Air New Zealand uhlela ukunikeza i-inthanethi yamahhala, enesivinini esikhulu kubahambi be-Kiwi ezindizeni ezikhethiwe zasekhaya. Ngokusebenzisana no-Starlink, umhlinzeki we-inthanethi wesathelayithi, bahlose ukuhlola le sevisi ezindizeni ezimbili, okuhlanganisa ijethi kanye ne-ATR, kusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-2024. Lesi sinyathelo siphawula ukuqala kokufinyelela kwe-inthanethi endizeni ye-turboprop, okubeka isibonelo emoyeni. ubuchwepheshe bokuhamba.
Ukuqulwa kwecala I-Starlink ye-inthanethi endizeni ekhethiwe izohlala izinyanga ezine kuya kweziyisithupha. Uma kuphumelele, i-Air New Zealand ihlela ukusebenzisa le inthanethi yesivinini esikhulu, ebambezeleka ephansi endizeni kuzo zonke izindiza ezisele zasekhaya ngo-2025. Abagibeli bangalindela isivinini se-inthanethi ngokushesha ngokwanele ukusakaza okuqukethwe kwevidiyo ngaphandle komthungo.
I-inthanethi ye-Starlink endizeni izovumela abahambi bebhizinisi ukuthi baqhubeke nokusebenza ngesikhathi sezindiza, kuyilapho abavakashi bezokungcebeleka bengakwazi ukusakaza ama-podcasts nemibukiso ye-Netflix ngesikhathi sangempela esikhundleni sokuwalanda kusengaphambili. Kodwa-ke, imithetho yamanje evela kwa-Civil Aviation Authority izokwenqabela ukushaya izingcingo phakathi nendiza.
I-Air New Zealand njengamanje inamandla okuvimba okuqukethwe okungabazisayo kusevisi yabo ye-inthanethi. Ukwethula ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi ku-ATR kuzophawula impumelelo yokuqala emhlabeni wezokundiza.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Air NZ sedijithali u-Nikhil Ravishankar sithe nakuba ukufinyelela kwe-inthanethi kuzotholakala ukusuka esangweni kuye kwelinye, kuzocishwa ngesikhathi sokusuka nokufika ukuze kuhambisane nemithetho ye-CAA. Ngaphandle kwemibono engaba khona yokuthi i-inthanethi ingase ingabalulekile ezindizeni ezimfushane zasekhaya, u-Ravishankar ukholelwa ukuthi kunesidingo esikhulu sale sevisi.
Okwamanje, isivivinyo se-Starlink sikhawulelwe ezindizeni zasekhaya. Izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe zase-Air New Zealand zine-Wi-Fi, ngaphandle kwezindiza ezithile eziqashiwe, zisebenzisa amasathelayithi e-geostationary. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Starlink, isebenzisa amasathelayithi e-LEO eduze noMhlaba, iqinisekisa amasignali athembeke kakhulu njengoba ehlezi eseduze ngenxa yokunyakaza kwawo okuzungeza umhlaba ophansi.
U-Jason Fritch, iphini likamongameli kwa-Starlink ku-SpaceX, uzwakalise ukuziqhenya ngokusebenzisana ne-Air New Zealand ukwethula i-inthanethi ye-Starlink enesivinini esiphezulu endizeni yabo, kuhloswe ngayo ukunweba lokhu kuguqulwa kokuxhumana okundizeni kubabukeli bomhlaba.
