I-Qatar Airways Cargo ibhengeze i-odolo entsha ebalulekileyo yabathuthi abahlanu be-Boeing 777 kwinkomfa yabezindaba ebigcwele phama kwi-Paris Air Show phambi koMphathiswa wezoThutho noNxibelelwano weLizwe laseQatar, oHloniphekileyo uMnumzana Jassim bin Saif Ahmed Al- Sulaiti.
UMlawuli oyiNtloko weQela le-Qatar Airways, oHloniphekileyo uMnu. Akbar Al Baker, ukwaveze iindlela ezintathu zokuthuthwa kwempahla ezintsha; Hanoi ukuya eDallas, eChicago ukuya eSingapore naseSingapore - eLos Angeles - kwisiXeko saseMexico.
Abakhweli bothutho abahlanu abatsha be-Boeing 777 baya kukhuthaza ukukhula kwenkampani yeenqwelomoya kwaye inike ukomelela okukhulu kumthamo wayo, iyenze ukuba yongeze iindlela ezintsha zothutho ngelixa ikwanyusa umthamo kwiindlela eziphambili zorhwebo. Iindlela ezintathu zothutho ezinqamlezileyo zongeza kwinkonzo esele ikho nenempumelelo kakhulu yeMacau - eLos Angeles eyasungulwa kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo.
Obekekileyo uMnumzana Akbar Al Baker, uthe “Ndiyavuya kuba i-Qatar Airways ityikitye lo myalelo ubalulekileyo wabakhweli abatsha abahlanu be-Boeing 777 ukuba bongeze kwiinqwelo zethu zempahla. Iza kwandisa iinqwelo zethu ze-Boeing 777 ngeepesenti ezipheleleyo ezingama-20, isenze ukuba siphuhlise ngakumbi ishishini lethu kwaye sinike abathengi abatsha ithuba lokufumana inkonzo yolungiselelo lodidi lokuqala ngokwenene. Lo ngumyalelo oza kukhuthaza ukukhula kwethu kwaye, ndiyakholelwa ngokuqinisekileyo, uyasiqinisekisa njengabona baqhubi bahamba phambili emhlabeni. ”
Igosa eliyiNtloko leQatar Airways Cargo, uMnumzana Guillaume Halleux, wongezelela wathi: “Sivuya kakhulu ngezi zibhengezo. Ukongezwa kweenqanawa zokuthutha i-Boeing 777 kuya kuba luncedo kwishishini labathengi bethu njengoko sinokubanika umthamo omkhulu kunye nokunyuka kwamaza kwiindlela ezifunwa kakhulu. Ezi ndlela zintathu zintsha zongeza kuthungelwano lwethu olwandayo lwehlabathi oluqhutywa yenye yezona nqanawa zincinci kunye nezona zale mihla kushishino. Ukubethelela amazwi oHloniphekileyo uMnu. Akbar Al Baker, 'silishishini eligxile kubathengi elithe phithi kukugqibelela'.
I-Boeing 777 yothutho inoluhlu olude kunayo nayiphi na inqwelo-moya eneenjini ezimbini kwaye isekelwe malunga nenqwelomoya ye-Boeing 777-200 eLong Range esebenza kwiindlela zohambo olude. Ngomthamo womthwalo we-102 metric tonnes, iBoeing 777F iyakwazi ukubhabha i-9,070 km. Uluhlu lwesakhono senqwelo-moya siguqulela kugcino olubalulekileyo lwabaqhubi bempahla, iindawo zokumisa ezimbalwa kunye nemirhumo yokumisa ehambelanayo, ukuxinana okuncinci kwiindawo zokutshintshela, iindleko eziphantsi zokuphatha kunye namaxesha amafutshane okuhanjiswa. Uqoqosho lwenqwelomoya luyenza ibe yinto enomtsalane yokongeza kwiinqwelo zeenqwelomoya kwaye iya kusebenza kwiindlela ezithatha uhambo olude ukuya eMelika, eYurophu, kwiMpuma Ekude, eAsia nakwezinye iindawo eAfrika.
Umthamo wemithwalo yomthwali unyuke ngeepesenti ezili-10 ngo-2018 ngaphezulu kowama-2017 kwaye iimveliso zayo ziqhube kakuhle kakhulu ngokukhula kweetoni ezintle kunye nophuculo oluninzi olwaziswayo. Umthuthi wongeze umthamo wempahla obambe isisu kwiindawo ezininzi eziphambili kuthungelwano kwaye wafumana kraca iinqwelomoya ezimbini zeBoeing 777 ngo-2018. Yazisa abathuthi kwiindawo ezimbini ezintsha ngoMeyi 2019; IGuadalajara eMexico naseAlmaty eKazakhstan.
I-Qatar Airways Cargo, icandelo lempahla ye-Qatar Airways libone ukukhula okubonakalayo kule minyaka idlulileyo, ngokukhawuleza kunaye nawuphi na umntu okhuphisana naye. Ukusuka kwii-Airbus 300-600 ezintathu zothutho ngo-2003, namhlanje ingomnye wabathwali bempahla abaphezulu kwihlabathi jikelele kunye neenqwelo zempahla ze-23 kunye neenqwelo zeenqwelo ze-250 zesisu. Umthwalo licandelo elibaluleke kakhulu, elinengeniso yeQatar Airways Group kwaye yenza igalelo elibalulekileyo nelibalulekileyo kwiqela.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Qatar Airways Cargo has announced a significant new order for five Boeing 777 freighters in a packed press conference at the Paris Air Show in the presence of the Minister of Transport and Communications for the State of Qatar, His Excellency Mr.
- The aircraft's economics makes it an attractive addition to the airline's fleet and will operate on long-haul routes to the Americas, Europe, the Far East, Asia and some destinations in Africa.
- The five new Boeing 777 freighters will propel the airline's growth and give a huge boost to its capacity, enabling it to add new freighter routes while also increasing capacity on key trade lanes.
