I-Philippine Airlines (PAL) ithathe unikezelo lwe-A350 XWB yayo yokuqala kumsitho okhethekileyo eToulouse, eFransi, yaba yinkampani yeenqwelomoya ye-19 ukusebenzisa eyona nqwelo moya yanamhlanje nesebenzayo kuluhlu olude.

Lilonke, iPhilippine Airlines iyalele ezintandathu ze-A350-900, eziya kuthi zisetyenzwe ngokuyintloko kwiinkonzo ezingayekiyo ukuya eYurophu nakuMntla Melika. Ezi ziya kubandakanya eyona ndlela inde yomqhubi ukuya eNew York, apho i-A350-900 inokusebenza ingayeki kumacala omabini, unyaka wonke. Ukumela umgama ongaphezulu kweemayile ezingama-8,000 ze-nautical, uhambo lweeyure ezili-17 lokubuya ukusuka eNew York ukuya eManila ngaphambili lwalubandakanya indawo yobugcisa yokumisa eVancouver.

I-Philippine Airlines iqwalasele i-A350-900 yayo kunye noyilo lweklasi ezintathu zeprimiyamu ezihlala abakhweli abangama-295 kwiiklasi ezintathu. Oku kuquka izihlalo ezingama-30 eziguqula iibhedi ezisicaba ngokupheleleyo kwiKlasi yoShishino, i-24 inika indawo eyongezelelweyo kwi-Premium Economy kunye ne-241 18-intshi yezihlalo ezibanzi kwi-cabin enkulu.

Inqwelomoya ibonakalisa iAirspace ephumelele ibhaso yikhabhathi yeAirbus, enendawo eyongezelelekileyo yobuqu kunye noqhagamshelo olugcweleyo kulo lonke. Ikhabhinethi yeyona ithuleyo kuyo nayiphi na inqwelomoya ephakathi kwamawele kwaye inezibane zomoya zamva nje kunye neenkqubo zokupholisa umoya. Amanqanaba aphezulu okufuma kunye nokuphakama kwekhabhinethi esezantsi zonke zinegalelo kwintlalo-ntle eyongeziweyo ebhodini, ngakumbi kwiinqwelomoya zoluhlu olude.

"Ukufika kwe-A350 XWB kuya kubona i-PAL inikezela ngamanqanaba amatsha enduduzo kwiinqwelo-moya zethu ezide," watsho uJaime J. Bautista, uMongameli kunye ne-COO ye-Philippine Airlines. “Kwangaxeshanye sizakuxhamla kwindlela entsha yokuvelisa i-A350 XWB, ngokucutha kakhulu ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha kunye neendleko zokuyilungisa. Sikholelwa ukuba i-A350 XWB iya kuba yintshatsheli yePAL njengoko sikhuphisana nezona zibalaseleyo kwimarike yohambo olude.

"Siyavuya ukwamkela iPhilippine Airlines njengomqhubi wamva nje we-A350 XWB," utshilo u-Eric Schulz, iGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo, i-Airbus. “I-A350 XWB imisele imigangatho emitsha yeenqwelomoya ezihamba ixesha elide, idibanisa isakhono soluhlu olude olongezelelekileyo kunye neyona ndleko iphantsi inokwenzeka yokusebenza kunye nemigangatho ephezulu yokuthuthuzela. Siqinisekile ukuba i-A350 XWB iya kuba yimpumelelo enkulu kwi-Philippine Airlines kwaye iya kwenza ukuba inkampani yeenqwelo moya yomeleze indawo yayo njengomnye wabathwali abahamba phambili bamazwe ngamazwe e-Asia.”

I-A350 XWB lusapho olutsha-olutsha lweenqwelomoya ezithatha uhambo olude oluphakathi kobungakanani obubumba ikamva lokuhamba ngomoya. I-A350 XWB ibonisa uyilo lwamva nje lwe-aerodynamic, i-carbon fiber fuselage kunye namaphiko, kunye neenjini zeRolls-Royce ezintsha ezonga amafutha. Ngokudibeneyo, obu bugcisa bamvanje buguqulela kumanqanaba angenakuthelekiswa nanto okusebenza ngokufanelekileyo, kunye nokucutha ukusetyenziswa kwepetroli ngama-25 ekhulwini kunye neendleko zokuyilungisa ezisezantsi kakhulu.

Ekupheleni kukaJuni ka-2018, i-Airbus irekhode ii-odolo eziqinileyo ezingama-882 ze-A350 XWB kubathengi abangama-46 kwihlabathi liphela, sele beyenza enye yezona nqwelomoya ziphumeleleyo. Ii-182 ze-A350 XWB zithunyelwe kwiinqwelo-moya ezili-19 kwihlabathi jikelele.

I-A350 XWB ijoyina inqwelo ye-Airbus ekhoyo kwi-Philippine Airlines okwangoku iquka i-27 A320 yeenqwelo zeSapho, i-15 A330 kunye ne-A340 ezine.