AirAsia X, gawo lalitali la AirAsia Group, lamaliza kuyitanitsa ndi Airbus kwa ndege zina za 12 A330-900 ndi 30 A321XLR. Mgwirizanowu udasainidwa ndi Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Wapampando, AirAsia X Berhad ndi Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus ku Kuala Lumpur lero, pamaso pa Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister waku Malaysia.
Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Chief Executive Officer, AirAsia Group, yemwe analipo pa kusaina, adati: "Lamuloli likutsimikiziranso kusankha kwathu kwa A330neo ngati chisankho chabwino kwambiri pagulu lathu lamtsogolo. Kuphatikiza apo, A321XLR imapereka maulendo ataliatali kwambiri owuluka pa ndege iliyonse yapanjira ndipo itithandizira kuyambitsa ntchito zamalo atsopano. Pamodzi, ndegezi ndi othandizana nawo bwino pantchito zotsika mtengo ndipo zitilola kuti tipitirire patsogolo pamsika womwe ukukula mwachangu. "
A Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz, Wapampando wa AirAsia X Berhad, adati: "Kulengeza lero ndi umboni wa chidaliro chathu komanso kudzipereka kwathu kukwera maulendo ataliatali. Ili ndilo tsogolo la ntchito zathu zakutali. Kusintha kwatsopano kwa A330neo ndikusintha kwatsopano kupititsa patsogolo magawo athu aulendo wautali kupita kumtunda wapamwamba ndikulola AirAsia X kuyang'ana pakukula kupitilira maora asanu ndi atatu, monga ku Europe, mwachitsanzo.
Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus adati: "AirAsia X yakhala mpainiya wamtundu wotsika mtengo kwambiri ku Asia-Pacific. Dongosolo latsopanoli la A330neo ndi A321XLR ndikutsimikizira yankho la Airbus kuti likwaniritse zofuna zapakati pa msika ndi kuphatikiza kwa njira imodzi komanso zinthu zambiri. Yankho lamphamvuli lipatsa AirAsia X ndalama zotsika kwambiri zogwirira ntchito kuti iwonjezere maukonde ndikupangitsa kuti anthu ambiri aziwuluka kuposa kale. ”
Mgwirizano watsopanowu umawonjezera chiwerengero cha ndege za A330neo zolamulidwa ndi AirAsia X kufika ku 78, kutsimikiziranso udindo wa wonyamulirayo monga kasitomala wamkulu wa ndege yamtunduwu. Pakadali pano, dongosolo la A321XLR likuwona gulu lalikulu la AirAsia likulimbitsa udindo wake ngati kasitomala wamkulu wapadziko lonse lapansi wa A320 Family, atayitanitsa ndege zokwana 622.
AirAsia X pakali pano ikugwira ntchito za 36 A330-300s pazantchito zopita kumadera aku Asia-Pacific ndi Middle East. Kuphatikiza apo, mu Ogasiti A330neo woyamba adalumikizana ndi gulu la AirAsia lochokera ku Bangkok, AirAsia X Thailand. Ndegeyo ndi yoyamba mwa A330neos awiri obwereketsa omwe adalowa nawo gulu la ndege la Thailand pakutha kwa chaka.
A321XLR ndiye gawo lotsatira lachisinthiko kuchokera ku A321LR lomwe limayankha zosowa zamsika pamitundu yochulukirapo komanso yolipira, ndikupanga mtengo wochulukirapo kwandege. Kuchokera mu 2023, idzakhala ndi Xtra Long Range yofikira 4,700nm - 15% kuposa A321LR komanso 30 peresenti yotsika mafuta pampando uliwonse poyerekeza ndi ndege zomwe zidapikisana nawo m'mbuyomu.
A330neo ndi nyumba yowona ya ndege ya m'badwo watsopano pakuchita bwino kwa A330 ndikuthandizira paukadaulo wa A350 XWB. Zimaphatikizanso injini zamtundu watsopano wa Rolls-Royce Trent 7000, ndi mapiko atsopano apamwamba a 3D okhala ndi sharklets zatsopano. Kupita patsogolo kumeneku kumabweretsa kuchepa kwakukulu kwa mafuta ogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi 25 peresenti poyerekeza ndi ndege zamtundu wofanana zomwe zikupikisana nawo. A330 ndi amodzi mwamabanja odziwika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, alandila maoda opitilira 1,700 kuchokera kwa makasitomala opitilira 120.
