IAG yakhela kwi-Boeing 777X yeodolo ngezivumelwano zeenkonzo

I-Boeing isayine izivumelwano ezimbini kwi-Paris Air Show namhlanje kunye ne-International Airlines Group (IAG), enye yamaqela amakhulu eenqwelo-moya zehlabathi, eya kubonelela ngeenkonzo eziphambili kwi-IAG ye-British Airways, kuquka iinxalenye ze-Airbus A320 intsapho ye-airline kunye neenqwelo zayo ze-Boeing 777.

Ngesivumelwano sokuqala, iBoeing iza kubonelela iBritish Airways ngeNkqubo yayo yeeNkonzo zeCandelo apho iBoeing namahlakani ayo iza kuba ngabanini, ilawule, kwaye igcine uluhlu lwehlabathi lotshintshiselwano lweendawo zenqwelomoya yeA320 kunye ne-A320neo yenkampani yomoya. Esi sivumelwano - esokuqala sohlobo lwayo lweBoeing - siya kuvula ufikelelo olulula kwiindawo zeBritish Airways, esebenza kuthungelwano olubanzi lwendlela.

IBritish Airways nayo ityikitye isivumelwano soTshintsho lweGear yokuHlalisa ezintathu kwiinqanawa zayo ezingama-777. Ngenkqubo, abaqhubi bafumana izixhobo zokuhlalisa ezigqityiweyo kunye neziqinisekisiweyo ezivela kwindawo yokutshintshiselana egcinwe yiBoeing, enezinto ezigciniweyo kunye neenxalenye ezixhasayo zokuthumela ngenqanawa ngaphakathi kweeyure ezingama-24.

“Siyazingca ngokuba nethuba lokunceda iimfuno zeBritish Airways nokuba zikweliphi iqonga,” utshilo u-Ihssane Mounir, usekela mongameli omkhulu wezoRhwebo kunye neNtengiso yeNkampani yeBoeing. “Ngokubambisana namahlakani ethu kunye nababoneleli bokulungisa, sijonge phambili ekunyuseni amandla ezixhobo zethu zentengiso zasemva kwezentengiso zelizwe jikelele ukuxhasa iBritish Airways kwaye sibancede basebenze ngokufanelekileyo nangakumbi.”

Ukulandela ukutyikitywa kwezi zivumelwano zeenkonzo zitsha, iBoeing kunye ne-IAG babambe utyikityo obekelwe bucala ukubhiyozela umyalelo wabo weenqwelomoya ezili-18 777X. Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-IAG ifake ii-odolo eziqinileyo kwiinqwelomoya eziyi-18 777-9 kunye neenketho ezingama-24 zeBritish Airways. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ikhethe i-777X, eyona jethi inkulu yehlabathi, eyona isebenzayo i-twin aisle jet, njengenxalenye yenkqubo yayo yohambo olude lweenqwelomoya, ukujoyina iqela labathwali abahamba phambili behlabathi abakhethe i-777X entsha.

Umyalelo oqinileyo we-IAG ubeka i-777X kwii-odolo ze-364 kunye nezibophelelo ezivela kubathengi abangaphezu kwesibhozo. Ukuveliswa kwe-777X kwaqala ngo-2017, kunye nendiza yokuqala elindeleke kamva kulo nyaka kunye nokuhanjiswa kokuqala kulindeleke kwi-2020.

I-International Airlines Group (IAG) isebenza ngeenqwelo-moya ze-582 kwaye ikhonza kwiindawo ze-268, ithwele abagibeli be-113 yezigidi kwi-2018. Yinkampani yomzali ye-Aer Lingus, i-British Airways, i-Iberia, i-LEVEL kunye ne-Vueling.