I-MANAMA - I-Bahrain-based carrier carrier i-Gulf Air yathi ngeCawa ibambe iingxoxo kunye nomenzi waseYurophu i-Airbus ukuthenga iinqwelo ezisibhozo ze-A320, ngosuku emva kokubeka i-dollar ezine-dollar kunye ne-Boeing.
"Sikwingxoxo esebenzayo kunye ne-Airbus malunga nee-A320 ezisibhozo," usihlalo wayo uMahmood al-Kooheji uxelele iintatheli.
Inqwelomoya ebambe imali yayijonge ukwenza isigqibo "kwikota yokuqala yalo nyaka," utshilo uKooheji.
Ebethetha emva kokutyikitywa ngokusemthethweni kwesivumelwano sokuodola iinqwelomoya ezingama-24 zeBoeing 787 ezithatha uhambo olude, nezaziswe kwangoMgqibelo.
Isivumelwano sibandakanya umyalelo oqinileyo we-16 Boeing 787 Dreamliners kunye nokukhetha ukuthenga ezisibhozo ngaphezulu, kunye nokuhanjiswa kokuqala kulindeleke kwi-2016.
Umphathi oyintloko osanda kuqeshwa weGulf Air uBjorn Naf uthe umphathi ukhethe ukukhetha i-Boeing 787 endaweni yembangi yakhe ye-Airbus ebanzi ye-A350 ngenxa yovavanyo "loqoqosho lulonke".
I-airline ijolise ekwakheni iinqwelo zeenqwelo ze-45 ukuya kwi-50 ngo-2013, xa kuthelekiswa neenqwelo-moya ze-25 eziguga ngoku, wathi.
Yasekwa ngo-1974, iGulf Air yayiphethwe ngokulinganayo ngoorhulumente baseBahrain nase-Oman de kwabhengezwa ngoMeyi ukuba iyarhoxa kwinqwelomoya. Abanini bangaphambili beQatar kunye no-Abu Dhabi bahoxise kwi-2002 kunye ne-2005 ngokulandelanayo.
I-airline yamemezela ngo-Matshi ukuba ityala layo eliqikelelweyo ekupheleni kwe-2007 liya kuba yi-254 yezigidi ze-Bahrain dinars (i-676 yezigidi zeedola).
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