Lufthansa namuhla umemezele i-oda lokuthenga amasha angama-50 Airbus Indiza ye-A321XLR, evumela inkampani yenethiwekhi ukuthi iqale ukushintsha futhi ihoxise indiza yayo ekhona ye-Boeing 757-200 futhi ihlangabezane nezidingo zokusebenza zenkampani yezindiza ngokumatanisa indiza esezingeni eliphezulu nemizila ekhethiwe enqamula i-Atlantiki evela ezizindaweni zayo ezibalulekile zase-US e-Washington DC naseNewark/New York.
Indiza yesimanjemanje, i-United elindele ukuyethula enkonzweni yamazwe ngamazwe ngo-2024, izophinde ivumele i-United ukuthi ihlole ukukhonza izindawo ezengeziwe e-Europe kusukela ezikhungweni zayo zasoGwini oluseMpumalanga eNewark/New York naseWashington.
"Indiza entsha ye-Airbus A321XLR iyindawo ekahle yomuntu ngamunye yendiza endala, engasebenzi kahle njengamanje esebenza phakathi kwamadolobha abaluleke kakhulu kunethiwekhi yethu yamazwekazi," kusho u-Andrew Nocella, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-United kanye nesikhulu sezohwebo. . “Ngaphezu kokuqinisa amandla ethu okundiza kahle kakhudlwana, amakhono e-A321XLR avula izindawo ezintsha ezingaba khona ukuze athuthukise inethiwekhi yethu yomzila futhi anikeze amakhasimende ezinye izinketho zokuhamba emhlabeni wonke.”
Isizukulwane esilandelayo se-A321XLR sinikeza amakhasimende umuzwa ophakeme wokuzizwisa endizeni futhi inezici zesimanjemanje ezihlanganisa ukukhanya kwe-LED, indawo yomgqomo omkhulu ongaphezulu kanye noxhumo lwe-Wi-Fi. Ukwengeza, indiza entsha yehlisa ukushiswa kukaphethiloli okuphelele esihlalweni ngasinye cishe ngama-30% uma iqhathaniswa nendiza yesizukulwane sangaphambilini, okwenza i-United ikwazi ukuqhubeka nokunciphisa umthelela wayo kwezemvelo njengoba inkampani ethwala izindiza iphokophele ekufezeni inhloso yayo yokwehlisa i-carbon footprint ngo-50% uma kuqhathaniswa namazinga ka-2005. ngo-2050.
I-United ihlela ukuqala ukulethwa kwe-Airbus A321XLR ngo-2024. Ukwengeza, inkampani yezindiza izohlehlisa ukulethwa kwe-oda layo lama-Airbus A350 kuze kube u-2027 ukuze ihambisane kangcono nezidingo zokusebenza zenkampani yenethiwekhi.
