I-Dreamliner ye-Hainan Airlines, ehlotshiswe ngo-Po, umlingisi oyinhloko ku- Kung Fu Panda ifilimu, nabangane be-panda abadumile, bathathe uhambo lokuqala lwendiza yenkonzo yabo entsha i-HU7181, esuka Haikou kuya Beijing, ekuseni ka Kwangathi 29, 2017. Njengoba inkampani yesithathu yezindiza yaseShayina i-Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner emkhunjini ukuthola ukulungiswa kwe-“King Fu Panda”, indiza enombala ophuzi edonsa amehlo yaqala ukundiza kwayo kwajabula isixuku.
Indiza ibithwele umgibeli okhethekile, UHannah Foss, umklami osemusha ovela esifundazweni sase Alaska. Nini UHannah Foss uthumele umklamo wakhe othi “Kung Fu Panda” onetimu ye-Dreamliner ngoSepthemba odlule, ubengomunye wabangene ku-inthanethi abacishe babe ngu-3,000 bonke ababenephupho elifanayo: Ukuze umklamo wabo upendwe empilweni yangempela, i-Hainan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Lelo phupho laqala ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule lapho Hainan, I-Boeing ne-DreamWorks imemezele ubudlelwano obuzofaka ukwethulwa kwama-Dreamliners apendwe ngokukhethekile ayisithupha eminyakeni emibili ezayo, okuhlanganisa abalingisi nezigcawu ezivela ku-franchise ethandwayo yopopayi.
“Bengikuthanda ukudweba nokuklama kusukela ngisemncane. Ngiklame umbukiso wama-dinosaur wemnyuziyamu futhi ngabonisa izibani zaseNyakatho ezizungeze i-Arctic Circle emsebenzini wami wobuciko. Kodwa angikaze ngicabange ukuthi umklamo wami uyopendiwa endizeni ngolunye usuku. Kuzwakala kumangalisa! Ngiyaqala ngqa ukuza China, wathatha i-Boeing Dreamliner futhi wabona inqubo yomdwebo wendiza. Ngizazisa kakhulu lezi “zokuqala” iHainan Airlines ezinginikeze zona,” kusho uNksz. Foss njengengxenye yenkulumo ayethula ngohlelo lwezimemezelo zendiza lapho abelane khona ngendaba yakhe ejabulisayo nabagibeli abangaphezu kuka-200 endizeni. “Lolu uhambo olukhethekile kimina, olunikeza abantu baseMelika abaningi njengami ithuba lokufunda ngeHainan Airlines futhi bawuqonde kangcono umbono wenkampani yaseShayina evelele yokwazisa iphupho lawo wonke umuntu ngaphezu kokuzinikela kwayo okuqhubekayo ekufezeni amaphupho.”
UHana wakhulela phakathi Adelaide, South Australia futhi wathuthela Alaska ngo-2008. Ezinye zezenzakalo zakhe zihlanganisa ukuchitha iminyaka eminingana njengengcweti ye-paleontological, i-CGI-ibonisa amafilimu ambalwa asemnyuziyamu, ukwakha unodoli we-dinosaur omude ongu-16-ft obizwa ngokuthi i-Snaps, ukudla i-muktuk ehlwabusayo, ukukhanda iqhwa oLwandle lwaseChukchi nokuhlangana Ibhele elihlala kwiqhwa.
Ngaphezu kokupenda idizayini yakhe ku-Dreamlinerand ukuze abe yingxenye yalolu hambo olumangalisayo, u-Hana wawina amathikithi amabili okuya nokubuya, amathikithi ekilasi lebhizinisi okuya. China, kanye ngendawo yokulala yamasonto onke ehhotela eliwubukhazikhazi.
Indaba ethi "Kung Fu Panda" igxile kakhulu emasikweni nasemlandweni wamaShayina. Umklamo ka-Hannah uhlanganisa izinhlamvu ezidumile ezifana no-Po no-Tigress, “nama-chop” endabuko yesiShayina kanye nokuphuma kwelanga okupendiwe. Idizayini yaklonyeliswa ngomklomelo ophambili ngokususela ekuveleni kwayo, ubuciko, amahlaya, ukubonakaliswa kwayo kwesiko lamaShayina, kanye nesici sawo se-wow.
Uma idizayini ka-Hannah ipendwa ku-Dreamliner entsha, indiza izondiza eziningana Lena indawo ka-Hainan imizila engami engaphezu kuka-40 phakathi China futhi i-America esenyakatho. Izojoyina ezinye izindiza ezimbili ezipendwe ngokukhethekile, eyokuqala eyafika e-Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ngonyaka odlule. Le ndiza yayithwala abafundi nothisha abangaphezu kwe-100 Lincoln High School in I-Tacoma, WA, ababebuya ohambweni olushintsha impilo, lwezinsuku eziyi-11 ukuya China.
I-Hainan Airlines iyaziqhenya ngokusebenzisana ne-DreamWorks kanye ne-Boeing ukuletha ilungelo le-“Kung Fu Panda” Lena indawo ka-Hainan isevisi elite kanye nesipiliyoni uNdunankulu. Bheka phambili ukusebenzisana okwengeziwe okufana nalokhu esikhathini esizayo, futhi qiniseka ukuthi uhlale ubhekile i-#TheFlyingPanda kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yethu yaseNyakatho Melika!
IHainan Airlines iqhubekile neqhinga layo lokusebenzisana nohulumeni waseChina IBhande elilodwa, Umkhankaso we-One Road njengengxenye yohlelo lwawo lonke lokwandisa ubukhona bawo ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe. Noma kunjalo, naphezu kobunzima bokusebenza ezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe ezincintisana kakhulu, inkampani yezindiza ayikaze intengantenge kusukela ezinhlosweni zayo zasekuqaleni zokuhlanganisa njalo uhlobo lokungenisa izihambi oluhlukile lwaseMpumalanga namazinga esevisi yesimanje, umqondo ohlanganiswe ezindizeni ze-Kung Fu Panda. Inkampani yezindiza ithuthukise isithombe sayo emakethe yezindiza yomhlaba wonke ngokusebenzisana ne-DreamWorks, ikhombisa isimo esisha sezinkampani zaseShayina emhlabeni ngenkathi ivumela abahambi yonke indawo ukuba baqonde kangcono isiko lamaShayina kanye nokunotha kwalo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Nevertheless, despite the complexities of operating in the highly competitive international markets, the airline has never wavered from its original set of goals of consistently combining the brand’s unique Oriental hospitality with modern service standards, a concept which is embodied in the Kung Fu Panda planes.
- This is the first time that I have come to China, taken a Boeing Dreamliner and witnessed the process of the painting of a plane.
- In addition to having her design painted on a Dreamlinerand to be part of this amazing journey, Hannah won two round-trip, business class tickets to China, as well as a weeks’.
