I-Honda Aircraft Inkampani ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba i-HondaJet yayiyeyona nqwelo-moya ihanjiswe kakhulu kwiklasi yayo kwi-2018, ngokusekelwe kumanani anikezelwe nguMbutho Jikelele we-Aviation Manufacturers (GAMA). Kunyaka ophelileyo, iiHondaJets ezingama-37 zaziswa kwihlabathi jikelele, nto leyo ephawula unyaka wesibini olandelelanayo iHondaJet ibe yeyona jethi ilula kakhulu.
“Siyazingca ngokuba abathengi bethu beqhubeka nokukhetha iHondaJet ngokusebenza kwayo okungenakuthelekiswa nanto, ukusebenza kwayo kunye nentuthuzelo yekhabhathi. Oku, kunye nothungelwano lomthengisi olomeleleyo lwehlabathi, kuye kwenza ukuba iHondaJet ibe zezona nqwelo moya zihanjisiweyo kwiklasi yayo, utshilo uMongameli weNkampani yeeNqwelo-moya yakwaHonda kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko uMichimasa Fujino. "IHondaJet egqiba njengeyona nqwelo moya iziswe kunyaka wesibini olandelelanayo ibubungqina bokuzinikela kweqela lethu ekuphuhliseni ubuchwephesha obunqabileyo obuphucula ubomi babathengi bethu kwihlabathi liphela."
I-Honda Aircraft Inkampani iwutshintshe ngokupheleleyo umgca wayo wokuvelisa inqwelomoya ukusuka kwiHondaJet yoqobo yaya kwiHondaJet Elite kwaye iya kuqhubeka nokubonelela ngenkqubo yokusebenza ephuhliswe liQela lokuGuqulwa koMsebenzi oPhucukileyo (APMG) leHondaJet yoqobo. Inkampani ilindele ukugcina imveliso yeenqwelomoya ezine ukuya ezintlanu ngenyanga.
Kuwo wonke u-2018, Inkampani yeHonda yeenqwelomoya yaphawula amanqanaba abalulekileyo, kubandakanya ukwaziswa kwe-HondaJet Elite, ukuyilwa kwephakheji yokusebenza kwe-APMG kunye nokuhanjiswa kwabathengi kwe-100th HondaJet. Inkampani ikwafumene iAmerican Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics '(AIAA) 2018 Award Award for Excellence ngokumisela umgangatho omtsha kwishishini lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye neHondaJet.
Kwi-2018, iHondaJet Elite ifumene isatifikethi sohlobo kwiJapan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) kwaye yahambisa inqwelo moya yokuqala kumthengi eJapan. Inkampani ikwanyusile ukunyathela kwayo kwimimandla eliqela eyongezelelweyo kwihlabathi liphela ngabathengisi abatsha kunye nohlobo lweziqinisekiso, kubandakanya iArgentina, iIndiya nePanama.
