I-Air Niugini ikhetha i-Airbus A220

I-Air Niugini, inkampani yezwe lonke yasePapua New Guinea, isayine i-oda eliqinile ne-Airbus lesizukulwane sakamuva se-A220-100 yesizukulwane sakamuva ngaphansi kohlelo lwayo lokuthuthukisa izimoto. Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkampani yenethiwekhi izothola ama-A220-300 amathathu kanye namanye ama-A220-100 amabili kubaqashi bezinkampani zangaphandle. 

Lo myalo wamenyezelwa emcimbini okhethekile ePort Moresby nguGary Seddon, Ibamba Lesikhulu Esiphethe u-Air Niugini, kanye no-Anand Stanley, uMongameli we-Airbus Asia-Pacific, phambi kuka-Mhlonishwa. James Marape, uNdunankulu wasePapua New Guinea, kanye noMhlonishwa. William Duma, uNgqongqoshe Wezamabhizinisi Ombuso.

I-A220 izosetshenziswa yi-Air Niugini kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yayo yasekhaya neyesifunda. Imikhumbi emisha izoletha umthamo owengeziwe kanye nokwethenjelwa okukhulu kuwo wonke amanethiwekhi asekhaya futhi ivumele inkampani yenethiwekhi ukuthi ikwazi ukundiza isuka enhloko-dolobha iPort Moresby iye ezindaweni ezintsha kuyo yonke isifunda sase-Asia-Pacific.

UNgqongqoshe uDuma uthe: “Lona wumcimbi obalulekile ku-Air Niugini. Ngokuhambisana noMgubho weminyaka engama-50 wenkampani yezindiza, i-Air Niugini ithola amajezi esifunda amasha ayisithupha azoguqula uhambo lwezakhamuzi zasePapua New Guinea. Ngibheke ngabomvu ukwamukela 'i-People's Balus' (indiza yabantu) esibhakabhakeni sethu”.

I-Air Niugini iphinde yamemezela ukuthi ikhethe uhlelo lokusekela ukuhlela indiza enkampanini engaphansi kwe-Airbus i-NAVBLUE yemikhumbi yayo. Ibizwa ngokuthi i-N-Flight Planning (N-FP), isixazululo sizosiza inkampani yezindiza ukuthi ilungiselele uphethiloli, isikhathi, kanye nezindleko ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zokusebenza, kuyilapho iqinisekisa ukuphepha nokuthobela konke. 

Njengazo zonke izindiza ze-Airbus, i-A220 isivele ikwazi ukusebenza nge-50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). I-Airbus ihlose ukuthi zonke izindiza zayo zikwazi ukusebenza nge-100% SAF ngo-2030. 

Kusukela ekupheleni kukaSepthemba, i-Airbus isithole ama-oda angaphezu kuka-800 avela kumakhasimende angaba ngu-30 e-A220, okulethiwe angaphezu kuka-280. I-A220 isivele insiza ngempumelelo ngezindiza eziyi-17 emhlabeni jikelele.