Ua hāʻawi ʻo Airbus i ka mokulele A350-900 ʻoi loa Long Range (ULR) mokulele e hoʻomaka i ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Singapore Airlines (SIA). Ke hoʻomākaukau ʻia nei ka mokulele no ka lele a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia e haʻalele iā Toulouse no Singapore i kēia lā.
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa hou loa o ka A350 XWB kūʻai maikaʻi loa e hiki ke lele ʻoi aku ma ka ʻoihana kalepa ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe, me ka laulā a hiki i 9,700 nautical mile, a i ʻole 20 mau hola me ka pau ʻole. ʻO ka hui āpau, ua kauoha ʻo SIA i ʻehiku mau mokulele A350-900ULR, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i loko o kahi hoʻolālā papa ʻelua, me nā noho 67 Business Class a me nā noho 94 Premium Economy Class.
E hoʻomaka ana ʻo SIA e hana i ka A350-900ULR ma 11th ʻOkakopa, i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai i nā lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole ma waena o Singapore a me New York. Me ka awelika o ka manawa lele o 18 mau hola a me 45 minuke, ʻo ia nā mokulele ʻoihana lōʻihi loa o ka honua. Ma hope o New York, e komo ka mokulele i ka lawelawe me SIA ma ʻelua mau ala transpacific non-stop, i Los Angeles a me Kapalakiko.
"He manawa haʻaheo kēia no Singapore Airlines a me Airbus, ʻaʻole wale no ka mea ua hoʻoikaika hou mākou i kā mākou hui pū ʻana, akā no ka mea ua koi mākou i nā palena me kēia mokulele hou kiʻekiʻe loa e hoʻolōʻihi i ka lele lōʻihi i nā lōʻihi hou," wahi a Singapore Luna Nui o ka mokulele, Mr Goh Choon Phong. "ʻO ka A350-900ULR e lawe mai i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka hōʻoluʻolu i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mokulele ultra-lōʻihi ma ke ʻano kūʻai kūʻai. E kōkua ia iā mākou e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou ʻoihana hoʻokūkū a hoʻonui hou i ka hub Singapore.
"ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia lā he mea nui ia no Airbus a me Singapore Airlines, ʻoiai mākou e wehe pū ai i kahi mokuna hou i ka huakaʻi lele ʻole," wahi a Tom Enders, Luna Nui, Airbus. "Me kāna ʻano like ʻole a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka pono wahie, ua hoʻonohonoho kūʻokoʻa ʻia ka A350 e hoʻokō i nā koi no nā lawelawe ultra long haul hou. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka hale noho mālie a ākea o ka A350 a me ka huahana mokulele kaulana o SIA e hōʻoia i ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe kaʻa ma nā ala lōʻihi loa o ka honua.
ʻO ka A350-900ULR kahi hoʻomohala o ka A350-900. ʻO ka hoʻololi nui ma luna o ka mokulele maʻamau he ʻōnaehana wahie i hoʻololi ʻia, hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o ka wahie e 24,000 lita i 165,000 lita. Hoʻonui kēia i ka laulā o ka mokulele me ka ʻole o ka pono o nā pahu wahie hou. Eia kekahi, ke hōʻike nei ka mokulele i nā mea hoʻonui aerodynamic, me nā winglets lōʻihi, i hoʻohana ʻia i kēia manawa i nā mokulele A350-900 i hana ʻia.
ʻO ka A350 XWB ka ʻohana mokulele ākea ākea hou loa, e hoʻokomo ana i ka hoʻolālā aerodynamic hou loa, ka fuselage carbon fiber a me nā ʻēheu, me nā ʻenekini Rolls-Royce maikaʻi loa. Hoʻohui pū ʻia kēia mau ʻenehana hou loa i nā pae like ʻole o ka maikaʻi o ka hana, me ka hoʻemi ʻana o 25 pākēneka o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie a me nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai mālama.
Hōʻike ka A350 XWB i ka Airspace e Airbus cabin, i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻonui i ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi ma nā mokulele lōʻihi. ʻO ka mokulele ka hale noho mālie loa o kēlā me kēia māhoe ākea ākea a loaʻa iā ia ka ea ea hou loa, ka mālama ʻana i ka mahana a me nā ʻōnaehana kukui o ke ʻano, me kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka cabin a me nā pae haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe. Hōʻike pū ka mokulele i ka leʻaleʻa hou i ka lele ʻana a me nā ʻōnaehana WiFi, me ka hoʻopili piha ʻana a puni.
E like me ka hopena o ʻAukake 2018, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Airbus i ka huina o 890 mau kauoha paʻa no ka A350 XWB mai 46 mau mea kūʻai aku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua lilo ʻo ia i hoʻokahi o nā mokulele ākea ākea loa. Ma kahi o 200 A350 XWB mokulele i hoʻouna ʻia a ke lawelawe nei me 21 mau mokulele, e lele nui ana ma nā lawelawe lōʻihi.
ʻO Singapore Airlines kekahi o nā mea kūʻai nui loa no ka ʻohana A350 XWB, ua kauoha i ka huina o 67 A350-900s, me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻehiku Ultra Long Range. Me ka lawe ʻana i kēia lā, kū ka mokulele ʻo A350 XWB i kēia manawa ma 22 mokulele.
