Ukulungela ukuqala ukusebenza kwe- “Long Range” (LR) ngamakhasimende wethula inguqulo ye-A321neo enamandla kakhulu futhi eguquguqukayo kuze kube manje - i-A321LR - ishukumise isinyathelo esibalulekile esiseduze ngokuvunyelwa kwe-EASA kanye ne-FAA kwakamuva kwendiza ezosebenza kuze kufike kokuthathu underfloor Additional Center Tanks (ACTs), kufaka phakathi ukusebenza kwe-ETOPS.
Le ngqophamlando yakamuva ingenye yezindlela ezahlukahlukene zokukwazi ukusebenzisa i-A321neo okuthi uma zihlanganisiwe, zivumele inguqulo ye-A321LR ukuba indize ifike ku-4,000nm enabagibeli abangama-206 ngophethiloli owengeziwe ogcinwe kwimithetho emithathu, kufaka phakathi nemizila ye-ETOPS. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukugunyazwa kwe-ETOPS kunika amandla isikhathi sokuchezukisa senjini eyodwa, esanele ukwenza noma yimuphi umzila we-transatlantic.
Ukuqinisekiswa kwe-A321LR kufaka phakathi: (a) ukuvunyelwa “koshintsho olukhulu” ukufaka kufinyelela kumithetho emithathu yokuzikhethela ku-A321neo - nezinhlelo zabo ezintsha ezihambisana nokuphathwa kukaphethiloli kanye nokuqiniswa kwesakhiwo okuphansi kwe-fuselage; kanye (b) nokugunyazwa kwenketho ye-A321neo “Airbus Cabin Flex” (ACF) efaka isakhiwo esishintshiwe se-fuselage ngamalungiselelo eminyango emisha kanye namandla aphakeme we-Maximum Take-Off Weight (MTOW) afinyelela ku-97 metric tonnes. Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ama-A321neos kuphela anesakhiwo esisha se-ACF anganikeza i-97t MTOW kanye nekhono lokufaka IMITHETHO emithathu. Phambilini, Umndeni wakwa-A321 wawungamukela kuze kube yimithetho emibili.
Ngenkathi ukumiswa kwe-ACF kuzoba yinto ejwayelekile yawo wonke ama-A321neos amasha athunyelwe kusuka cishe ngo-2020, amandla we-97t MTOW kanye namandla okuphatha kuze kube yimithetho emithathu kuzoba yizinketho. Okwe-ACTs, amakhasimende azocacisa ngaphambi kokwenziwa kwezindiza ukuthi ngabe indiza kufanele ifakwe uhlelo lokunweba lokuphathwa kukaphethiloli kanye nokuqiniswa kwesakhiwo okudingekayo ukuvikela ama-ACT angaphansi.
Ikhono lokwengeza noma ukususa ama-ACTs, kuhlanganiswe ne-Airbus Cabin Flex, amandla we-97t MTOW kanye nokuvunyelwa kwe-EASA / FAA ukusebenzisa i-ACTs nge-ETOPS, ngokubambisana kunika ukuguquguquka kwendiza okungakaze kubonwe ukwakheka kwamakhabethe, ukuhlala kwabantu, ukulayishwa kwempahla, amandla kaphethiloli kanye nemizila yemishini.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ukulungela ukuqala ukusebenza kwe- “Long Range” (LR) ngamakhasimende wethula inguqulo ye-A321neo enamandla kakhulu futhi eguquguqukayo kuze kube manje - i-A321LR - ishukumise isinyathelo esibalulekile esiseduze ngokuvunyelwa kwe-EASA kanye ne-FAA kwakamuva kwendiza ezosebenza kuze kufike kokuthathu underfloor Additional Center Tanks (ACTs), kufaka phakathi ukusebenza kwe-ETOPS.
- Ikhono lokwengeza noma ukususa ama-ACTs, kuhlanganiswe ne-Airbus Cabin Flex, amandla we-97t MTOW kanye nokuvunyelwa kwe-EASA / FAA ukusebenzisa i-ACTs nge-ETOPS, ngokubambisana kunika ukuguquguquka kwendiza okungakaze kubonwe ukwakheka kwamakhabethe, ukuhlala kwabantu, ukulayishwa kwempahla, amandla kaphethiloli kanye nemizila yemishini.
- Mayelana ne-ACTs, amakhasimende azocacisa ngaphambi kokukhiqizwa kwendiza ukuthi ingabe indiza kufanele ifakwe ngohlelo olunwetshiwe lokuphatha uphethiloli kanye neziqinisekiso ezidingekayo ukuze kuvikeleke ama-ACT angaphansi.
