I-Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services imemezele ukuthi isibe ngeyokuqala e-Afrika enekhono lokulungisa i-GEnx Engine, enika amandla indiza i-Boeing 787.
Injini yokuqala ye-GEnx eyalungiswa esikhungweni se-Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services yenza inkampani yezindiza ibe phakathi kwezitolo ezimbalwa kakhulu ze-GEnx Repair kunethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke ye-GE MRO.
Umphathi we-Ethiopian Airlines Group, uMnu. Tewolde GebreMariam, uphawule ngaleli khono elisha wathi: “Sijabule ngokuba ngabahlinzeki bokuqala be-MRO e-Afrika abanekhono lokulungisa izinga le-GEnx Engine, izinjini zakamuva ze-GE ezinamandla kakhulu. izindiza ezithuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe, i-Boeing 787. Senza utshalomali olwengeziwe ukuze sithuthukise amandla ethu ukuze silungise ngokugcwele injini ye-GEnx ngaphambi maphakathi no-2019.
“Leli khono elisanda kuthuthukiswa lizosenza sikwazi ukulungisa kabusha izinjini ze-GEnx hhayi nje zezindiza zethu i-Boeing 787 kodwa nalezo zezinye izinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni ezisebenzisa indiza i-Boeing 787 esebenzisa injini ye-GEnx. Ngithanda ukudlulisa ukubonga kwami ku-General Electric ngokusiphathisa umthwalo wokulungisa izinjini ze-GEnx esikhungweni sethu esilungisayo futhi ngihalalisele ithimba lethu le-MRO ngalo msebenzi omuhle kangaka kanye nokusebenza kanzima nokuzinikela kwabo okuqhubekayo.”
I-Ethiopian Maintenance & Engineering Services yenza uhlaka lwendiza, injini, ingxenye kanye nomugqa wokulungisa ngaphansi kwemvume ye-Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. Izikhungo zayo zokulungisa isisekelo zinemvume ye-FAA INGXENYE 145 Yokulungisa Isiteshi kusukela ngo-1968 futhi okwamanje zigunyazwe ukunakekelwa kwezinhlobo zezindiza ze-B737, B757, B767, B777, B787, Q400 kanye ne-A350. I-MRO yase-Ethiopia iphinde ibe nemvume ye-EASA INGXENYE 145 yakho kokubili ukunakekelwa kwesisekelo nolayini e-Addis Ababa kwe-B737NG, B757, B767 kanye ne-B777. Isikhungo esiyisisekelo siphinde sibe nokugunyazwa kwe-Boeing ne-Bombardier njengendawo yesevisi egunyaziwe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Siyajabula ukuba ngabahlinzeki bokuqala be-MRO e-Afrika abanekhono lokulungisa izinga le-GEnx Engine, izinjini zakamuva ze-GE ezinikeza amandla endizeni yokuhweba ethuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe, i-Boeing 787.
- Ngithanda ukudlulisa ukubonga kwami ku-General Electric ngokusiphathisa umthwalo wokulungisa izinjini ze-GEnx esikhungweni sethu sokulungisa kanye nokuhalalisela ithimba lethu le-MRO ngale mpumelelo enkulu kanye nokusebenza kanzima nokuzinikela kwabo okuqhubekayo.
- “Leli khono elisanda kuthuthukiswa lizosenza sikwazi ukulungisa kabusha izinjini ze-GEnx hhayi nje zezindiza zethu i-Boeing 787 kodwa nalezo zezinye izinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni ezisebenzisa indiza i-Boeing 787 esebenzisa injini ye-GEnx.