Ua hōʻoia ʻo Qantas Group o Australia e kauoha ia i 12 A350-1000s, 20 A220s, a me 20 A321XLRs. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka nūhou ma kahi hanana ma Sydney i hele ʻia e Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce a me Airbus Chief Commercial Officer a me ke poʻo o Airbus International, Christian Scherer.
Ua koho ʻia ka A350-1000 e Qantas ma hope o kahi loiloi i kapa ʻia ʻo Project Sunrise a hiki i ka mea lawe ke hoʻokele i nā mokulele ʻoihana lōʻihi loa o ka honua. E pili ana kēia i ka hoʻopili ʻana iā Sydney a me Melbourne me nā wahi e like me Lākana a me New York no ka manawa mua loa. Ke hōʻike nei i kahi hoʻolālā premium, e hoʻohana pū ʻia ka ʻauwaʻa A350 e Qantas ma nā lawelawe honua ʻē aʻe. Hoʻohana ʻia ka A350-1000 e nā mīkini hou loa ʻo Trent XWB mai Rolls-Royce.
Ma ka ʻāpana ʻāpana hoʻokahi, ua koho ʻia ka A220 a me A321XLR ma lalo o kahi loiloi i kapa ʻia ʻo Project Winton. E hoʻohana ʻia ka mokulele e ka Qantas Group ma nā lawelawe kūloko a puni ka ʻāina, hiki ke hoʻonui i ʻelima mau hola. Eia kekahi, hāʻawi ka A321XLR i ka hiki ke hiki no nā huakaʻi mai Australia a i South East Asia, e hiki ai i ka Qantas Group ke wehe i nā ala pololei hou. E hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻauwaʻa A220 a me A321XLR e nā ʻenekini Pratt & Whitney GTF.
Hoʻohui ʻia kēia ʻaelike i ke kauoha e kū nei no nā mokulele ʻohana 109 A320neo ʻohana, e komo pū ana me ka A321XLR no ka hui ʻo Qantas Group ʻo Jetstar.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce: "Hiki i nā ʻano mokulele hou nā mea hou. ʻO ia ka mea e koʻikoʻi ai ka hoʻolaha o kēia lā no ka moku lawe moku a no kahi ʻāina e like me Australia kahi mea koʻikoʻi ka huakaʻi mokulele. Na ka A350 a me Project Sunrise e hana i kekahi kūlanakauhale i hoʻokahi wale nō lele mai Australia. ʻO ia ka palena hope loa a me ka hoʻoponopono hope loa no ka hana ʻino o ka mamao.
"E lilo nā A320s a me A220s i iwi kuamoʻo o kā mākou moku'āina no nā makahiki he 20 e hiki mai ana, e kōkua ana i ka neʻe ʻana o kēia ʻāina. ʻO kā lākou laulā a me ka waiwai e hiki ai i nā ala pololei hou. "ʻO ka hoʻoholo a ka Papa e hoʻomālamalama i ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mokulele mokulele i ka mokulele ʻo Australia he koho maopopo o ka hilinaʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana o Qantas."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Christian Scherer, ka Luna Nui o Airbus a me ke poʻo o Airbus International: "ʻO Qantas kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele honua, me ka ʻuhane ʻike mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana ma mua o 100 mau makahiki i hala. Hoʻohanohano ʻia mākou e ka hilinaʻi e kau nei ʻo Qantas ma Airbus a ke kakali nei i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka Pūʻulu i kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻoi loa o ka honua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hoʻomau. ʻO kēia hoʻoholo a Qantas e kuhikuhi ana i ke kūlana o ka A350 ma ke ʻano he mokulele ākea lōʻihi.
ʻO ka A220, A321XLR, a me A350 nā alakaʻi mākeke i kā lākou mau ʻāpana nui. Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe holo, lawe mai ka mokulele i kahi hoʻololi i ka hoʻololi ʻana, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 25% emi ka wahie, ka hoʻemi like ʻana i nā kalapona kalapona, a me ka leo leo 50% haʻahaʻa ma mua o nā mokulele o mua.
ʻO nā mokulele Airbus i hana ʻia a pau i hōʻoia ʻia e lele me ka 50% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blend, me ka pahuhopu e hoʻonui i kēia i 100% e 2030.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In addition to offering the highest levels of passenger comfort, the aircraft bring a step-change in efficiency, using up to 25% less fuel, a similar reduction in carbon emissions, and a noise footprint 50% lower than previous generation aircraft.
- We are honored by the confidence that Qantas is placing in Airbus and look forward to delivering to the Group one of the world's most modern, efficient, and sustainable fleets.
- “The Board's decision to greenlight what is the largest aircraft order in Australian aviation is a clear vote of confidence in the future of Qantas.
