Kulandela i-MOU esayinwe e-Le Bourget Paris Airshow ngoJuni, i-Viva Air, iqembu elithwala izindleko eziphansi laseLatin America eliphethwe yi-Irelandia Aviation, lisayine isivumelwano sokuthenga ne-Airbus indiza engu-50 A320 Family. I-35 A320neo ne-15 A320ceo izosetshenziswa izinkampani zezindiza zeqembu i-VivaColombia ne-Viva Air Peru futhi izovumela opharetha ababili be-Airbus ukuthi benze izimoto zabo zibe zesimanje futhi bathwebule namathuba okukhula kulo lonke elase-Latin America.
UWilliam Shaw, oyi-CEO kanye noMsunguli we-VivaColombia, eyingxenye ye-Viva Air, uthe: “Lo myalelo ubonisa ukuzibophezela kwethu kwesikhathi eside kumakhasimende ethu ehlisa imali yokugibela ngenxa yezinzuzo zale mikhumbi emisha. Sijabule ngokuqhubeka nokwandisa imodeli yethu ephumelelayo yezindleko eziphansi futhi sisheshise ukukhula kwethu kulo lonke elaseLatin America okwenza ezokuthutha zezindiza zifinyeleleke kalula futhi zithengeke kumakhasimende ethu.”
UJohn Leahy, oyiChief Operating Officer ye-Airbus, Abathengi, uthe: “I-Airbus ijabule ngokubamba iqhaza elikhulu ekusekeleni i-Viva Air ohambweni lwayo olujabulisayo lokuthuthukisa imodeli ebiza kancane kulo lonke elaseLatin America. Ngekhabethe layo elinethezekile, izindleko eziphansi zokusebenza nokusebenza kahle kukaphethiloli, i-A320 kanye ne-A320neo Families iwumugqa womkhiqizo ongcono kakhulu ohambisana nezinjongo zokunwetshwa kwe-Viva Air.”
Ubudlelwano be-Airbus-VivaColombia baqala ngo-2012 lapho inkampani yezindiza iqala ukusebenza ngendiza ye-A320. I-VivaColombia, ezinze e-Medellin, ibingu-opharetha we-Airbus kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, futhi namuhla isebenzisa i-11 A320s. IViva Air isanda kwethula i-Viva Air Peru, okuyinkampani yezindiza engudade yaseVivaColombia ezinze eLima. IViva Air Peru njengamanje isebenzisa izindiza ezintathu ze-A320.
IViva Air iyiqembu elizinze ePanamani elenziwe yi-Irelandia Aviation futhi eholwa nguDeclan Ryan. I-Irelandia ithuthukise ngempumelelo abathwali bezindleko eziphansi abayisithupha emhlabeni jikelele, okuyi-Allegiant, iRyanair, iTigerair, iVivaAerobus, iVivaColombia kanye neViva Air Peru yakamuva. Sezihlanganisiwe, izindiza zinemikhumbi yezindiza ezingaphezu kwama-420 futhi zithwale abagibeli abangaphezu kwesigidi.
I-A320 Family iwumugqa womkhiqizo owodwa odayiswa kakhulu emhlabeni. Kuze kube manje, Umndeni usuwine ama-oda angaphezu kuka-13,000 futhi izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-7,600 zilethwe kumakhasimende nabasebenzi abangama-400 emhlabeni jikelele.
Umndeni we-A320neo Family uhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe obusha kakhulu obubandakanya izinjini zesizukulwane esisha namaSharklets, ahlangana ndawonye aletha okungenani amaphesenti ayi-15 wokonga uphethiloli lapho ulethwa kanye namaphesenti angama-20 ngonyaka ka-2020. ithathe ingxenye engamaphesenti angama-5200 emakethe.
Njengoba kuthengiswe izindiza ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 kanye nokusalela emuva kwezingaphezu kuka-400, izindiza ze-Airbus ezingaphezu kuka-650 ziyasebenza kulo lonke elaseLatin America naseCaribbean. Kusukela ngo-1990, i-Airbus ithole ama-oda angaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-60 esifundeni futhi eminyakeni eyi-10 kuphela edlule, i-Airbus iphindeke kathathu imikhumbi yayo esebenza.
