I-DUBAI, UAE – Njengoba belungiselela ukuthenga indiza entsha yakwa-Boeing i-777X, izikhondlakhondla zezindiza ze-Gulf i-Emirates kanye neQatar Airways zixwayisa ngokuthi i-Boeing kufanele igweme amaphutha e-787 Dreamliner, adle amakhasimende izigidi zamarandi lapho amabhethri ayo ehluleka.
Lezi zinkampani zenethiwekhi ezikhula ngokushesha ze-Gulf kulindeleke ukuthi zibe phakathi kwamakhasimende okuqala futhi okungenzeka amakhulu kunawo wonke okunikezwayo kwakamuva kwe-Boeing, okwethulwe kumakhasimende ngesonto eledlule.
UMongameli we-Emirates u-Tim Clark uthe ngeSonto, “I-Boeing iphume emlotheni we-Sonic Cruiser eminyakeni edlule yaqhamuka ne-Dreamliner, okwakuwukugxuma kokholo nganoma yisiphi isikhathi. Bebeqala ukuzinza ngesikhathi izinto zibheda futhi.”
I-Emirates ayilona ikhasimende le-Dreamliner kodwa iyi-opharetha enkulu kunazo zonke engu-777 enamajethi afinyelela kwangu-175 azodinga ukushintshwa maduzane.
I-Boeing imemezele ukuthi isiqalile ukudayisa ikhodi yomndeni yendiza ethuthukisiwe ebizwa nge-777X, yethula umjaho we-Airbus wokuthengisa amajethi amade.
I-Boeing, esanda kuphuma enkingeni ye-Dreamliner, manje kuzofanele ikholise amakhasimende alahlekelwe izigidi ngenxa yokusungulwa kwama-787s.
Isikhulu esiphezulu u-Akbar al Baker uthe iQatar Airways, emise zonke izindiza zayo ezinhlanu ze-Dreamliner, izothola isinxephezelo kwaBoeing.
Ngaphandle kweQatar Airways, inkampani yezindiza i-Gulf ekhula ngokushesha i-Etihad Airways inama-Dreamliners angama-41 e-oda.
Lapho ebuzwa ngeziqinisekiso kumakhasimende ayo eGulf, uMongameli wakwaBoeing eMiddle East uJeff Johnson uthe, “Sihlanganise isixazululo esiphelele nesiphelele salolu daba futhi siyaqiniseka ngokuphepha kwe-787.”
Ukumiswa kwezindiza ze-Dreamliner kudle i-Boeing elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-600 zamarandi nokuphoqe ukuthi imise ukudiliva.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- As they prepare to buy Boeing’s new 777X jet, Gulf airline giants Emirates and Qatar Airways are warning that Boeing must avoid the mistakes of the 787 Dreamliner, which cost customers millions of dollars when its batteries failed.
- When asked about assurances to its Gulf customers, Boeing’s Middle East President Jeff Johnson said, “We put together a permanent and comprehensive fix for the issue and we are confident of the 787 safety.
- I-Emirates ayilona ikhasimende le-Dreamliner kodwa iyi-opharetha enkulu kunazo zonke engu-777 enamajethi afinyelela kwangu-175 azodinga ukushintshwa maduzane.
