IQela leLufthansa liyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukuzinikela kwalo ixesha elide kuphando lwemozulu, kwaye kunye neZiko loPhando laseJülich, lixhobise inqwelomoya yesithathu kwinqwelo yeQela layo ngezixhobo zokulinganisa. Isebenza ngokukhawuleza, i-Airbus A330 evela kwi-Eurowings Discover iqhubeka nokuqokelela idatha yomlinganiselo emoyeni. Inqwelo-moya ephinde yafakwa ezimgama omde zeLufthansa Group's airline yokuzonwabisa kunye nokubhaliswa kwe-D-AIKE, “Kilo-Echo,” ibhabhela kwinkonzo ecwangcisiweyo yehlabathi jikelele isiya kuMntla Melika, kwiCaribbean, kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya naseAfrika.
Ngaphezu kweminyaka esixhenxe, iLufthansa iqhuba iinqwelomoya ezimbini ezihamba umgama omde zixhotyiswe ngenkqubo yokulinganisa ukusuka kwiprojekthi yophando yaseYurophu i-IAGOS (Inqwelomoya ekwinkonzo yeNkqubo yeHlabathi yokuQaphela). Ngenxa ye-A330 eyongezelelweyo ngoku, iQela leLufthansa liza kukwazi ukuqokelela idatha yemozulu yesayensi kwiindlela ezongezelelweyo zenqwelomoya kwihlabathi jikelele.
“Siyazingca ngokukwazi ukuxhasa iprojekthi ye-IAGOS ngenqwelomoya yesithathu ehamba umgama omde. Kule minyaka ingama-30 idlulileyo, iinkcukacha eziqokelelwe kwinqwelo-moya yethu zibe negalelo elikhulu ekwakhiweni kolona lwazi lubanzi lwehlabathi lwe-ozone kunye nomphunga wamanzi emoyeni. Ngokuzibophelela kwethu, senza igalelo elibalulekileyo kuphando lwemozulu,” utshilo uChristina Foerster, iLungu leBhodi yesiGqeba yeLufthansa, enoxanduva lweBrand kunye noZinzo.
Ngaphantsi kobunkokeli beZiko loPhando leJülich, i-IAGOS idibanisa ubuchule bamaqabane avela kuphando, iinkonzo zemozulu, ishishini leenqwelomoya kunye neenqwelomoya. I-IAGOS yaseJamani ixhaswa ngemali nguMphathiswa weMfundo noPhando waseJamani.
“Enkosi kwinkxaso ekudala ikho yeLufthansa Group, i-IAGOS ikwazile ukuphuhla yaba sisiseko sophando sokuma kumazwe ngamazwe kwaye ikwindawo esembindini kwinkqubo yehlabathi yokujonga umoya. Siyayamkela i-'Kilo-Echo' njengelungu elitsha losapho kwaye sijonge phambili ekwenzeni nzulu ngakumbi intsebenziswano neQela leLufthansa. Siyathemba ukuba imilinganiselo yethu iya kunceda ekunciphiseni impembelelo yemozulu yezithuthi zomoya kwixesha elizayo, "kusho uProf. Andreas Petzold, umququzeleli we-IAGOS eJamani kwiZiko loPhando laseJülich.
Inkqubo ehlangeneyo yeprojekthi yophando yaseYurophu ifakwe ngokusisigxina ngaphantsi kwendawo yokukhwela inqwelomoya. Uqhagamshelwano olufutshane lukhokelela ukusuka apho ukuya kwiiprobe ezimbini zokulinganisa ezifakwe kwi-fuselage yendiza. Emva kwendiza nganye, idatha yokulinganisa erekhodiweyo ithunyelwa ngokuzenzekelayo kwiziko ledatha eliphakathi le-CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) iziko lophando eToulouse. Iziphumo zifikeleleka ngokukhululekileyo nangokuvulelekileyo kuphando lwehlabathi kwaye ngoku zisetyenziswa yimibutho engama-300 kwihlabathi liphela. Banceda abaphandi ukuba bafumane ulwazi olutsha malunga nophuhliso lwemozulu, ukubunjwa kwe-atmosfera kunye nokuchonga utshintsho lwexesha elide ukwenza imodeli yemozulu ichaneke ngakumbi kunye nokuphucula ukuqikelelwa kwemozulu.
30,000 iinqwelomoya zeLufthansa zophando lwemozulu
Inqwelo-moya yokuqala yeLufthansa Group ye-IAGOS, i-Airbus A340-300 “D-AIGT,” sele ikwinkonzo ukususela nge-8 kaJulayi, 2011. Ngolo suku, iLufthansa yaba yinqwelomoya yokuqala yehlabathi ukunduluka ngenkqubo entsha yokulinganisa ye-IAGOS. Inkqubo yangaphambili, i-MOZAIC, iphinde ifakwe kwii-Lufthansa Airbus A340-300s kwaye iqokelelwe ngokuthembekileyo idatha yokulinganisa kwinqwelomoya ukuya kwi-2014. NgoFebruwari 2015, inkqubo yesibini ye-IAGOS ifakwe eLufthansa kwi-Airbus A330-300 "D-AIKO" . Kunye nenqwelomoya yesithathu eguqulweyo, iinqwelomoya ezilishumi zizonke kwiinqwelomoya ezisixhenxe kwihlabathi jikelele ngoku zixhotyiswe ngenkqubo ye-IAGOS. Malunga nesiqingatha seenqwelomoya ezingaphezulu kwama-60,000 ngezixhobo zokulinganisa ze-MOZAIC kunye ne-IAGOS beziqhutywa yiLufthansa.
