi kwexesha elizayo, kumgama omde ngaphezu kophawu lwe-500.

I-Airbus ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ithengise i-493 yeenqwelomoya, ezimele zifumaneke ukusuka phakathi kwiminyaka elishumi ezayo, ukukhuphisana ne-Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Imodeli yeBoeing ithumele iintengiso ze-840 yeenqwelomoya.

Kwangoko kulo mboniso, uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-Airbus uTom Enders uxelele iReuters ukuba unethemba lokuba i-Airbus ingaphinda ibambe isivumelwano esibalulekileyo nabathengi kwimveliso yenqwelomoya yomkhosi ye-A400M kunye neendleko ekupheleni konyaka kwaye wayeqinisekile ukuba inqwelomoya iya kuya esibhakabhakeni ngaphambi kokuqala kuka-2010.