I-Air New Zealand Ltd., eyona nqwelomoya inkulu yelizwe, iza kufumana iinqwelomoya ze-Airbus A14 ezintsha ezili-320 ezithatha indawo ye-Boeing 737-300 jets esetyenziswa ngoku kwiindlela zasekhaya.
I-airline inamalungelo okuthenga enye i-11 A320s, yatsho kwingxelo. Inqwelomoya ixabisa i-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kodwa i-Air New Zealand ithenge iinqwelomoya ngesaphulelo esingachazwanga "esibonisa iimeko zentengiso zangoku," yatsho.
I-Air New Zealand ibiphonononga iinqwelomoya zayo zasekhaya ukuze iphucule ukusebenza kakuhle kwamafutha kunye nokwandisa umthamo kwiindlela eziphakathi kwezixeko ezikhulu zelizwe. Isele isebenza inqwelomoya enkulu ye-A320 kwiindlela eziya e-Australia nakwiZiqithi zePasifiki, kwaye ilindele ukonga iindleko ekugcinweni nasekulawuleni iinqanawa, yatsho.
“Eli lixesha elihle kakhulu lokuthenga inqwelomoya,” utshilo uBruce Parton, umphathi jikelele weqela, uhambo olufutshane. "Ishishini lisezantsi kumjikelo onzulu ngoko imfuno yenqwelomoya ilinganiselwe, idala iimeko ezilungele abathengi abanamaphepha aqinileyo okulinganisa."
Eyokuqala i-A320 iza kufika ngoJanuwari ka-2011 kwaye intsalela iya kwaziswa ngokuqhubekayo ukuya kutsho ngo-2016. Inqwelo-moya entsha iza kuxhaswa ngenguqulelo ephucukileyo ye-International Aero Engines V2500.
Inqwelomoya entsha iya kuthwala abakhweli abamalunga ne-170, ukusuka kwi-133 kwiinqwelo ezikhoyo ze-737.
