I-Virgin Atlantic ilethe indiza yayo yokuqala i-Airbus A330neo eqashwe kwa-Air Lease Corporation. I-A330neo izodlala indima ebalulekile ekuguqulweni kwemikhumbi yenkampani futhi iphinde iphawule indiza yama-50 ye-Airbus yenkampani yezindiza ezinze e-UK.
I-Virgin Atlantic izoba ngumqhubi wokuqala walolu hlobo e-UK, futhi iye ya-oda izindiza eziyi-13 ze-A330neo (eziyisithupha ngokuqashisa nge-ALC) ngenhloso yokwandisa umkhumbi uye ku-16 ekugcineni.
I-A330 Family iyindiza edume kakhulu enabantu abaningi eyake yaba khona ngokuphathelene namakhasimende nemizila, kuyilapho ukuguquguquka kwe-A330neo emakethe yebanga eliphakathi nobude akunakuphikiswa. I-A330neo, inikwa amandla izinjini ze-Rolls-Royce Trent 7000, iletha izindleko zokusebenza eziphansi ezinamadijithi amabili ngesihlalo ngasinye futhi inokushiswa kukaphethiloli okungaphansi ngamaphesenti angama-25 kanye nokukhishwa kwekhabhoni uma kuqhathaniswa nezindiza eziqhudelana nesizukulwane sangaphambilini.
Inikeza ukufana kwemikhumbi ye-Virgin Atlantic A330-A350 kubashayeli bayo kanye nolwazi lwabagibeli olungenamthungo, njengoba i-Virgin Atlantic isivele isebenzisa izindiza eziyisishiyagalolunye zesimanje i-A350-1000.
I-A330neo inekhabethe le-Airspace eliwine umklomelo, linikeza abagibeli izinga elisha lokunethezeka, indawo yokuma nokuklama. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukunikeza indawo yomuntu siqu eyengeziwe, imigqomo emikhulu engaphezulu, isistimu yokukhanyisa entsha kanye nekhono lokunikeza izinhlelo zakamuva zokuzijabulisa endizeni kanye nokuxhumana okugcwele.
Njengazo zonke izindiza ze-Airbus, i-A330neo iphinde ibe nesistimu yomoya ye-cabin yesimanje eqinisekisa indawo ehlanzekile nephephile ngesikhathi sendiza. Indiza ilungiselelwe ukuthwala abagibeli abangu-262 ezigabeni ezintathu ezihlanganisa izihlalo ezingu-32 ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezineminyango yangasese kanye nezindawo ezimbili ze-Retreat Suites zenkampani yenethiwekhi.
Izuza esilinganisweni esiphezulu sokudlula sanoma iyiphi injini ye-Trent, i-Trent 7000 inikeza ukuthuthukiswa okuphawulekayo kokushiswa kukaphethiloli ngesihlalo ngasinye uma kuqhathaniswa nesandulelayo futhi izonciphisa kakhulu umsindo wendiza. Igunyazwe ukuthi isebenze ngengxube engamaphesenti angama-50 ye-Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs); indiza yokulethwa kwendiza esuka eToulouse iya eLondon Heathrow indize ngenhlanganisela ye-SAF engamaphesenti angama-35.
