I-Frontier Airlines yazisa ezona nqwelo-moya ziyonga amafutha e-US

Namhlanje, iFrontier Airlines iveze ngokusesikweni inqwelomoya yayo yokuqala eyonga kakhulu i-Airbus A321neo kumsitho kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseTampa (TPA).

I-A240neo enezitulo ezingama-321, inikwe amandla ziinjini ze-GTF zikaPratt & Whitney, iya kuba yeyona nqwelo-moya yorhwebo eyonga amafutha phakathi kwayo nayiphi na inqwelomoya yase-US. I-Frontier's A321neo's iya kuvelisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni esezantsi kakhulu kunye nengxolo yenjini, iqhubela phambili iinzame zeGreenest Airline yaseMelika yokunciphisa indawo yayo yokusingqongileyo.

Inqwelomoya yeyokuqala kwii-158 A321neo's eziziswe kumphathi wenqwelo-moya enexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu ngumenzi okhokelayo wenqwelomoya i-Airbus phakathi kwangoku kunye no-2029. I-Frontier okwangoku ineenqwelomoya ezingama-226 zizonke ngokomyalelo eziya kuthi ziphindeke kathathu ubungakanani beenqwelo zayo ekupheleni ishumi leminyaka.

“Ukongezwa kwezi A321neo zintsha kwiinqwelo zethu kuya kwenza eyona nqwelomoya iluhlaza e-US ibe luhlaza ngakumbi ngezi nqwelo-moya zikwazi ukufikelela iimayile ezili-120 ngegaloni nganye kwisitulo,” utshilo uBarry Biffle, umongameli kunye ne-CEO, iFrontier Airlines. "Zezona nqwelomoya zisebenza ngamafutha phakathi kweenqwelomoya ezinkulu zase-US kwaye ziyakwazi ukuhambisa ngokukhawuleza, ukucutha okubonakalayo kusetyenziso lwamafutha, ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kunye nengxolo yenjini. I-Frontier iyaqhubeka nokukhokela ekunciphiseni ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha kunye nokunciphisa indawo esisingqongileyo kwaye ukongezwa kwe-A321neo kwinqanawa yethu lelinye inyathelo kolu hambo, ”wongeze watsho uBiffle.

Umnyhadala wokuqala eTampa wawuquka ukutyhilwa kwenqwelomoya yohlobo olukhethekileyo, kunye nesilwanyana esiboniswe kumsila wenqwelomoya – uFrederick the Bald Eagle, ephefumlelwe nguPratt & Whitney kwaye wathiywa ngegama lomseki wayo uFrederick B. Rentschler. URentschler wayeyi-trailblazer kuphapho, eyila ii-injini ezazikhaphukhaphu kakhulu kwaye ziyonga amafutha kunangaphambili. Zonke iinqwelomoya zeFrontier zibonakalisa isilwanyana emsileni wazo, uninzi lwazo zisengozini yokuphela kwaye zisengozini.

“UFrederick Rentschler uguqule inqwelomoya ngeyona njini isebenzayo, ethembekileyo yexesha labo. Abasebenzi bethu, abavotele ukubiza le nqwelomoya ngembeko yakhe, baqhubela phambili nombono wakhe ngetekhnoloji entsha enjengomlandeli wotshintsho olwenzelwe entliziyweni yeenjini zethu ze-GTF, utshilo uRick Deurloo, umongameli weeNjini zeRhwebo ePratt & Whitney. “Ukuya kuthi ga kwi-20 pesenti yokonga, iinjini ze-GTF zezona zisebenza kakuhle kumafutha kunye neyona gesi iphantsi yokukhutshwa kwegesi yobushushu kusapho lwe-Airbus A320neo. Ezi nqwelo-moya zinikwe amandla e-GTF zibhabha abakhweli abaninzi, ukude, ngokuzinzileyo, kunye neendleko zokusebenza eziphantsi-ukunceda iFrontier yongeze iindlela ezintsha kunye nokugcina amaxabiso aphantsi.

"I-Frontier ine-backlog enkulu ye-A321neo eNyakatho Melika - umzekelo wekhonkrithi wokugxila kwabo okuphambili ekusebenzeni kunye nokusingqongileyo," kusho uJeff Knittel, usihlalo kunye ne-CEO ye-Airbus Americas. "Ngokutshisa kwayo amafutha aphantsi, ukukhutshwa kunye nengxolo, i-A321neo iya kubhabha nzulu kwikamva 'eliluhlaza', ikholisa abakhweli ngelixa igxile kuzinzo, izinto eziphambili esizithandayo kwaye sabelane ngazo kwi-Airbus."
Umsitho wokutyhilwa wenzeke kwiziko lokuLondolozwa koMoya kunye neeNkonzo zobuNjineli e-TPA. I-Frontier isebenza ngesiseko sabasebenzi kwi-TPA kwaye sesona sikhululo sesikhululo seenqwelomoya sesithathu ngobukhulu ngokusekwe kwindawo ekusetyenzwa kuyo. Esi siganeko sasiquka iqela elikhulu lamalungu eqela elivela eFrontier, Airbus, Pratt & Whitney kunye ne-TPA abahlanganisene ukubhiyozela isiganeko esibalulekileyo.

“Ukwaziswa kwe-A321neo kwinqanawa yethu linyathelo elibalulekileyo kwiinjongo zozinzo lwenkampani yethu kunye nokukhula okuqhubekayo,” utshilo uBiffle. “Ukusebenza kakuhle kwepetroli kule nqwelo-moya kukwabonelela ngolondolozo olunokuthi lugqithiselwe kubathengi bethu, kusinceda ukuba siqhubeke nokuphumeza uthumo lwethu lokubonelela 'iiNdleko eziPhantsi ezenziwe ngokuLungileyo' kulo lonke elaseMelika nangaphaya."