I-All Nippon Airways yaseJapan (ANA) ithathe i-A380 yayo yokuqala kumsitho okhethekileyo eToulouse, ibe ngumqhubi we-15 weyona nqwelo moya inkulu yabakhweli. Umsitho wonikezelo wawukho nguMongameli we-ANA HOLDINGS kunye ne-CEO uShinya Katanozaka kwaye isingathwe yi-CEO ye-Airbus uTom Enders.
I-ANA iyalele ii-A380 ezintathu kwaye iya kusebenzisa inqwelo-moya kwindlela eyaziwayo phakathi kweTokyo Narita kunye ne-Honolulu ukususela ngoMeyi 24. I-ANA nganye i-A380 iya kubonisa i-livery ekhethekileyo ebonisa i-Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Honu. I-livery kwinqwelo-moya yokuqala ipeyintwe ngeblue, ngelixa eyesibini iya kuba luhlaza kwaye eyesithathu i-orenji.
I-ANA's A380 iqwalaselwe kuyilo lweprimiyamu ehlala abakhweli abangama-520. Idekhi ephezulu ineesuti ezisibhozo kwiKlasi yokuQala, izihlalo ezingama-56 zeKlasi yeShishini eziguqulela kwiibhedi ezisicaba ngokupheleleyo kunye nezihlalo ezingama-73 zePremium Economy. Iklasi yezoQoqosho ibekwe kumgangatho ophambili, apho i-ANA ibonelela ngesakhiwo esiphangaleleyo esihlala abakhweli abangama-383, kubandakanya neZitulo zeCouch ezingama-60. Inqwelomoya ineenkqubo zokonwabisa zamva nje ze-ANA kwinqwelomoya, kunye noqhagamshelo olupheleleyo kuzo zonke iiklasi.
"Siza kuzibophelela zonke ezintathu ze-Airbus A380 yethu kwindlela yaseTokyo Honolulu ngenjongo yokuzisa inqanaba elitsha lenkonzo yokunethezeka kubagibeli bethu abahamba ngeenqwelo-moya ze-ANA kwinombolo enye yohambo lwabahambi baseJapan," kusho uShinya Katanozaka, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO. ANA HOLDINGS INC.
"Sikholelwa ukuba i-A380 iya kuba yinguqu yomdlalo we-ANA kwaye iya kusenza sikwazi ukwandisa isabelo sethu semarike ngokuphinda kabini inani lezihlalo ezidibanisa i-Honolulu ne-Tokyo ngo-2020," wongezelela. "I-FLYING HONU yenzelwe ukunika intuthuzelo kunye nokulula okungazange kubonwe ngaphambili kunye nehlabathi lamathuba amatsha kubakhweli be-ANA, into ebingenakwenzeka ngaphandle kwemizamo edibeneyo yeqela le-Airbus kunye neRolls-Royce esebenza ngokusondeleyo neengcali ezizinikeleyo kwi-ANA. ”
"I-Airbus iyaziqhenya ngokuhambisa le nqwelo-moya intle kwi-ANA," kusho i-CEO ye-Airbus uTom Enders. “Ukubonelela ngamanqanaba angenakuthelekiswa nanto okuthuthuzela abakhweli, i-A380 iya kwenza ukuba i-ANA yonyuse umthamo wayo kwindlela exakekileyo eya eHawaii ngempumelelo enkulu. Siqinisekile ukuba inqwelomoya iya kuba nempumelelo kakhulu kwinkonzo ye-ANA kwaye sizimisele ukubonelela ngenkxaso epheleleyo kwinkampani yenqwelomoya yonke indlela. ”
I-A380 ibonelela ngeenqwelo-moya eyona ndlela isebenzayo ukuhlangabezana nemfuno kwezona ndlela zihanjwa kakhulu kwihlabathi. Ikwamiselwe ngokuqinileyo njengenqwelomoya ekhethwa ngabakhweli kwihlabathi liphela, inika indawo yobuqu ngakumbi kuzo zonke iiklasi, ikhabhathi ezolileyo kakhulu kunye nokukhwela okugudileyo. Bamalunga nezigidi ezingama-250 abakhweli sele bebhabha kwinqwelomoya.
Ukulandela unikezelo lwanamhlanje kwi-ANA, ngoku kukho ii-232 A380s ezikwinkonzo kunye neenqwelomoya ezili-15 kwihlabathi liphela, zibhabha kwiindlela ezili-120 kwihlabathi liphela.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- "Siza kuzibophelela zonke ezintathu ze-Airbus A380 yethu kwindlela yaseTokyo Honolulu ngenjongo yokuzisa inqanaba elitsha lenkonzo yokunethezeka kubagibeli bethu abahamba ngeenqwelo-moya ze-ANA kwinombolo enye yohambo lwabahambi baseJapan," kusho uShinya Katanozaka, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO. ANA HOLDINGS INC.
- “The FLYING HONU is designed to offer unprecedented comfort and convenience and a world of new possibilities to ANA passengers, something that would not have been possible without the combined efforts of the Airbus and Rolls-Royce teams working closely with the dedicated professionals at ANA.
- “We believe the A380 will become a game changer for ANA and will enable us to increase our market share by doubling the number of seats connecting Honolulu and Tokyo by 2020,” he added.
