Ikomkhulu linonozakuzaku omtsha obhabhayo. I-Boeing 787-9 yokuqala kwiinqwelo ze-Lufthansa, kunye nokubhaliswa kwe-D-ABPA, yabhaptizwa namhlanje kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBerlin Brandenburg nguSodolophu oLawulayo uFranziska Giffey.
UCarsten Spohr, uSihlalo weBhodi yesiGqeba kunye ne-CEO yeDeutsche Lufthansa AG, uthe, “Eyokuqala iDreamliner kwinqanawa yethu ethatha ixesha elide ibizwa ngokuba yi-'Berlin', kuba inkampani inobudlelwane obude nobukhethekileyo nekomkhulu. ILufthansa ibe liqabane elomeleleyo lekomkhulu laseJamani ukusukela oko yasekwa eBerlin ngo-1926. Oko savunyelwa ukuba sibhabhele eBerlin kwakhona ngo-1990, ayikho enye inqwelo-moya eye yazisa abahambi abangakumbi kulo mmandla. NgeBoeing 787 'Berlin' entsha sizingca ngokuphatha igama lekomkhulu laseJamani kwihlabathi liphela.”
ILufthansa yasekwa eBerlin nge-6 kaJanuwari ngo-1926 kwaye ikomkhulu layo lalilapho de kwaba ngu-1945. Emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, ziinqwelo-moya eziManyeneyo kuphela ezavunyelwayo ukuhlala kweso sixeko sahluleleneyo. I-Lufthansa ayizange iphinde ibhabhele kwikomkhulu de kwangowe-1990.
IQela leLufthansa lelona qela lisebenza kakhulu eBER. Iinqwelomoya ezintlanu zeQela zidibanisa iBerlin neJamani kunye nehlabathi. Kwishedyuli ezayo yenqwelomoya yasebusika, iinqwelomoya zeLufthansa Group ziya kubonelela ngaphantsi nje kwesithathu sazo zonke iinqwelomoya eziya nokubuya eBerlin. Ehlotyeni ngo-2023, umnikelo weLufthansa Group uya kuba mkhulu ngokuphindwe kabini kunalowo wesibini ngobukhulu kwisiza, ubalelwa malunga ne-40% yazo zonke iinqwelomoya. Ukongeza, iQela limelwe apha - njengokuba kunjalo kuphela eFrankfurt - kunye nawo onke amacandelo amashishini abalulekileyo.
UFranziska Giffey, uSodolophu oLawulayo waseBerlin, uthe: “ILufthansa kunye nekomkhulu laseJamani zidityaniswe sisithethe eside. Le nkampani yasekwa eBerlin ngo-1926 yaza yavuka yaba yenye yeenqwelomoya ezihamba phambili kwihlabathi. Namhlanje, iQela leLufthansa lidibanisa iBerlin nehlabathi. Iinqwelomoya ezihamba ixesha elide ukuya nokubuya eBER zibaluleke kakhulu kuphuhliso lwethu loqoqosho. Imiboniso yethu yorhwebo, iinkongolo kunye neshishini lokwamkela iindwendwe elomeleleyo laseBerlin nalo liyaphumelela koku. Kuyandivuyisa ukukwazi ukubhaptiza iDreamliner yokuqala yeLufthansa 'iBerlin' namhlanje - nge-'Berliner Weiße', njengoko kufanelekile esi siganeko. Ndinqwenelela i-'Berlin 'inqwelomoya elungileyo ngamaxesha onke."
Ukususela ngoDisemba, i-D-ABPA iya kuba kwinkonzo kwindlela esuka eFrankfurt ukuya eNew York (eNewark). I-Dreamliner iya kwenza indiza yokuqala yorhwebo ukusuka eFrankfurt ukuya eMunich ngo-Oktobha 19. Ukususela ngoko, "iBerlin" iya kubhabha umzila wasekhaya kathathu ngosuku. Oku kuya kuvumela ukuba iinqwelomoya zoqeqesho eziyimfuneko zigqitywe kwaye abasebenzi abaninzi kangangoko baqeqeshwe.
Inqwelomoya yesixhenxe enegama laseBerlin
IBoeing 787-9 sele iyinqwelomoya yesixhenxe yeLufthansa ukuba ibizwa ngokuba “yiBerlin.” UWilly Brandt waqala wabhaptiza iBoeing 707 negama lekomkhulu ngoSeptemba 16, 1960. Yayiyinqwelomoya yokuqala ubhaptizo emva kokusekwa kwakhona kweLufthansa ngo-1953, kwaye ukusukela ngoko yaba lisiko lenkampani ukuba iinqwelomoya zithiywe ngezixeko zaseJamani. Umanduleli we-Dreamliner yaba ngowesithandathu “eBerlin”: i-Airbus A380 enobhaliso lwe-D-AIMI. Yabhaptizwa nguSodolophu oLawulayo ngoko kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iTegel ngoMeyi 22, 2012 kwaye yarhoxiswa ngexesha lobhubhane.
Ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwe-CO2 ngama-30 ekhulwini
Inqwelo-moya yohambo olude yale mihla “yeDreamliner” ngoku isebenzisa kuphela umndilili omalunga ne-2.5 yeelitha zeparafini kumkhweli ngamnye ngeekhilomitha ezili-100 ezibhabhayo. Oko kungaphantsi ngama-30 ekhulwini kuneemodeli zangaphambili. Phakathi kuka-2022 kunye no-2027, iQela leLufthansa liza kuthatha i-32 ye-Boeing Dreamliners iyonke.
