Kauoha ʻo Air India i 250 Airbus Aircraft

Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo Air India i kāna kauoha no nā mokulele Airbus 250 a ua koho ʻo ia i kahi mālama Airbus a me nā pūʻolo kikohoʻe e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻololi a me ka hoʻolālā ulu ʻana o ka mokulele.

ka kauoha mokulele he 140 A320neo a me 70 A321neo mokulele hoʻokahi a me 34 A350-1000 a me ʻeono A350-900 ākea ākea. Ua kau inoa ka mokulele i kahi Letter of Intent e kiʻi i kēia mau mokulele i Pepeluali 2023.

Air India e hilinai ana no hoi Airbus e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻauwaʻa me ka Integrated Materials Solutions (IMS) mai Satair, kahi hui Airbus. E hōʻoia ka ʻōnaehana mālama Airbus-powered i kēlā me kēia manawa e pono ai ka mokulele i kahi ʻāpana hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia, hiki ke loaʻa, a hoʻopiha ʻia nā waihona. A i loko o kāna huakaʻi hoʻololi a me ka hoʻonui ʻana, e lilo ʻo Air India i mea kūʻai aku no ka Airbus 'Skywise Core X3, ka mea hou loa a ʻoi aku ka holomua o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa mokulele. Hōʻike hou kēia i ka hana avant-garde ma waena o Airbus a me Air India.

ʻO nāʻaelike kūʻai no ka mokulele a me nā Letters of Intent no ka mālamaʻana a me nā lawelawe kikohoʻe i hoʻopaʻa inoaʻia i mua o N. Chandrasekaran, Luna Hoʻomalu o Tata Sons a me Air India, Campbell Wilson, Luna Nui & MD o Air India, Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO, Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer a me ke poʻo o International, a me Rémi Maillard, Pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele, Airbus India a me South Asia ma ka Paris Air Show 2023.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Campbell Wilson, Luna Hoʻokele a me MD, Air India: "ʻO kā mākou papahana hoʻonui hou a me ka hoʻonui ʻana e ʻike ai ʻo Air India e hana ana i nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka wahie ma waena o kā mākou pūnaewele ala i loko o ʻelima mau makahiki. Haʻaheo mākou i ka hana pū ʻana me kā mākou mau hoa āpau, me Airbus, i kēia huakaʻi e kūkulu hou i kahi mokulele honua e hōʻike ana iā India i kahi kūlana hilinaʻi a puni ka honua.

"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka lilo ʻana i hoa nui i ka hana hou ʻana o ka Flying Maharaja. Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana o ka Pūʻulu Tata a me kahi hoʻokele hou i kālele ʻia, ʻo ia kekahi o nā papahana makemake nui i ka ʻoihana mokulele i kēia lā. Haʻaheo mākou no ka hana pono, hōʻoluʻolu a me ka hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia e kā mākou mokulele hou loa e kōkua i ke kaʻina hana, ʻoiai ʻo Air India e hoʻihoʻi hou i kona kūlana kūpono ma ke ʻano he mea lawe uku uku honua. ʻO ka pūʻulu lawelawe ʻo Airbus kahi koho kūpono e hiki mai ana e lilo i kumu nui o ka hoʻololi ʻana o Air India, "wahi a Christian Scherer, Luna Nui a me ke poʻo o ka International ma Airbus.

ʻO ke kauoha kaulana ʻo Air India e hōʻailona ana i ke komo ʻana i ka lawelawe o ka A350 ma India, ka mākeke mokulele e ulu wikiwiki ana ma ka honua. E kōkua ka mokulele hou a lōʻihi e wehe i ka hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia o ka mākeke holo lōʻihi o India, kāna ʻenehana, hiki a me ka lua-ʻole ka hōʻoluʻolu e hiki ai i nā ala hou a me ka ʻike kaʻa me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hoʻomau. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā A350s, ʻo nā ʻauwaʻa ʻohana A320 ka waiwai kūpono a me ka hoʻomau e hoʻomau i ka democratizing a me ka decarbonizing huakaʻi ea ma India - mai ka home, kūloko, a hiki i nā pae honua. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻouna ʻana me ka A350-900 mua ma mua o ka hopena o 2023.

ʻO ka A350 ka mokulele ʻoi loa o ke kino ākea a maikaʻi loa o ka honua ma ka māhele 300-410 noho. ʻO ka hoʻolālā pepa maʻemaʻe o ka A350 e loaʻa ana nā ʻenehana hou a me nā aerodynamics e hāʻawi ana i nā kūlana kūlike ʻole o ka pono a me ka hōʻoluʻolu. ʻO kāna mau mīkini hana hou a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea māmā e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi he 25 pakeneka i ka puhi wahie, nā koina hana a me nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona (CO2), i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mokulele hoʻokūkū o mua.

Hāʻawi ka mokulele i kahi keʻena hoʻonohonoho 3-papa ʻoi aku ka mālie loa o nā māhoe a hāʻawi i nā mea holo a me nā hui i nā huahana hou loa i ka lele no ka ʻoluʻolu loa o ka ʻike lele lōʻihi.