Indiza entsha ye-Airbus A321XLR isuka okokuqala

I-A321XLR yokuqala ye-Airbus (Xtra Long Range) iyifeze ngempumelelo indiza yayo yokuqala. Indiza, i-MSN 11000, isuke esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Hamburg-Finkenwerder ngo-11:05 hrs CEST indiza yokuhlola ethathe cishe amahora amane nemizuzu engama-35. Abasebenzi bendiza bebehlanganisa abashayeli bezindiza abahlolayo u-Thierry Diez no-Gabriel Diaz de Villegas Giron, kanye nonjiniyela bokuhlola u-Frank Hohmeister, u-Philippe Pupin noMehdi Zeddoun. Phakathi nendiza, abasebenzi bahlole izilawuli zendiza yendiza, izinjini namasistimu amakhulu, okuhlanganisa nokuvikela imvilophu yendiza, kokubili ngesivinini esikhulu nesiphansi.

UPhilippe Mhun, we-Airbus EVP Programs and Services uthe: “Lesi yingqopha-mlando ku-A320 Family nakumakhasimende ayo emhlabeni jikelele. Njengoba i-A321XLR iqala ukusebenza, izindiza zizokwazi ukunikeza ukunethezeka kwebanga elide endizeni eyodwa esendaweni eyodwa, ngenxa yekhabhinethi yayo eyingqayizivele ye-Airspace. I-A321XLR izovula imizila emisha enomnotho ongenakunqotshwa nokusebenza kwemvelo.” Ukungena kusevisi kuqondiswe ekuqaleni kuka-2024.

I-A321XLR iyisinyathelo esilandelayo sokuziphendukela kwemvelo kuMndeni we-A320neo wendlela eyodwa yendiza, ehlangabezana nezimfuneko zemakethe zokwenyuka kwebanga nomthwalo okhokhelwayo, okudala inani elikhulu lezinkampani zezindiza ngokunika amandla izinsizakalo ezisebenza ngokwezomnotho emizileni ende kunanoma iyiphi imodeli yendiza eqhathanisekayo.

I-A321XLR izoletha uhla lwendiza yendlela eyodwa engakaze ibonwe efinyelela ku-4,700nm (8700 km), esebenzisa uphethiloli ephansi ngo-30% ngesihlalo ngasinye uma kuqhathaniswa nendiza yesizukulwane sangaphambilini, kanye nokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-NOx nomsindo. Ekupheleni kukaMeyi 2022, i-A320neo Family isiqoqe ama-oda angaphezu kuka-8,000 avela kumakhasimende angaphezu kuka-130 emhlabeni wonke. Ama-oda e-A321XLR ame ngaphezu kuka-500 kumakhasimende angaphezu kwama-20.