I-Airbus 'A220 iqala uhambo lokukhombisa umhlaba

I-Airbus izondizisa indiza yendiza eyodwa yesizukulwane esisha seBaltic A220-300, iye emadolobheni amahlanu emazweni amane njengengxenye yohambo lokukhombisa umhlaba.

I-A220-300 izoqala ukuhambela umbukiso wezindiza wase-Zhuhai (e-China) kusukela ngomhlaka-5 Novemba kuze kube umhla ziyisi-8 kuNovemba ngaphambi kokundizela e-Chengdu ngoNovemba 9. Indiza izoqhubeka nohambo lwayo ngokuma e-Koh Samui (Thailand) ngoNovemba 10 ngaphambi kokundizela eKathmandu (Nepal) ngoNovemba 11. Ngemuva kwalokho i-airBaltic A220 izoya e-Istanbul (Turkey) ngoNovemba 12 ngaphambi kokubuyela endaweni yayo yaseRiga (Latvia) ngoNovemba 14.

Uhambo lokukhombisa u-A220 luyithuba elihle lokuthi i-Airbus ikhombise ilungu layo lomndeni elisha kunazo zonke phambi kwezindiza kanye nabezindaba nokunikeza umbono oseduze ngezimpawu ezivelele zendiza, induduzo nokusebenza kwayo, okuzuzisa opharetha nabagibeli ngokufanayo.

I-A220-300 ye-airBaltic ifaka ilungiselelo lekhabethe elintofontofo elikwazi ukuhlalisa abagibeli abayi-145 enduduzweni yangempela ye-widebody. Inkampani yezindiza yaseLatvia isivele isebenza ama-13 A220-300s kokungu-50 okuphelele oku-odwe.

I-A220 ukuphela kwenhloso yezindiza eyakhelwe imakethe yezihlalo eyi-100-150, iletha ukusebenza kahle kwephethiloli okungenakuhlulwa kanye nenduduzo yangempela ye-widebody endizeni eyodwa. I-A220 ihlanganisa ukuqoqwa kwamandla omoya okwenziwe ngobuchwepheshe besimanje, izinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu kanye nezinjini zakamuva zePW1500G kaPattatt Whitney yokulungiselela izinjini ezinikela okungenani ngamaphesenti angama-20 ukusha kukaphethiloli esihlalweni ngasinye uma kuqhathaniswa nezindiza zesizukulwane esedlule. Ngobubanzi obufinyelela ku-3,200 nm (5020 km), i-A220 inikela ngokusebenza kwezindiza ezinkudlwana zendlela eyodwa.

Ngencwadi yama-oda yezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-400 kuze kube manje, i-A220 inazo zonke iziqinisekiso zokuwina isabelo sebhubesi emakethe yezindiza ezihlala abantu abayikhulu kuya kwayi-100.