Emva kwenkqubo yokukhetha ngokucokisekileyo, iQela leeNqwelo moya leHlabathi (IAG), kunye neBritish Airlines batyikitye iMemorandam yokuQondana (MoU) yokuthenga iinqwelo-moya eziyi-18 ze-A350-1000 kunye neendlela ezili-18, njengenxalenye yeenqwelo moya ezihamba ngenqwelomoya. Hlaziya kunye necebo langoku.
U-IAG, ongumnini weeBritish Airways kunye neIberia, ukhusele imigaqo yorhwebo kunye nendawo zokuhambisa ezinokukhokelela kwiodolo yeIberia. Ii-odolo eziqinileyo ziya kwenziwa kuphela xa i-Iberia ikwimeko yokukhula ngenzuzo, emva kokuhlengahlengiswa kunye nokunciphisa iindleko zayo.
Ukhetho lwe-A350-1000 lulandela isigqibo seBritish Airways ngo-2007 sokuthenga ii-Airbus A12s ezili-380, eyokuqala kuzo kuziswa kweli hlobo. Ukusebenza kwe-A380 kunye ne-A350 ngokudibeneyo kuzisa ixabiso lokwenyani kwiinqwelomoya ezihamba phambili zehlabathi kubavumela ukuba batshatise ubungakanani beenqwelomoya neemfuno zezithuthi kuyo nayiphi na indlela.
“I-A350-1000 iza kuzisa izibonelelo ezininzi kwizithuthi zethu. Ubungakanani bayo kunye noluhlu ziya kulunga ngokugqibeleleyo kwinethiwekhi yethu esele ikho kwaye, ngexabiso eliphantsi leyunithi, kukho ithuba lokusebenzisa uluhlu olutsha lwendawo ezinenzuzo. Oku akuzukuzisa kuphela ubhetyebhetye kwinethiwekhi kodwa nokukhetha ngakumbi abathengi bethu, utshilo uWillie Walsh, iGosa eliyiNtloko le-IAG.
Kuzo zonke iintsapho zeenqwelo moya ezikhethekileyo zeAirbus ziqinisekisa ukuba iinqwelomoya zabelana ngokufana okuphezulu kwiiframa zomoya, kwiinkqubo zebhodi, kwiipokethi kunye neempawu zokuphatha. Oku kunciphisa iindleko zokusebenza kakhulu kweenqwelo moya. Ukongeza, ngoqeqesho olongezelelekileyo kuphela, abaqhubi beenqwelo moya banokutshintsha phakathi kwezi nqwelo moya ngokufanelekileyo.
"Esi sisibhengezo esibalulekileyo esivela kwelinye lawona magama ahlonitshwayo kunye nefuthe leenqwelo moya zehlabathi," utshilo uJohn Leahy, iGosa eliyiNtloko lokuSebenza, abaThengi. “I-A380 kunye ne-A350 zihambelana ngokugqibeleleyo kwimisebenzi yohambo olude oluluhlaza kwaye zibonisa ubunkokeli bendalo esingqongileyo. Siyavuya kuba iBritish Airways ikhethe i-A350 ukusasaza amaphiko ayo ehlabathi kunye nomdlalo wayo weqonga.
I-A350-1000 lelona lungu likhulu le-A350 XWB (i-Xtra Wide-Body) yoSapho ehleli abakhweli abangama-350 kwiiklasi ezintathu, benamandla okuba zii-8,400 zeekhilomitha eziselwandle. Intsapho ye-A15,500 XWB ibandakanya i-A350-350 kunye ne-A900-350 yokuhlala abantu abangama-800 kunye nama-314 ngokulandelelana kwabo, inikezela ngeenqwelo moya ukuba zikwazi ukuthelekisa inqwelo moya kunye neemfuno zazo zenethiwekhi kwaye ngaloo ndlela ziqinisekise ukubakho kwengeniso elungileyo. Xa kuthelekiswa nomncintiswano osondeleyo, i-A270 XWB Family iyanciphisa ukutshiswa kwamafutha ngama-350 ekhulwini.
I-British Airways ngoku isebenza ngeenqwelo-moya ezili-112 A320 zoSapho. Inye kuphela yenqwelomoya eqhuba kuphela onke amalungu osapho lwe-A320 (A318, A319, A320 kunye A321). I-British Airways yaqala ukuba ngumqhubi we-Airbus ngo-1988, xa yayiqala ukubhabha i-A320s. I-airline yongeza ii-A319s kwizithuthi zayo ngo-1999 kunye ne-A321 ngo-2004.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I-A350-1000 lelona lungu likhulu le-A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) Family ehlala abakhweli ukuya kuma-350 kwiiklasi ezintathu, kunye nesakhono soluhlu lwe-8,400 nautical miles (15,500 km).
- I-A350 XWB Family ibandakanya i-A350-900 kunye ne-A350-800 ehlala i-314 kunye nabakhweli abangama-270 ngokulandelelanayo, inika iinkampani zeenqwelomoya ukukwazi ukutshatisa inqwelomoya kwiimfuno zabo zothungelwano kwaye ngaloo ndlela ziqinisekisa amandla engeniso elona liphezulu.
- Operating the A380 and A350 together delivers real value to the world's leading airlines because it allows them to match aircraft capacity to traffic demand on any route.
