I-Air Canada imemezele namuhla ukuthi ikhulise kakhulu umthamo wezimpahla ongena nokuphuma eVancouver phakathi kukaNovemba 21 no-30 kusuka ezindlini zayo eToronto, Montreal naseCalgary njengoba isebenza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uchungechunge olubalulekile lokuhlinzekwa kwezomnotho luxhumanisa. British Columbia ziyagcinwa kulandela imithelela yezikhukhula zangesonto eledlule. Sekukonke, i-Air Canada yengeza amathani angama-586 omthamo wempahla, amele ama-cubic metres angu-3,223 ukuze isekele uchungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kwezomnotho kwe-BC kanye nezidingo zemiphakathi yayo. Umthamo owengeziwe ulingana nesisindo cishe nama-moose amadala angama-860.
“Uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka ngomnotho lubalulekile, kanye nokusiza ukusekela ukuthuthwa kwezimpahla okuphuthumayo ukungena nokuphuma British Columbia, sikhulise umthamo kuhabhu yethu ye-YVR ngokusebenzisa ukuguquguquka kwe Air CanadaImikhumbi izohlela kabusha izindiza zabagibeli ezingama-28 ezindizeni ezinomzimba omncane ukuze zisetshenziswe nezindiza ezinomzimba obanzi i-Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Boeing 777, kanye ne-Airbus A330-300. Lezi zinguquko zizovumela amathani engeziwe angama-282 wezimpahla ukuthi zihanjiswe ezweni lonke ezindizeni zethu ezihleliwe zabagibeli, ”kusho uJason Berry, iPhini likaMongameli weCargo, e-Air Canada.
“Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Air Canada Cargo izosebenzisa izindiza ezengeziwe ezingu-13 ezithwala yonke impahla phakathi kwezindawo zethu zezimpahla eToronto, Montreal naseCalgary kanye ne-YVR isebenzisa indiza ebanzi, ihlinzeka cishe amathani angama-304 omthamo owengeziwe. Lezi zindiza zizosiza ukuhambisa iposi nezinto ezibolayo njengokudla kwasolwandle, kanye nezingxenye zezimoto nezinye izimpahla zezimboni,” kuphetha uMnu. Berry.
I-Air Canada futhi isebenzisana nozakwethu wesifunda i-Jazz Aviation ukuze inikeze umthamo owengeziwe wempahla wesifunda ngokuguqula okwesikhashana i-Air Canada Express De Havilland Dash 8-400 isuke ekucushweni kwayo okujwayelekile yabagibeli ibe ukumiswa kwempahla ekhethekile. Le Dash 8-400 Simplified Package Freighter esetshenziswa i-Jazz ingathwala isamba esingu-18,000 lbs. (8,165 kg) wempahla futhi izosatshalaliswa ekuthuthweni kwezimpahla ezibucayi, kanye nezimpahla zabathengi nezimboni futhi izosebenza ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
Ngesonto eledlule, njengoba umthelela wezikhukhula ezicekele phansi ubonakala, Air Canada ngokushesha wengeze umthamo kunethiwekhi ye-Air Canada Cargo ngokufaka esikhundleni sezindiza ezinkudlwana ezibanzi ezindizeni zabagibeli eziyi-14 eziya eVancouver.
Ngaphezu komthamo owengeziwe wempahla, Air Canada ikhulise nenani lezihlalo ezitholakalayo kumakhasimende e-Kelowna nase-Kamloops kusukela ngoNovemba 17, yengeza cishe izihlalo eziyi-1,500 kuyo yomibili imiphakathi ngokusebenzisa izindiza ezinkulu emizileni. Lokhu kusize abantu abathintwe ukuvalwa kwemigwaqo emikhulu ukuthi bandize bangene futhi baphume kulezi zikhumulo zezindiza, futhi ngomthamo wezimpahla zalezi zindiza zabagibeli, kuphinde kwavumela ukuthuthwa okubalulekile kwempahla yezokwelapha ezimweni eziphuthumayo kulezi zifunda.
I-Air Canada iyaqhubeka nokuqapha isimo eBritish Columbia eduze kakhulu futhi izolungisa isimiso sayo sabagibeli nempahla ngokufanele.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “The economic supply chain is vital, and to help support the urgent transport of goods into and out of British Columbia, we have increased capacity to our YVR hub by using the flexibility of Air Canada‘s fleet to reschedule 28 passenger flights from narrow-body aircraft to be operated with wide-body Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Boeing 777, and Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
- (8,165 kg) of cargo and will be deployed to transport critical goods, as well as consumer and industrial goods and will be in service as early as this week.
- Last week, as the impact of the devastating floods became apparent, Air Canada quickly added capacity to the Air Canada Cargo network by substituting larger widebody aircraft on 14 passenger flights into Vancouver.
