I-Ethiopian Airlines, Iqela elikhulu le-Aviation e-Afrika, libhengeze ukuba lithathe ukuhanjiswa kweenqwelo ezinkulu ze-B737 MAX kwilizwekazi ngoJulayi 2, 2018.
I-B737 MAX 8 ibonisa isibhakabhaka esitsha se-Boeing, igxininiswe ngamacala asemacaleni atyhidiweyo kunye neefestile eziveziweyo, izibane ze-LED eziphucula ingqiqo yobubanzi ekugqibeleni bonyusa amava abathengi. Inqwelomoya ehambelana nokusingqongileyo inokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni encinci kwaye idla i-15% yepetroli engaphantsi kwe-737-NG.
I-CEO ye-Ethiopian Airlines Group uMnu. Tewolde GebreMariam, uthe, “Kuliwonga elikhulu kuthi sonke base-Ethiopia ukufikelela kweli nqanaba libalulekileyo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kokuba siphawule ngemibala eqaqambileyo i-100 leenqanawa zethu kwaye ukufunyanwa kwamva nje sisiqinisekiso sendima yethu eqhubekayo yobuvulindlela. kuphapho lwaseAfrika kunye nokuphunyezwa ngempumelelo kwesicwangciso sethu sokukhula ngokukhawuleza, esinenzuzo kunye nesizinzileyo, uMbono 2025. Namhlanje, Siyavuya ukubandakanya i-B737 MAX 8, yamva nje kuthotho lwe-singleaisle ye-Boeing, kusapho lwethu oluncinci nolwanamhlanje lweenqwelomoya ezineminyaka yobudala ephakathi. ngaphantsi kweminyaka emi-5.
Njengenkampani yeenqwelomoya egxile kubathengi ekwaziyo ukuziqhelanisa nobuchwepheshe obusakhulayo, besisoloko singoovulindlela kuphapho lwaseAfrika ngeenqwelo zamvanje zeteknoloji kwimbali yethu yeminyaka engama-72. Ngokuhambelana noko sijolise kuko ekukhuleni phantsi koMbono ka-2025, siya kuqhubeka sityala imali ekwandiseni ngakumbi inqwelo-moya yethu ekufumaneni iinqwelomoya zamva nje eliza kunikezelwa ngulo shishino.”
Ngolu kuhanjiswa kwenqwelomoya entsha yale mihla, iinqwelomoya zase-Ethiopia zeenqwelomoya ze-Boeing zikhula ziye kutsho kuma-73 jets, kuquka i-787 Dreamliner, 777, 737 MAX, kunye ne-757 kunye ne-767.
"I-Ethiopian Airlines iyaqhubeka nokubhabha phambili kwishishini le-Aviation lorhwebo e-Afrika ngokusebenzisa ezona nqwelomoya ziphambili," utshilo uMarty Bentrott, usekela mongameli we-Boeing Sales kuMbindi Mpuma, eTurkey, eRashiya, kuMbindi Asia naseAfrika. "Siwongekile ngokuqhubeka kokuzithemba kwabantu base-Ethiopia kwiinqwelomoya zeBoeing kwaye sijonge phambili ekukhuliseni ubudlelwane bethu beminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu."
