Gulu la Saudia lalengeza za kuyitanitsa ndege 10 A330-900 kuchokera ku Airbus chifukwa cha gawo lake la flyadeal. Izi zikuyimira dongosolo loyambilira la ndege zapaulendo, zomwe zimathandizira kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito zatsopano zoyenda nthawi yayitali komanso kuwongolera okwera, komanso kuthandizira cholinga cha ndegeyo chosamalira zombo zazing'ono kwambiri pakati pa zonyamula zotsika mtengo ku Middle East.
Mgwirizanowu udakhazikitsidwa pamwambo wosayina m'maofesi a Airbus ku Toulouse, omwe adakhalapo ndi Wolemekezeka Engr. Ibrahim Al-Omar, Director General wa Saudia Group, Christian Scherer, CEO wa Commercial Aircraft ku Airbus, Saleh Eid, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Fleet Management and Agreements ku Saudia Group, ndi Benoît de Saint-Exupéry, EVP of Sales for Commercial Aircraft ku Airbus.
Iye Engr. Ibrahim Al-Omar adati: "Mgwirizanowu ndi wofunikira kwambiri pamalingaliro athu ofunitsitsa kupititsa patsogolo ndikukulitsa zombo zathu. Zimakhazikika pa mgwirizano wakale wa chaka chatha ndi Airbus pa ndege za 105. Gawo ili likugwirizana ndi njira zathu zadziko pansi pa Saudi Vision 2030, yomwe cholinga chake ndi kulumikiza malo 250 ndikuwongolera maulendo opitilira 330 miliyoni oyenda ndi alendo opitilira 150 miliyoni. 2030".
Benoît de Saint-Exupéry adati: "Kukonzekera kwa A330neo kwa Saudi Group kwa ndege ndi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pakupititsa patsogolo zolinga za ndege za Ufumu kuti atsegule misika yakutali ndikukopa makasitomala atsopano. ndikuyembekezera kuwona katswiri wosunthika akuwuluka mumitundu yowuluka. ”
Mu Meyi 2024, Gulu la Saudia lidayika oda ya ndege 105 za Airbus, zomwe zimaphatikizapo mitundu 54 ya A321neo yopangidwira flyadeal. Pakadali pano, zombo za flyadeal zili ndi ndege za 37 A320 Family, pomwe Saudia imagwiritsa ntchito ndege zonse za 93 A320 Family ndi A330.
A330-900, yokhala ndi injini zaposachedwa kwambiri za Rolls-Royce Trent 7000, ili ndi maulendo apaulendo osayima a 7,200 nautical miles (13,300 kilomita). A330neo idapangidwa kuti ikhale ndi kanyumba ka Airspace, komwe kapambana mphoto, kopatsa anthu okwera nawo mwayi wapadera wodziwika ndi chitonthozo, mawonekedwe, ndi kapangidwe kake. Izi zikuphatikizapo malo owonjezera aumwini, kusungirako kwakukulu kwapamwamba, njira yamakono yowunikira, ndi mwayi wopeza zosangalatsa zapamwamba zapaulendo ndi njira zolumikizira.
Pofika kumapeto kwa Marichi 2025, a A330 Family anali atapeza maoda olimba opitilira 1,800 kuchokera kwa makasitomala opitilira 130 padziko lonse lapansi. Monga ndege zonse za Airbus, banja la A330 limatha kugwira ntchito mpaka 50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) ndipo likufuna kukwaniritsa 100% SAF mphamvu pofika 2030.
