I-DUBAI - I-Emirates Airline, oyena mthengi mkhulu kwinqwelomoya ye-Airbus 'A380, ngoLwesine ithe iceba ukuphinda isebenzise i-superjumbo kwinkonzo yayo yaseNew York ngexesha lesiqingatha sesibini sonyaka emva kokuyikhupha kwindlela kaJuni ophelileyo.

"Kuseyinjongo yethu ukubuyisela i-A380 kwindlela ye-DXB-JFK kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka," isithethi sixelele uZawya Dow Jones.

I-Emirates, ethathe ukuhanjiswa kwe-A380 yayo yesibhozo ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, yaqala ukubhabha inqwelomoya enamagumbi amabini ukuya eNew York ngasekupheleni kuka-2008, kodwa yatsala i-superjumbo kwindlela kwiinyanga kamva ngenxa yokuhla kwemfuno yabakhweli.

Le nqwelo ibhabha ngoku ibhabha i-superjumbo isiya eToronto, eLondon Heathrow, eParis, eSeoul, eBangkok, eSydney naseAuckland. Iya kuqalisa iinkonzo ze-A380 ukuya eJeddah ukusuka ngoFebruwari.

Emirates okwangoku 58 A380s kwi-odolo ngexabiso elingaphezu $17 billion kuluhlu amaxabiso.

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