Inkampani yenethiwekhi yaseMelika ebiza kancane, iBreeze Airways, enekomkhulu e-Cottonwood Heights, e-Utah, isimemezele ukuthengwa kwezindiza ezengeziwe ezingu-10 ze-A220-300, inyusa isamba sazo esiqinisekisiwe salolu hlobo lwendiza sibe ngu-90. Ngalokhu kutholwa, iBreeze manje isikleliswe okwesithathu. ikhasimende elikhulu emhlabeni wonke le-A220.
NgokukaBenoît de Saint-Exupéry, EVP Sales, Commercial Aircraft, Airbus, amandla akhethekile okusebenza kwe-A220 ayenza ibe indiza ekahle IBreeze Airways ukufeza umgomo wayo wokunikeza izindiza ezingaphazamiseki emizileni enganakiwe kulo lonke elase-United States.
Indiza ihlinzeka ngokusebenza okusebenzayo kanye nolwazi lokuhamba oluhlukile, kuyilapho igcina indawo encane kakhulu ye-carbon footprint phakathi kwezindiza ezincane ezinephasishi elilodwa emhlabeni. Ukwengeza, ikhiqiza ukungcoliswa komsindo omncane ezindaweni esebenza kuzo.
Indiza ayihlinzeki nje ngesipiliyoni esihle sekhabethe kodwa futhi inomthelela ekwehliseni izindleko zokusebenza kwenkampani yezindiza kanye nomthelela wemvelo. Inebanga lokundiza elingami elingafika ku-3,600 nautical miles noma amakhilomitha ayi-6,700. Uma kuqhathaniswa nezindiza zesizukulwane sangaphambilini, i A220 inikeza u-25% ukushiswa kukaphethiloli okuphansi kanye nokukhishwa kwe-CO2 esihlalweni ngasinye. Yakhelwe ngokukhethekile imakethe yezihlalo ezingu-100-150, isebenzisa i-aerodynamics, izinto ezithuthukisiwe, kanye nezinjini ze-GTF zesizukulwane sakamuva sikaPratt & Whitney. Nge-A220, amakhasimende angajabulela ukuncishiswa komsindo okungu-50% uma kuqhathaniswa namamodeli amadala ezindiza, kanye nokukhishwa kwe-NOx okucishe kube ngu-40% okuphansi kunezindinganiso zomkhakha.
I-A220, njengazo zonke ezinye indiza ye-Airbus, okwamanje ingasebenzisa kufikela ku-50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). I-Airbus ihlela ukwenza zonke izindiza zayo zikwazi ukusebenza nge-100% SAF ngo-2030.
NgoDisemba 2021, iBreeze yathola i-Airbus A220 yayo yokuqala futhi njengamanje isebenzisa uxhaxha lwezindiza ezingama-20 (kusukela ngoJanuwari 2024) kulo lonke elase-United States. I-Breeze iphinde yamemezela inhloso yayo yokuqasha ngokukhethekile indiza ye-A220 kuphela emisebenzini yayo yezohwebo ekupheleni kuka-2024.
Angaphezu kuka-300 A220 alethwe ezindizeni zezindiza ezingama-20 kuwo wonke amazwekazi amahlanu, okuhlanganisa ne-Oceania. Le ndiza ihlinzeka ngokuguquguquka kokusebenza kuyo yomibili imizila yesifunda neyebanga elide. Bangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100 abagibeli abandize nge-A220, okwamanje esebenza emizileni engaphezu kuka-1,350 futhi isebenza ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwama-400 emhlabeni jikelele. Kusukela ngoJanuwari 2024, cishe amakhasimende angama-30 afake ama-oda endiza ye-A900 engaphezu kuka-220, eqinisa isikhundla sawo njengomdlali oholayo emakethe encane yomzila owodwa.
