I-Etihad Airways iye yaqinisekisa iodolo yayo kunye ne-Airbus yesizukulwana esitsha se-A350F sabathuthi bothutho, kulandela ukuzibophelela kwayo kwangaphambili okubhengezwe kwi-Singapore Airshow. Abathuthi baya kuphucula umthamo we-Etihad ngokuthumela eyona nqwelo-moya isebenzayo ekhoyo emarikeni.
Lo myalelo we-A350F ubona umthwali wesizwe we-UAE esandisa ubudlelwane bakhe kunye Airbus kunye nokongeza kumyalelo wayo okhoyo weyona ndlela inkulu yabakhweli ye-A350-1000s, ezintlanu zazo zinikezelwe.
UTony Douglas, iGosa eliLawulayo leQela, i-Etihad Aviation Group, uthe: "Ekwakheni enye yeenqanawa ezincinci kunye nezizinzileyo zehlabathi, siyakuvuyela ukwandisa ubudlelwane bethu bexesha elide kunye ne-Airbus ukongeza i-A350 Freighter kwiinqanawa zethu. Lo mthamo wongeziweyo womthwalo uya kuxhasa ukukhula okungazange kubonwe ngaphambili esikubonayo kwicandelo le-Etihad Cargo. I-Airbus iphuhlise inqwelomoya eyonga i-fuel ephawulekayo, ngokuhambelana ne-A350-1000 kwinqwelo yethu yabakhweli, ixhasa ukuzinikela kwethu ekufikeleleni kwi-net-zero ekhutshwayo ye-carbon ngo-2050. "
“I-Airbus iyakuvuyela ukwandisa ubuhlakani bayo bexesha elide Etihad Airways, osandul 'ukwazisa iinkonzo ze-A350 zabakhweli kwaye uqhubeka nokwakha kwiNtsapho kunye nenguqu yokutshintsha umdlalo, i-A350F, "utshilo uChristian Scherer, iGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo kunye neNtloko ye-Airbus International. "Esi sizukulwana sitsha sothutho esikhulu sizisa izibonelelo ezingazange zibonwe ngaphambili nezingenakuthelekiswa nanto ngokoluhlu, ukusebenza kakuhle kwamafutha kunye nokugcinwa kweCO₂, exhasa abathengi ngokuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kwangaxeshanye nokunciphisa impembelelo yokusingqongileyo."
I-Etihad iphinde yaqinisekisa isivumelwano sexesha elide se-Airbus 'Flight Hour Services (FHS) ukuxhasa yonke inqwelo yayo ye-A350, ukugcina ukusebenza kwenqwelomoya kunye nokwandisa ukuthembeka. Oku kuphawula isivumelwano sokuqala sekhontrakthi ye-Airbus FHS yeenqanawa ze-A350 kuMbindi Mpuma. Ngokwahlukileyo, i-Etihad iphinde yakhetha i-Airbus 'Skywise Health Monitoring, evumela i-airline ukuba ifikelele kwi-real-time management of the aircraft events and troubleshooting, ukugcina ixesha kunye nokunciphisa iindleko zokugcinwa okungacwangciswanga.
Njengenxalenye yosapho lwangoku olude lwehlabathi, i-A350F ibonelela ngenqanaba eliphezulu lokuqheleka kunye neenguqulelo zabakhweli be-A350. Ngomthamo we-109-toni yokuhlawula, i-A350F inokukhonza zonke iimarike zempahla. Inqwelomoya inomnyango omkhulu wedekhi yomthwalo, kunye nobude bayo be-fuselage kunye nomthamo olungiselelwe malunga neepalethi ezisemgangathweni kunye nezikhongozeli.
Ngaphezulu kwe-70% ye-airframe ye-A350F yenziwe ngemathiriyeli ephucukileyo, ekhokelela kubunzima bokusuka obuziitoni ezingama-30 kwaye ivelise ubuncinci i-20% yokusetyenziswa kwepetroli esezantsi kunye nokukhutshwayo ngaphezu koyena mntu ikhuphisana naye ngoku ikufutshane. I-A350F idibana ngokupheleleyo nemigangatho ye-ICAO yokukhupha i-CO₂ ephuculweyo eza kuqala ukusebenza ngo-2027. Kuquka ukuzibophelela kwanamhlanje, i-A350F iphumelele ii-odolo eziqinileyo ezingama-31 ngabathengi abathandathu.
I-A350F idibana nezandyondyo zokuthutha iimpahla ezinkulu kunye neemfuno eziguqukayo zokusingqongileyo, ukubumba ikamva lothutho lomoya. I-A350F iya kunikwa amandla kubuchwephesha bamvanje, iinjini zeRolls-Royce Trent XWB-97 ezonga amafutha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- "I-Airbus iyakuvuyela ukwandisa ubudlelwane bayo bexesha elide kunye ne-Etihad Airways, esandul 'ukwazisa iinkonzo zabakhweli be-A350 kwaye iyaqhubeka nokwakha kwiNtsapho kunye nomdlalo we-freighter version, i-A350F," watsho uChristian Scherer, iGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo kunye. Intloko yeAirbus International.
- Lo myalelo we-A350F ubona umthwali welizwe we-UAE ukwandisa ubudlelwane bakhe kunye ne-Airbus kunye nokongeza kumyalelo wayo okhoyo wenguqu enkulu yabahambi ye-A350-1000s, ezintlanu zazo zinikezelwe.
- Ngaphezulu kwe-70% ye-airframe ye-A350F yenziwe ngemathiriyeli ephucukileyo, ekhokelela kubunzima obuziitoni ezingama-30 obukhaphukhaphu obukhaphukhaphu kwaye ivelise ubuncinci i-20% yokusetyenziswa kwepetroli esezantsi kunye nokukhutshwayo ngaphezu koyena mntu ikhuphisana naye ngoku ikufutshane.