I-Lufthansa Group iyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukuzibophezela kwayo isikhathi eside ocwaningweni lwesimo sezulu, futhi ngokubambisana ne-Jülich Research Centre, ihlomise indiza yesithathu emkhunjini wayo weQembu ngezinsimbi zokulinganisa. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-Airbus A330 evela ku-Eurowings Discover iqhubeka nokuqoqa idatha yokulinganisa emkhathini. Indiza ethatha uhambo olude efakwe kabusha yenkampani yezokungcebeleka yeLufthansa Group enokubhaliswa kwe-D-AIKE, “Kilo-Echo,” indizela emsebenzini ohleliwe womhlaba wonke lapho iya khona eNyakatho Melika, e-Caribbean, e-Indian Ocean nase-Afrika.
Sekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kweyisikhombisa, iLufthansa isebenzisa izindiza ezimbili ezithatha uhambo olude ezihlome ngesistimu yokukala evela kuphrojekthi yocwaningo yaseYurophu i-IAGOS (In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System). Ngenxa ye-A330 eyengeziwe manje, i-Lufthansa Group izokwazi ukuqoqa idatha yesimo sezulu yesayensi emizileni eyengeziwe yezindiza emhlabeni jikelele.
“Siyaziqhenya ngokuthi manje sesikwazi ukweseka iphrojekthi ye-IAGOS ngendiza yesithathu edonsa isikhathi eside. Eminyakeni engu-30 edlule, idatha eqoqwe endizeni yethu ibe negalelo elikhulu ekwakheni elinye lamasethi edatha abanzi kakhulu emhlabeni we-ozone nokuqukethwe komhwamuko wamanzi emkhathini. Ngokuzibophezela kwethu, senza okubalulekile ocwaningweni lwesimo sezulu,” kusho uChristina Foerster, oyiLungu leLufthansa Group’s Executive Board, elibhekele iBrand and Sustainability.
Ngaphansi kobuholi be-Jülich Research Center, i-IAGOS ihlanganisa ulwazi lozakwethu kusukela ocwaningweni, izinsizakalo zesimo sezulu, imboni yezokundiza nezindiza. I-IAGOS I-Germany ixhaswe uMnyango Wezemfundo Nocwaningo wase-German Federal.
“Ngenxa yokwesekwa okunesikhathi eside kweLufthansa Group, i-IAGOS ikwazile ukuthuthuka yaba ingqalasizinda yocwaningo lokuma kwamazwe ngamazwe futhi ibambe indawo emaphakathi ohlelweni lomhlaba jikelele lokubheka umkhathi. Samukela ‘i-Kilo-Echo’ njengelungu elisha lomndeni futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubeka nokujulisa ukubambisana neQembu leLufthansa. Sithemba ukuthi izilinganiso zethu zizosiza nasekunciphiseni umthelela wesimo sezulu wokuhamba kwezindiza esikhathini esizayo,” kusho uProf. Andreas Petzold, umxhumanisi we-IAGOS Germany e-Jülich Research Centre.
Uhlelo oluhlangene lwephrojekthi yocwaningo lwase-Europe lufakwe unomphela ngaphansi kwe-cockpit yendiza. Uxhumano olufushane luholela ukusuka lapho kuya kuma-probe wokulinganisa amabili afakwe ku-fuselage yendiza. Ngemva kwendiza ngayinye, idatha yokulinganisa erekhodiwe idluliselwa ngokuzenzakalelayo kusizindalwazi esimaphakathi sesikhungo socwaningo se-CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) e-Toulouse. Okutholakele kufinyeleleka ngokukhululekile nangokuvulelekile ocwaningweni lomhlaba wonke futhi njengamanje kusetshenziswa izinhlangano ezingaba ngu-300 emhlabeni jikelele. Zisiza abacwaningi ukuthi bathole ukuqonda okusha ngokuthuthuka kwesimo sezulu, ukwakheka komkhathi nokunquma izinguquko zesikhathi eside ukuze benze amamodeli wesimo sezulu anembe kakhudlwana futhi bathuthukise izibikezelo zesimo sezulu.
Izindiza zeLufthansa ezingu-30,000 zocwaningo lwesimo sezulu
Indiza yokuqala yeLufthansa Group ye-IAGOS, i-Airbus A340-300 “D-AIGT,” isivele isebenza kusukela mhla ziyisi-8 kuJulayi 2011. Ngalolo suku, iLufthansa yaba inkampani yezindiza yokuqala emhlabeni ukuthatha uhambo ngohlelo olusha lokulinganisa lwe-IAGOS. Isistimu eyandulelayo, i-MOZAIC, nayo yafakwa kuma-Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 amabili futhi yaqoqwa ngokuthembekile idatha yokulinganisa endizeni yokuhamba ngomkhumbi kuze kube ngu-2014. NgoFebhuwari 2015, uhlelo lwesibili lwe-IAGOS lwafakwa eLufthansa ku-Airbus A330-300 “D-AIKO” . Kanye nendiza yesithathu eguquliwe, ingqikithi yezindiza eziyishumi ezinkampanini zezindiza eziyisikhombisa emhlabeni wonke manje sezihlonyiswe ngohlelo lwe-IAGOS. Cishe ingxenye yezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-60,000 ezinemishini yokukala ye-MOZAIC ne-IAGOS bezisetshenziswa yiLufthansa.
