I-ATLANTA, GA – I-Delta Air Lines izoqhubeka nokuphequlula amakhasimende ngolwazi lokuxhumana olushesha kakhulu esibhakabhakeni ngokwandisa ukuzibophezela kwayo ku-2Ku, ubuchwepheshe be-Wi-Fi obuhamba phambili embonini kaGogo, okungenani ngezindiza ezingu-350. Lokhu kuletha ukuzibophezela okuphelele kwe-Delta kwe-2Ku ezindizeni ezingaphezu kuka-600 emikhumbini yayo emikhulu.
I-2Ku ubuchwepheshe besizukulwane esilandelayo obunikeza ukumbozwa okungaguquki, okungaphazamiseki cishe noma yikuphi emhlabeni, okuhlanganisa naphezu kwezilwandle. Ukufakwa kwe-2Ku kuzonikeza amakhasimende isivinini esisheshayo kanye nomkhawulokudonsa izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-20 kunobuchwepheshe be-ATG kaGogo, okuvumela ukusebenza kokusakaza ividiyo. Kuleli hlobo, amakhasimende azokwazi ukusebenzisa i-Wi-Fi nokuzijabulisa kwangaphakathi endizeni kusukela etekisini nasekuhambeni ngokufika endizeni enikwe amandla i-2Ku. Ekupheleni kuka-2016, i-Delta izokwethula i-IPTV, inikeze amakhasimende ikhono lokubuka i-TV ebukhoma emishinini yawo endizeni ene-2Ku.
“Amakhasimende akwa-Delta azwakalise intshisekelo yokuthi isikhathi sawo emoyeni sisebenza kahle njengesikhathi sawo ephansi, futhi isathelayithi i-2Ku inikeza ulwazi oluthuthuke kakhulu lwe-Wi-Fi endizeni,” kusho u-Tim Mapes, iPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu we-Delta kanye Nesikhulu Sokumaketha. Isikhulu. “Ngokuzibophezela ezindizeni eziningi ezinobuchwepheshe be-2Ku, sihlinzeka amakhasimende e-Delta ngoxhumano lwendiza olusheshayo noluthembekile njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwe-Delta ekuhlaleni iletha izinsiza ezihamba phambili embonini.”
“Nge-2Ku, i-Delta izokwazi ukuletha ulwazi olungcono kakhulu lokuhamba ngendiza kubagibeli bayo noma kuphi lapho bendiza khona emhlabeni wonke,” kusho u-Jon Cobin, iPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu, i-Global Airline Business Group. “Siyazi ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani kuDelta ukuletha lobu buchwepheshe kubagibeli futhi sihlela ukuthi bufakwe kulezi zindiza ngokushesha okukhulu.”
Ukufakwa kwe-2Ku sekuvele kuqalile kuzindiza ze-Delta's Boeing 737-800 kanye ne-Airbus A319, futhi izindiza ezengeziwe zizofakwa kabusha ngohlelo olusha. Ekupheleni kuka-2016, i-Delta izosebenzisa izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-35 nge-2Ku, enikeza ukudonsa okuncishisiwe nokushiswa kukaphethiloli uma kuqhathaniswa namanye amasistimu e-Wi-Fi. I-2Ku ubuchwepheshe besizukulwane esilandelayo obusebenzisa izimpondo ezimbili zesathelayithi ye-Ku-band - isamukeli esisodwa sesixhumanisi esiya phezulu endizeni, nesinye esezansi, isixhumanisi sokubuyisela phansi.
I-Delta isiqedile ukufaka i-Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi cishe kuyo yonke imikhumbi yayo yamazwe ngamazwe ebanzi - okuhlanganisa indiza i-Boeing 747, 767, 777 ne-Airbus A330 kanye nendiza i-Boeing 757 esebenza emizileni edonsa isikhathi eside - futhi izoba Amaphesenti angu-100 aqedwe ngoSepthemba 2016. Isevisi ye-2Ku izonikezwa ku-Airbus A330-900Neo kanye nendiza ye-A350-900 uma ingena emikhumbini ye-Delta ngo-2019 nango-2017, ngokulandelanayo.
I-Delta isebenzisa umkhumbi wezindiza omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ofakwe i-Wi-Fi, enezindiza ezixhumene ezingaphezu kuka-3,500 nsuku zonke, okuhlanganisa neqoqo layo lezindiza eziyinhloko ezingama-660 zasekhaya. Izindiza ze-Delta ezingaphezu kuka-1,000, okuhlanganisa cishe zonke izindiza zesifunda ze-Delta Connection zezigaba ezimbili kanye namaphesenti angu-99 ezindiza zayo zamazwe ngamazwe ezithatha uhambo olude zifakwe isevisi ye-Wi-Fi endizeni, enikeza ukufinyelela kumakhasimende angaphezu kuka-370,000 ngosuku.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Delta customers have expressed an interest in their time in the air being as productive as their time on the ground, and 2Ku satellite offers a vastly upgraded in-flight Wi-Fi experience,”.
- Delta has completed installation of Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi on nearly all of its wide-body international fleet – including Boeing 747, 767, 777 and Airbus A330 aircraft as well as Boeing 757 aircraft operating on long-haul routes – and will be 100 percent complete by September 2016.
- “By committing to more aircraft with 2Ku technology, we’re providing Delta customers with faster and more reliable in-flight connectivity as a part of Delta’s commitment to always delivering the industry’s best on-board services.
