AirAsia X, iyunithi yohambo olude lwe-AirAsia Group, igqibe umyalelo oqinileyo nge Airbus kuba ezongezelelweyo 12 A330-900 kunye 30 A321XLR inqwelo moya. Ikhontrakthi isayinwe nguTan Sri Rafidah Aziz, uSihlalo, i-AirAsia X Berhad kunye noGuillaume Faury, iGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba, i-Airbus e-Kuala Lumpur namhlanje, phambi kukaTun uDkt Mahathir Mohamad, uNdunankulu waseMalaysia.
UTan Sri Tony Fernandes, iGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba, i-AirAsia Group, ebekhona ekusayineni, uthe: "Lo myalelo uqinisekisa ukhetho lwethu lwe-A330neo njengolona khetho lusebenzayo kwizithuthi zethu ezizayo. Ukongeza, i-A321XLR inikezela ngowona luhlu lude lokubhabha kuyo nayiphi na inqwelomoya enye kwaye iya kusenza sikwazi ukwazisa ngeenkonzo kwiindawo ezintsha zokuya. Ngokudibeneyo, ezi nqwelomoya zingamaqabane afanelekileyo ekusebenzeni ngexabiso eliphantsi kwaye ziya kusivumela ukuba sakhe ngakumbi kwindawo yethu ekhokelayo kwintengiso kweli candelo likhula ngokukhawuleza. ”
UTan Sri Rafidah Aziz, uSihlalo we-AirAsia X Berhad, uthe: “Isibhengezo sanamhlanje sibubungqina bokuzithemba kwethu kunye nokuzibophelela kwethu kuhambo olude lomoya. Eli likamva lomsebenzi wethu omde. Iimpawu ezintsha kunye nohlengahlengiso lwe-A330neo luya kuhambisa icandelo lethu lenkonzo yokuhamba ixesha elide ukuya kwinqanaba eliphezulu kwaye livumele i-AirAsia X ijonge ekwandeni ngaphaya kwerediyasi yenqwelomoya yeeyure ezisibhozo, njengaseYurophu, umzekelo.
U-Guillaume Faury, iGosa eliLawulayo eliPhezulu, i-Airbus yathi: "I-AirAsia X ibe nguvulindlela wemodeli yeendleko eziphantsi ezithatha ixesha elide kummandla we-Asia-Pacific. Lo myalelo mtsha we-A330neo kunye ne-A321XLR luqinisekiso lokwenyani lwesisombululo se-Airbus ukuhlangabezana nemfuno yentengiso ephakathi kunye nokudityaniswa kwendlela enye kunye neemveliso ezibanzi. Esi sisombululo sinamandla siya kunika i-AirAsia X ngezona ndleko ziphantsi zokusebenza zokwandisa inethiwekhi yayo kwaye yenze abantu abaninzi babhabhe ngakumbi kunanini na ngaphambili. "
Ikhontrakthi entsha inyusa inani leenqwelomoya ze-A330neo eziyalelwe yi-AirAsia X ukuya kwi-78, iqinisekisa ubume bomphathiswa njengowona mthengi mkhulu wohlobo. Okwangoku, i-odolo ye-A321XLR ibona i-AirAsia Group ebanzi yomeleza isikhundla sayo njengomthengi omkhulu we-airline we-A320 Family, ngoku iyalele iinqwelomoya ezingama-622.
I-AirAsia X okwangoku isebenza ngeenqwelo ze-36 A330-300 kwiinkonzo kumanqaku ngaphakathi kwe-Asia-Pacific kunye ne-Middle East. Ukongeza, ngo-Agasti i-A330neo yokuqala yajoyina i-AirAsia's Bangkok-based haul affiliate, AirAsia X Thailand. Inqwelomoya yeyokuqala kwezimbini eziqeshiweyo ze-A330neos ezijoyina inkampani yenqwelomoya yaseThai ekupheleni konyaka.
I-A321XLR linyathelo elilandelayo lokuziphendukela kwemvelo ukusuka kwi-A321LR ephendula kwiimfuno zemarike zoluhlu olungakumbi kunye nomthwalo ohlawulayo, idala ixabiso elingakumbi kwiinqwelomoya. Ukusukela ngo-2023, izakukhupha i-Xtra Long Range engazange ibonwe ukuya kuthi ga kwi-4,700nm – i-15 yepesenti ngaphezulu kwe-A321LR kunye ne-30 yepesenti esezantsi yokutshiswa kwepetroli kwisitulo ngasinye xa kuthelekiswa nenqwelomoya ebikhuphisana nesizukulwana sangaphambili.
I-A330neo sisakhiwo sokwenene senqwelomoya yesizukulwana esitsha kwimpumelelo ye-A330 kunye nokuxhamla kubuchwepheshe be-A350 XWB. Ibandakanya isizukulwana esitsha se-Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 iinjini ezisebenza kakuhle, kunye nephiko elitsha eliphezulu le-3D eliphuculweyo elinesharklets ezintsha. Xa zizonke ezi nkqubela zizisa ukwehla okukhulu kusetyenziso lwepetroli ngeepesenti ezingama-25 xa kuthelekiswa neenqwelomoya ezikhuphisana nesizukulwana esidala ezinobungakanani obufanayo. I-A330 yenye yezona ntsapho zithandwayo ngabantu abaninzi, ifumene iiodolo ezingaphezu kwe-1,700 kubathengi abangaphezu kwe-120.
