Air New Zealand imakwanira mapiko kuti achepetse mafuta, mpweya

Air New Zealand ikuyerekeza kuti ipulumutsa mafuta opitilira NZ $ 7.5 miliyoni ndi matani 16,000 a mpweya wa CO2 pachaka pophatikiza mapiko ophatikizika ophatikizika pa ndege zake zisanu za Boeing 767-300ER.

Zombo za 767, zomwe zimagwira ntchito ku Australia, zilumba za Pacific ndi Honolulu, zidzalumikizidwa ndi mapiko pang'onopang'ono kuyambira Julayi chaka chamawa. Ntchitoyi idzachitidwa ndi Air New Zealand Technical Operations ndipo ikuyembekezeka kumalizidwa kumapeto kwa 2009.

Mapiko, opangidwa ndi Aviation Partners Boeing, mgwirizano wa Aviation Partners Incorporated ndi The Boeing Company, ndi zida za 3.4m zazitali zamapiko zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mapiko a ndege azikhala bwino pochepetsa kukokera pafupi ndi nsonga ya mapiko. Izi zikutanthauza kuti ndegeyo imagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ochepa, ndipo imatha kukwera mwachangu.

Woyang'anira wamkulu wa Air New Zealand Airline Captain David Morgan adati kukwanira kwa mapikowa ndi gawo limodzi la kudzipereka kwa Air New Zealand pochepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta komanso kutulutsa mpweya wa CO2.

Ngakhale kuti mapikowa anali ndalama zambiri, adzapereka nthawi yayitali kwa chilengedwe, ntchito ndi malonda a ntchito zothandizira ndege pamagulu aatali, adatero.

"Chifukwa cha ntchitoyi tikuyembekeza kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta pazombo zonse za 767 ndi migolo pafupifupi 1.6 miliyoni pachaka. Izi zikutanthauza kuti ndalama zokwana madola mabiliyoni ambiri zimapulumutsa bizinesiyo chifukwa cha kukwera mtengo kwamafuta a jet. "

Ndegeyo iganiziranso mapiko a ndege zake zina zomwe zimagwira ntchito zazitali, monga Boeing 777-200ERs, momwe zidakhalira.

Captain Morgan ati Air New Zealand yakhala ikutsogolera padziko lonse lapansi pakuwunika mbali zonse za kayendetsedwe kake ka ndege kuti achepetse kutulutsa mpweya wa kaboni populumutsa mafuta.
"Air New Zealand yakhala patsogolo pakupeza njira zochepetsera kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe ndipo mpaka pano pulogalamu yathu yoyendetsa ndege yapereka matani 91,000 m'zaka zopitirira zitatu. Tidali ndi cholinga chokweza matani 100,000 mkati mwa zaka zisanu ndipo tikuwoneka ngati tikupambana pafupifupi zaka ziwiri,” adatero.

Zoyeserera zomwe zakhazikitsidwa ndi oyendetsa ndege zimayambira pakuchepetsa kulemera kwa ndege mpaka kunyamula mafuta molondola, kuwongolera kuthamanga kwa ndege, kugwiritsa ntchito bwino mphamvu yapansi panthaka ndege zikakhala pachipata cha eyapoti ndikuwongolera mbiri yotsika.

Ndegeyo ndi gawo la ntchito yowononga kwambiri pabwalo la ndege la San Francisco kuti awonjezere kuchuluka kwa magalimoto a ndege, zomwe zapulumutsa m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyambirira malita 48,000 amafuta ndi matani 120 a mpweya wa CO2.