EYurophu Airbus imali engenayo inyuke ngamaphesenti angama-24 engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2019 yafinyelela ku-€30.1 billion ($33.6 billion), kanti inzuzo yonke ikhule yafinyelela ku-€1.2 billion uma iqhathaniswa nama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-496 ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, isikhulu esiphezulu sabenzi bezindiza. UGuillaume Faury kusho ngesikhathi kunocingo lwengqungquthela ngoLwesithathu.

I-Airbus yehlule amarekhodi ayo ngenzuzo ekhuphukayo yesigamu sonyaka, izishaya isifuba ngesidingo esinamandla sezindiza zamajethi ayo akonga uphethiloli.

Le miphumela ilandela isimemezelo sangoLwesibili sokuthi i-Air France-KLM ifake i-oda elisindayo lezindiza ezintsha ezingama-60 ze-Airbus ezenziwe eCanada i-A220-300 zezindiza ezinobude obufushane noma obumaphakathi - okuwumfanekiso wesidingo esikhulayo sezindiza ze-Airbus. Iningi lenzuzo elibikiwe, nokho, liqhamuke ekukhuleni kokukhiqizwa kwezindiza ezidume kakhulu zenkampani i-A320 ezinephasishi elilodwa. Selokhu kuqale unyaka, i-Airbus ilethe ama-294 alawa, futhi yaqinisekisa umgomo wayo wengqikithi yama-880 kuya kwangu-890 okulethwayo kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka.

Ngokuphambene, imbangi ye-Airbus yase-US u-Boeing yalahlekelwa kakhulu ngokumiswa kwe-737 MAX.

I-A320 iyimbangi eqondile ye-Boeing's 737 MAX, indiza engalungile eye yamiswa unomphela ngabalawuli emhlabeni wonke kusukela maphakathi no-March ngemuva kwezingozi ezimbili e-Ethiopia nase-Indonesia okwaholela ekufeni kwabantu abangu-346. Yize inani elikhulu lamajethi angu-MAX kade lilindelwe yizinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni wonke, umkhiqizi wezindiza wase-US ngeke akwazi ukuletha noma yiziphi kuze kube yilapho abalawuli bethi ziphephile.

Ngesonto eledlule, i-Boeing ithumele ukulahlekelwa kwayo okukhulu kunakho konke okwake kwenzeka ngekota, ibala izindleko eziphelele zenkinga ye-737 MAX ngaphezulu kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-8, kubika i-Reuters. Isamba ngokuvamile sihlanganisa isinxephezelo umkhiqizi kuyodingeka akhokhe izindiza ngokubambezeleka ukudiliva kanye nokukhiqizwa okuphansi. Le nkampani yaze yaxwayisa ngokuthi kungase kudingeke ukuthi kuvalwe ukukhiqizwa kwendiza ephansi ngokuphelele uma abalawuli bengezi nokuhlola maduze.

Izinkampani zezindiza eziningi sezivele zafuna isinxephezelo enkampanini yaseMelika ngokuhluleka kokulethwa kwezindiza, kanti inkampani ephethe isabelomali saseSaudi Arabia i-Flyadeal ibe yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala ukukhansela i-oda lamandiza angama-50 e-Boeing abiza ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5.9 ukuze avumelane nesivumelwano ne-Airbus.

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A number of airlines have already demanded compensation from the US company for failed plane deliveries, while Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flyadeal became the first airline to cancel an order of 50 Boeing jets worth up to $5.
Since the start of the year, Airbus has delivered 294 of these, and confirmed its goal of the total of 880 to 890 deliveries till the year end.
The A320 is a direct competitor to Boeing's 737 MAX, the ill-fated plane that has been grounded indefinitely by regulators worldwide since mid-March after two crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia resulted in the deaths of 346 people.