IDelta Air Lines iyala ama-jet angama-30 angeziwe e-Airbus A321

I-Delta Air Lines ese-Atlanta ibeke i-oda elengeziwe lezindiza ezingama-30 eziqinile ze-A321ceo. Leli oda lilandela ama-oda amathathu wangaphambilini we-Delta yenguqulo ye-Current Engine Option yelungu lomndeni elikhulu kakhulu le-Airbus A320. Inkampani yezindiza yathatha i-A321 yayo yokuqala ngoMashi wonyaka odlule. IDelta manje isi-ode inani lama-A112s angama-321, ngayinye inikwa amandla yizinjini zeCFM56 ezivela kwaCFM International.

"Ukunethezeka kwe-A321, ukusebenza kwayo kanye nezomnotho kuyenza ibe yindiza ephoqelela kakhulu iDelta kwinethiwekhi yethu yemizila yasekhaya," kusho uGil West, oyiPhini likaMongameli oPhethe likaDkt Delta kanye neChief Operating Officer. "Siyakwazisa ukusebenzisana kwethu okude ne-Airbus futhi silangazelela ukuthatha izindiza ezintsha ezintsha ze-A321 ukuze kuzuze amakhasimende ethu, abasebenzi kanye nabaninizabelo."

"Ivoti lokuzethemba kweDelta ku-A321ceo - ethatha inkampani yezindiza manje ukuba ngaphezu kohlobo oluyi-100 ku-oda - ikhombisa ukuthi abagibeli, opharetha kanye nabatshalizimali bayathandwa yile ndiza," kusho uJohn Leahy, oyiChief Operating Officer - Amakhasimende e-Airbus Commercial Aircraft . "Umndeni wakwa-A320 wethula induduzo engenakuqhathaniswa, umnotho kanye nokwethembeka ezinkampanini zezindiza ezinjengeDelta ezinaka okufunwa ngamakhasimende azo."

Onke ama-A321s akwaDelta azofaka ama-Sharklets okonga uphethiloli - amadivayisi we-wingtip lightweight ahlanganisiwe anikela ngemali efinyelela ku-4% wokonga uphethiloli. Lo mhlomulo wezemvelo unikeza izindiza ithuba lokunweba ibanga lazo lifike ku-100 nautical miles / 185 kilometres noma ukwandisa umthamo wokukhokha ngama-1000 kg / 450 kilograms.

Iningi lama-A321 e-Delta alethwa e-Airbus US Manufacturing Facility e-Mobile, Alabama. Inkampani yezindiza ithole i-A321 yayo yokuqala eyenziwe e-US ngonyaka odlule. Ekupheleni kuka-2017, isikhungo se-Airbus ku-Mobile kulindeleke ukuthi sikhiqize izindiza ezine ngenyanga, eziningi eziya kumakhasimende e-Airbus ase-US.

Ukuphela kuka-Ephreli, iDelta ibindiza indiza yezindiza eziyi-187 ze-Airbus, kubandakanya amalungu omndeni angama-145 A320 kanye nama-widewodi angama-42 A330.