Airbus yapereka ndege yoyamba ya A350-900 Ultra Long Range (ULR) kuti ikhazikitse makasitomala ku Singapore Airlines (SIA). Ndegeyo ikukonzekera kunyamuka ndipo inyamuka ku Toulouse kupita ku Singapore mawa lero.
Mitundu yaposachedwa kwambiri ya A350 XWB yomwe imagulitsidwa kwambiri imatha kuwuluka kwambiri pochita zamalonda kuposa ndege ina iliyonse, yomwe imatha kuyenda mpaka ma 9,700 mailosi apanyanja, kapena kupitilira maola 20 osayima. Zonse, SIA yayitanitsa ndege zisanu ndi ziwiri za A350-900ULR, zokonzedwa m'magulu awiri, okhala ndi mipando 67 ya Business Class ndi mipando 94 ya Premium Economy Class.
SIA iyamba kugwiritsa ntchito A350-900ULR pa 11th October, pamene idzayambitsa ntchito zosayimitsa pakati pa Singapore ndi New York. Ndi nthawi yowuluka ya maola 18 ndi mphindi 45, awa adzakhala maulendo apandege ataliatali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kutsatira New York, ndegeyo idzayamba kugwira ntchito ndi SIA panjira zina ziwiri zosayimitsa zopita ku Los Angeles ndi San Francisco.
"Iyi ndi nthawi yonyadira kwa onse a Singapore Airlines ndi Airbus, osati chifukwa chakuti talimbitsanso mgwirizano wathu, komanso chifukwa tadutsa malire ndi ndege yatsopanoyi yotsogola kwambiri kuti ipititse patsogolo maulendo ataliatali mpaka kutali," adatero Singapore. CEO wa Airlines, Mr Goh Choon Phong. "A350-900ULR ibweretsa kumasuka komanso chitonthozo kwa makasitomala athu ndipo itithandiza kuyendetsa maulendo aatali kwambiri m'njira yotsatsa malonda. Zidzatithandiza kukulitsa mpikisano wathu wapaintaneti ndikukulitsa malo a Singapore. ”
"Kutumiza kwamasiku ano ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri kwa Airbus ndi Singapore Airlines, pamene pamodzi tikutsegula mutu watsopano wa maulendo a ndege osayimitsa," adatero Tom Enders, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus. "Ndi mawonekedwe ake osayerekezeka komanso kusintha kwamafuta, A350 ndiyokhazikika mwapadera kuti ikwaniritse kufunikira kwa ntchito zaposachedwa kwambiri. Kuphatikiza kwa kanyumba kakang'ono ka A350, kanyumba kakang'ono komanso kanyumba kakang'ono ka SIA kodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi kamene kamapangitsa kuti pakhale chitonthozo chapamwamba kwambiri panjira zazitali kwambiri padziko lapansi. ”
A350-900ULR ndi chitukuko cha A350-900. Kusintha kwakukulu pa ndege yokhazikika ndi makina osinthidwa amafuta, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mphamvu yonyamula mafuta ichuluke ndi malita 24,000 mpaka 165,000 malita. Izi zimakulitsa kuchuluka kwa ndege popanda kufunikira kwa matanki owonjezera amafuta. Kuonjezera apo, ndegeyi imakhala ndi zowonjezera zowonjezera zowonjezera, kuphatikizapo mapiko otambasula, omwe tsopano akugwiritsidwa ntchito ku ndege zonse zomwe zimapanga A350-900.
A350 XWB ndi banja la ndege zaposachedwa kwambiri komanso zaposachedwa kwambiri, zomwe zikuphatikiza mawonekedwe aposachedwa amlengalenga, mpweya wa carbon fiber fuselage ndi mapiko, kuphatikiza injini zatsopano za Rolls-Royce zosagwira mafuta. Pamodzi, matekinoloje aposachedwawa amapangitsa kuti pakhale magwiridwe antchito osayerekezeka, ndikuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta ndi mpweya ndi 25 peresenti, komanso kutsika mtengo wokonza.
A350 XWB imakhala ndi Airspace ndi kanyumba ya Airbus, yomwe idapangidwa kuti ipititse patsogolo chitonthozo ndi moyo wabwino pamaulendo akutali. Ndegeyo ili ndi kanyumba kakang'ono kwambiri panjira iliyonse yamapasa ndipo imakhala ndi zoziziritsa zaposachedwa kwambiri, kasamalidwe ka kutentha ndi kuyatsa kwanyengo, yokhala ndi kanyumba kowoneka bwino komanso chinyezi chambiri. Ndegeyo imakhalanso ndi zosangalatsa zaposachedwa kwambiri komanso makina a WiFi, omwe amalumikizana kwathunthu.
Pofika kumapeto kwa Ogasiti 2018, Airbus idalemba maoda okwana 890 a A350 XWB kuchokera kwa makasitomala 46 padziko lonse lapansi, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti ikhale imodzi mwa ndege zopambana kwambiri kuposa zonse. Pafupifupi ndege 200 za A350 XWB zatumizidwa kale ndipo zikugwira ntchito ndi ndege 21, zowuluka makamaka pamaulendo autali.
Singapore Airlines ndi imodzi mwamakasitomala akuluakulu a A350 XWB Family, atayitanitsa ma A67-350 okwana 900, kuphatikiza mitundu isanu ndi iwiri ya Ultra Long Range. Kuphatikizira kubweretsa kwamasiku ano, zombo za ndege za A350 XWB tsopano zili pa ndege 22.
