Kamora ts'ebetso e phethahetseng ea khetho, International Airline Group (IAG), le British Airways li saenetse Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ho reka lifofane tse 18 tsa Airbus A350-1000 hammoho le likhetho tse 18, e le karolo ea sehlopha sa lifofane tse nkang nako e telele. leano la ho nchafatsa le ho nchafatsa.
IAG, mong'a British Airways le Iberia, e boetse e sirelelitse mantsoe a khoebo le libaka tse ka lebisang ho litaelo tse tiileng tsa Iberia. Litaelo tse tiileng li tla etsoa feela ha Iberia e le boemong ba ho hola ka chelete e ngata, e ntlafalitse le ho fokotsa litšenyehelo tsa eona.
Khetho ea A350-1000 e latela qeto ea British Airways ka 2007 ea ho reka li-Airbus A12 tse 380, ea pele e tla romelloa lehlabuleng lena. Ho sebelisa A380 le A350 hammoho ho fana ka boleng ba 'nete ho lifofane tse etellang pele lefatšeng hobane ho li lumella ho tsamaisana le bokhoni ba sefofane le tlhoko ea sephethephethe tseleng efe kapa efe.
"A350-1000 e tla tlisa melemo e mengata ho likepe tsa rona. Boholo ba eona le mefuta e fapaneng e tla lekana hantle bakeng sa marang-rang a rona a teng, 'me ka litšenyehelo tse tlase tsa yuniti, ho na le monyetla oa ho tsamaisa libaka tse ncha ka mokhoa o nang le phaello. Sena se ke ke sa tlisa phetoho e kholo ho marang-rang a rona empa hape le khetho e eketsehileng bakeng sa bareki ba rona, "ho boletse Willie Walsh, Mookameli e Moholo oa IAG.
Ho pholletsa le malapa ohle a eona a lifofane mokhoa o ikhethang oa Airbus o tiisa hore lifofane li arolelana lintho tse tloaelehileng ka ho fetisisa ho li-airframes, litsamaiso tsa ka holim'a boto, li-cockpits le litšobotsi tsa ho tšoara. Sena se fokotsa haholo litšenyehelo tsa ts'ebetso ea lifofane. Ho phaella moo, ka koetliso e eketsehileng e fokolang feela, bakhanni ba lifofane ba ka khona ho fetola pakeng tsa lifofane tsena ka katleho.
"Ena ke tsebiso ea bohlokoa ho tsoa ho e 'ngoe ea likhoebo tse hlomphuoang ka ho fetesisa le tse nang le tšusumetso lefatšeng," ho boletse John Leahy, Ofisiri e ka Sehloohong ea Ts'ebetso, Bareki. "A380 le A350 li tsamaellana hantle le ts'ebetso ea ho hula nako e telele mme li bonts'a boetapele ba tikoloho. Re thabetse hore ebe British Airways e khethile A350 ho hasanya mapheo a eona a lefats'e le tlhahiso ea eona e ikhethang. "
A350-1000 ke setho se seholo ka ho fetisisa sa Lelapa la A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) le lutseng ho bapalami ba 350 ka lihlopha tse tharo, ka bokhoni bo fapaneng ba 8,400 nautical miles (15,500 km). Lelapa la A350 XWB le kenyelletsa A350-900 le A350-800 e lutseng bapalami ba 314 le 270 ka ho latellana, ho fa lik'hamphani tsa lifofane bokhoni ba ho bapisa sefofane le litlhoko tsa bona tsa marang-rang 'me ka tsela eo ho netefatsa menyetla e mengata ea chelete. Ha ho bapisoa le tlholisano ea eona e haufi, A350 XWB Family e fokotsa ho chesa mafura ka liperesente tse 25.
British Airways hajoale e sebetsa kakaretso ea lifofane tse 112 tsa Lelapa la A320. Ke e 'ngoe ea lik'hamphani tsa lifofane feela lefatšeng tse sebelisang litho tsohle tsa A320 Family (A318, A319, A320 le A321). British Airways e ile ea qala ho sebetsa Airbus ka 1988, ha e qala ho fofa A320s. Sefofane se ile sa eketsa li-A319 ho likepe tsa sona ka 1999 le A321 ka 2004.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- The A350-1000 is the largest member of the A350 XWB (Xtra Wide-Body) Family seating up to 350 passengers in three classes, with a range capability of 8,400 nautical miles (15,500 km).
- The A350 XWB Family includes the A350-900 and A350-800 seating 314 and 270 passengers respectively, offering airlines the ability to match the aircraft to their network needs and thereby guaranteeing optimum revenue potential.
- Operating the A380 and A350 together delivers real value to the world's leading airlines because it allows them to match aircraft capacity to traffic demand on any route.
