I-Airbus A380 yokuqala enikwa amandla yi-100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel ithatha uhambo oluya esibhakabhakeni

I-Airbus yenze indiza yokuqala ye-A380 inikwa amandla yi-100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Indiza yokuhlola i-Airbus' A380 i-MSN 1 isuke e-Blagnac Airport, e-Toulouse, e-France ngo-08h43 ngoLwesihlanu zingama-25 kuNdasa. Indiza ithathe cishe amahora amathathu, isebenzisa injini ye-Rolls-Royce Trent 900 ku-100% SAF.

amathani angama-27 angaxutshiwe I-Sustainable Aviation Fuel zihlinzekwe ngabakwa-Total Energies kule ndiza. I-SAF ekhiqizwe eNormandy, eduze naseLe Havre, eFrance, yenziwe nge-Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA), engenawo ama-aromatics ne-Sulphur, futhi ngokuyinhloko ihlanganisa amafutha okupheka asetshenzisiwe, kanye namanye amafutha alahlwayo. Indiza yesibili, enendiza efanayo, ihlelelwe ukuthi isuke e-Toulouse iye e-Nice Airport, ngomhla zingama-29 kuNdasa ukuze kuhlolwe ukusetshenziswa kwe-SAF ngesikhathi isuka nalapho ifika.

Lesi ngesesithathu Airbus uhlobo lwendiza ezondiza ku-100% SAF phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-12; eyokuqala kwakuyi-Airbus A350 ngoMashi 2021 yalandelwa yindiza ye-A319neo esendaweni eyodwa ngo-Okthoba 2021. 

Ukwandisa ukusetshenziswa kwe-SAF kusalokhu kuyindlela esemqoka yokuzuza isifiso semboni sokukhipha ikhabhoni engenalutho ngo-2050. Izibalo ezibalulekile ezivezwe embikweni we-Waypoint 2050 zikhomba ukuthi i-SAF ingaba negalelo eliphakathi kwama-53% nama-71% okunciphisa ikhabhoni edingekayo.

Zonke izindiza ze-Airbus njengamanje zinezitifiketi zokundiza nenhlanganisela efika ku-50% ye-SAF exutshwe nophalafini. Inhloso wukuthola isitifiketi se-100% SAF ekupheleni kwale minyaka eyishumi.

Indiza i-A380 esetshenziswe ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa iyindiza efanayo esanda kwembulwa njenge-Airbus' ZEROe Demonstrator - indawo yokuhlola endizayo yobuchwepheshe besikhathi esizayo ewusizo ekuletheni indiza yokuqala emhlabeni engakhiphi emshinini ngo-2035.