Gulu la Cathay ku Hong Kong latsimikizira mwalamulo kuyitanitsa ndi Airbus kwa ndege za 30 A330-900 zazikulu. Lingaliroli likubwera pambuyo pakuwunika kwatsatanetsatane komwe kampani yandege idachita monga gawo la zomwe akufuna kukonzanso zombo zake zazikulu zapakati.
Kugula kwa ndege zatsopanozi kumathandizira kusintha kwamakono kwa Cathayzombo zomwe zilipo kale za A330-300 ndikuwonjezera mphamvu zake zogwirira ntchito m'misewu yomwe ikufunika kwambiri. Kuonjezera apo, ndegezi zidzapereka kusinthasintha kofunikira kuti zifike kumalo otalikirapo.
Mogwirizana ndi mitundu yonse ya A330neo, zombo zatsopanozi zidzakhala ndi injini zamakono za Rolls-Royce Trent 7000.
Ronald Lam, Chief Executive Officer wa Cathay Group, anati: “Pamene Cathay akuyandikira mapeto a gawo lake lomanganso, tikuyamba mutu watsopano wokhudza kutsogoza ndi kukula, kupititsa patsogolo kukula ndi khalidwe lathu. Ndife okondwa kuwulula dongosolo latsopanoli la ndege zapamwamba za A330neo. Ndalama zazikuluzikuluzi zikungotsimikizira chikhulupiriro chathu champhamvu pa udindo wa Hong Kong monga malo oyendetsa ndege padziko lonse lapansi komanso zimasonyeza kudzipereka kwathu pothandizira kuti mzinda wathu upitirire patsogolo.
"A330 yakhala chitsanzo chodalirika cha ndege ku Cathay Pacific kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi atatu. Ndege yomwe yangopezedwa kumene idzagwira ntchito m'maulendo athu aku Asia, komanso ikupereka mwayi wokhala ndi maulendo apamtunda wautali pakafunika. Kugwiritsa ntchito bwino mafuta kwa ma A330neos, kuphatikizidwa ndi chitonthozo chawo chapamwamba, zitithandiza kupititsa patsogolo luso la okwera athu, komanso kuthandizira kudzipereka kwathu pakukwaniritsa kutulutsa mpweya wopanda kaboni pofika 2050. ”
Christian Scherer, Chief Executive Officer wa Airbus, Commercial Aircraft adati: "Lamulo laposachedwa ili lochokera kwa Cathay, m'modzi mwa odziwa bwino ntchito za A330 padziko lonse lapansi, ndikutsimikizira kwakukulu kwa m'badwo waposachedwa wa A330neo. Ndilo wolowa m'malo mwachilengedwe wa zombo zomwe zilipo kale za A330, zomwe zikubweretsa ukadaulo wapamwamba kwambiri komanso magwiridwe antchito, komanso kuchepetsa kwambiri kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta komanso kutulutsa mpweya. Kuphatikiza apo, kanyumba ka Airspace komwe kapambana mphoto kamapereka mwayi watsopano wowuluka. ”
"Ku Cathay, A330neo idzakhala msana wa ntchito zake zamagulu ambiri, ndikusinthasintha kogwiritsa ntchito misewu yayitali. Pamodzi ndi zombo zake za A320 Family ndi A350, ndegeyo idzapindula mokwanira ndi mgwirizano wapadera wa mzere waposachedwa wa Airbus.
A330-900 imatha kuwuluka 7,200 nm / 13,330 km osayimitsa ndipo imakhala ndi kanyumba kopambana mphoto ya Airspace, yopatsa mwayi wapamwamba kwambiri pakuthawirako. Monga ndege zonse za Airbus, A330neo imatha kugwira ntchito mpaka 50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), ndi cholinga chokweza izi mpaka 100% pofika 2030.
