Air New Zealand ibheke ukuphazamiseka okungenzeka emisebenzini yayo eminyakeni emibili ezayo njengoba ihlola izindiza zayo ezingu-17 ukuze ibone imifantu emincane emafeni ezinjini.
NgoJulayi, uPratt noWhitney, abakhi benjini, badalule isidingo sokuhlolwa kwezindiza ezingaba ngu-700 emhlabeni wonke, okunomthelela ezinhlelweni zokunakekelwa.
I-Air New Zealand ithe indiza engu-17 A320 kanye ne-321 NEO isebenzela i-Australia, iziQhingi zasePacific, kanye nemizila yasekhaya.
Umphathi wenkampani yezindiza, u-Greg Foran, ushilo ukuthi iningi lamakhasimende lisazondiza ngalolo suku, kodwa abanye abagibeli bezindiza zamazwe ngamazwe kungase kudingeke balungise izinsuku zabo zokuhamba ngosuku olulodwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi noma kamuva kunokubhuka kwabo kwasekuqaleni.
I-Air New Zealand ilindele ukuba nezindiza ezifika kwezine ezimiswe ngesikhathi esisodwa futhi ihlola inketho yokuqasha izindiza ezengeziwe ukuze inciphise umthelela walokhu kuhlola.
Izindiza eziqondile ezisuka e-Auckland ziya eHobart naseSeoul nazo zizomiswa kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2024.
"Ukumiswa kwendiza eya eSeoul kuzovumela ukuqina okwengeziwe lapho izinjini ze-Trent-1000 ezisebenzisa imikhumbi yethu engu-787 ziyolungiswa njalo ngenxa yezinkinga ezingase zibe khona ngokutholakala kwezinsimbi eziyisipele zakwaRolls-Royce ukumboza isikhathi sokulungiswa," kusho uForan.
"Yize yomibili imizila isebenze kahle, sidinga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi singakwazi ukuletha isevisi ethembekile kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yethu futhi sithole amakhasimende emizileni yethu edingeka kakhulu lapho adinga khona."
Amakhasimende athintwe yiziphazamiso awadingi ukufinyelela ku-Air New Zealand; inkampani yezindiza izobathinta emasontweni ezayo ukuze inikeze ulwazi.
Isikhulu sale nkampani yezindiza, uGreg Foran, uvumile ukuthi lezi akuzona izindaba abebezilindele, ikakhulukazi njengoba besanda kumemezela ukuthengwa kwezindiza ezintsha ukuze bakhulise umthamo kanye nokuhlangabezana nesidingo esikhulu esiqhubekayo sezinsiza zabo.
Ukuthengwa okuhleliwe kwe-Air New Zealand kwezindiza ezintsha, okuhlanganisa ama-ATR, ama-A321NEO, ama-A321 asekhaya, nama-B787, kusasendleleni yokuthi zilethwe phakathi kuka-2024 no-2027. Nokho, inkampani yezindiza iyasivuma isidingo sokulungiswa kwenethiwekhi neshejuli ngenxa yezinkinga ebezingalindelekile. Bazibophezele ekugcineni uzinzo kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yabo ngenxa yalezi zinselele.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Yize yomibili imizila isebenze kahle, sidinga ukuqinisekisa ukuthi singakwazi ukuletha isevisi enokwethenjelwa kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yethu futhi sithole amakhasimende emizileni yethu edingeka kakhulu afike lapho adinga khona.
- I-Air New Zealand ibhekene nokuphazamiseka okungenzeka ekusebenzeni kwayo eminyakeni emibili ezayo njengoba ihlola izindiza zayo ezingu-17 ukuze ibone imifantu emincane ezinjinini.
- "Ukumiswa kokundizela eSeoul kuzovumela ukuqina okwengeziwe lapho izinjini ze-Trent-1000 ezinikeza amandla umkhumbi wethu we-787 ziyolungiswa njalo ngenxa yezinkinga ezingaba khona ngokutholakala kwezinjini eziyisipele ezivela kwaRolls-Royce ukumboza isikhathi sokulungiswa,".
