Inkampani ye-Air India engami Delhi-i-San Francisco indiza idale umlando ngoSuku Lwenkululeko lwase-India lwama-73 - ibe indiza yokuqala yezohwebo yaseNdiya ukundiza endaweni esenyakatho.
Indiza yenza okuncane ukusindisa imvelo futhi yaqinisekisa nokuthi uhambo phakathi kwalawa madolobha amabili luba lufushane. Indiza ye-Air India engu-173 indize nenani eliphelele labagibeli.
“Ukuhlelela indiza kube yinselelo. Izinkinga eziningi kwadingeka zixazululwe, okuhlanganisa ukusebenza kwelanga endaweni epholile kanye nokuphazamiseka kazibuthe kwezokuxhumana, ukubiza ezimbili nje kuphela, "kusho u-Amitabh Singh, uMqondisi-Operations, i-Air India, owayebambe iqhaza ekuhleleni indiza.
Bonke abagibeli abahamba nge-AI 173 banikezwe isitifiketi esirekhode lokho - ukuthi abagibeli bagibele indiza i-Boeing 777-200 Long Range ephawula ukuqala kwezindiza zezentengiselwano ze-Air India phezu kweNorth Pole.
Ebuzwa ukuthi kungani umzila wePolar ubaluleke kangaka, uCapt Digvijay Singh, owasebenzisa uhambo lwango-August 15, uthi isikhathi esongiwe sizosukela emizuzwini emihlanu kuya kwengu-75. “Sithathe isilinganiso semizuzu engu-20 indiza ngayinye ye-Polar okusho ukuthi, kwi-Boeing 777, isho ukonga uphethiloli ongu-2,500 kg kanye nokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ngo-7,500 kg. Abagibeli bayazuza ngoba isikhathi sendiza sifushane. Inkampani yezindiza iyasizakala ngoba izindleko zikaphethiloli ziphansi futhi imvelo iyasizakala ngoba ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni kuyehla,” kwengeza uSingh. Njengamanje indiza ivala ibanga ngamahora ayi-15 nemizuzu engama-45.
Abagibeli abebelandela indlela yendiza kumathelevishini abo bebekwazi ukubona ibhanoyi lindiza eduze naseNyakatho. Izisebenzi zasekhabhini nazo zenze isimemezelo ngohlelo lwezinkulumo zomphakathi.
Ukuvulwa komzila wePolar kuzosiza ukusebenza kwe-Air India kuwo wonke amadolobha amahlanu ase-US endizela kuwo - eNew York, eNewark, eChicago, eSan Francisco naseWashington DC.
Ngokunokwenzeka, ukuvulwa komzila we-Polar kungase kuholele ekutheni i-Air India ingasayisebenzisi indiza 'yomhlaba wonke' ezama ukufika e-San Francisco. Umzila weDelhi-San Francisco wethulwa ngo-2015.
