IPegasus Airlines, i-Low-Cost-Carrier (LCC) eTurkey, ifake i-oda le-25 A321neo ACF (ukumiswa kwe-Airbus Cabin Flex). Lokhu kuza ngaphezu kwe-18 A321neo kanye nama-57 A320neos asevele ese-oda ukuletha i-oda eliqinile lePegasus Airlines ezindizeni eziyi-100 ze-Airbus A320 Family.
Ukukhethwa kukaPegasus ukuthuthela kuyo yonke imikhumbi ye-Airbus kukhombisa isu lakhe lokukhulisa imfuyo yakhe yasekhaya kanye nenethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke enezindiza ezihamba phambili ezisemakethe ezikhona.
IMenenja Jikelele yePegasus Airlines uMehmet T. Nane: “ITurkey iyaqhubeka nokuqinisa isikhundla sayo emakethe yezindiza yezwe nsuku zonke futhi thina njengePegasus siyingxenye ebalulekile yalolu shintsho. I-oda esalifaka ngo-2012 ngezindiza eziyi-100 ze-Airbus laliyi-oda elikhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni wezindiza waseTurkey ngaleso sikhathi. Sithole indiza yokuqala yalolu hlelo ku-Q3 2016 futhi manje sinesivumelwano sokuguqula izinketho ezingama-25 zibe ama-oda aqinile. Sizoqhubeka nokukhulisa imikhumbi yethu igxathu elilodwa ngesikhathi futhi ngendiza yethu entsha sizoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka abagibeli bethu ngezindiza ezinethezekile. ”
"I-oda lakamuva le-Pegasus Airlines le-A321neo ACF ligcizelela ukuthi i-Airbus inikeza isisombululo esihle kunazo zonke, esisebenza kahle futhi esinethezekile engxenyeni eseMakethe", kusho uJohn Leahy, oyiChief Operating Officer - Amakhasimende, i-Airbus Commercial Aircraft. "Ngokuhlanganisa izindlela ezintsha zokwakhiwa kwamakamelo ezinamandla angakaze abonwe ngaphambili namakhono ebanga, i-A321 ACF izothuthukisa isipiliyoni sabagibeli bezindiza kanye nokuncintisana emakethe yokukhula ephikiswe kakhulu kuyilapho inciphisa imvelo yayo".
I-A321 iyilungu elikhulu kunawo wonke emndenini we-A320, ehlala abantu abangafika ku-240. Ifaka izinjini zakamuva, intuthuko ye-aerodynamic, kanye namasu amasha we-cabin, i-A321neo inikeza ukwehla okukhulu ekusetshenzisweni kukaphethiloli okungenani amaphesenti ayi-15 esihlalweni ngasinye kusukela osukwini lokuqala kanye namaphesenti angama-20 ngo-2020.
I-A321neo ACF yethula izithuthukisi zeminyango nezamafuselage ezivumela izindiza ukuthi zisebenzise kangcono isikhala samakamelo futhi iphinde inikeze ukuhlinzekwa komthamo kaphethiloli ongaphansi ongafinyelela ku-4,000nm transatlantic range. Ngama-oda angaphezu kwama-5,200 atholwe evela kumakhasimende angama-95, i-A320neo Family ithathe cishe amaphesenti angama-60 amasheya emakethe.