I-Lufthansa ivuselela i-Airbus A380 ukuphendula ukunyuka okunyukayo kwemfuno yabathengi kunye nokulibaziseka kokuhanjiswa kweenqwelo-moya eziodolweyo.
I-airline ilindele ukusebenzisa inqwelo-moya ehamba ixesha elide, eyaziwayo ngabathengi kunye nabasebenzi, kwakhona ukusuka ehlobo lika-2023. Inkampani okwangoku ivavanya ukuba zingaphi ii-A380 eziya kuvuselelwa kwaye zeziphi iindawo eziza kubhabha kuzo i-Airbus.
I-Lufthansa isenazo ii-Airbus A14 ezili-380, ezipakwe ngoku eSpain naseFransi ixesha elide ezibizwa ngokuba “zinzulu zokugcina”. Ezintandathu kwezi nqwelo-moya sele zithengisiwe, ii-A380 ezisibhozo zihlala ziyinxalenye yeenqwelo zeLufthansa okwangoku.
Amalungu eBhodi yesiGqeba seDeutsche Lufthansa AG akwabhengeze ukuvuselelwa kwe-A380 kwileta edibeneyo eya kubathengi bale nkampani: “Ngehlobo lika-2023, asilindelanga nje ukuba nenkqubo yezothutho ngomoya ethembeke ngakumbi kwihlabathi liphela. Siza kukwamkela kwakhona xa ukhwele i-Airbus A380s yethu, nathi. Sigqibe namhlanje ukubeka i-A380, eqhubelekayo ukonwabela ukuthandwa okukhulu, sibuyele kwinkonzo eLufthansa ngehlobo lika-2023. Ukongeza koku, someleza ngakumbi kwaye siphucula iinqwelo zethu ngeenqwelomoya ezingama-50 ezintsha ze-Airbus A350, iBoeing 787 kunye neBoeing 777- Iinqwelomoya ezi-9 ezihamba ixesha elide kunye nee-Airbus A60/320 ezintsha ezingaphezu kwama-321 kule minyaka mithathu izayo kuphela.”
I-Airbus A380 yeyona nqwelo moya yabakhweli inkulu ehlabathini: ibude buziimitha ezingama-73 ubude neemitha ezingama-24 ukuphakama kwaye inokuhlalisa abakhweli abangama-509 eLufthansa.