ʻO Sichuan Airlines, ka mea nui loa Airbus ʻO ka mea lawe ʻauwaʻa ma Kina, ua lawe aku i kāna A350-900 mua i hoʻolimalima ʻia mai AerCap ma Toulouse i kēia lā, a lilo ʻo ia ka mea hoʻokele mua o Kina ma o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana no ka lawe ʻana i ka mokulele hou a maikaʻi loa o ka honua.

Hoʻohana ʻia e nā ʻenekini Rolls-Royce Trent XWB, ʻo ka mokulele A350-900 ʻo Sichuan Airlines e hōʻike ana i kahi hoʻolālā hale ʻelua papa ʻoluʻolu o 331 mau noho: 28 ʻoihana, a me 303 hoʻokele waiwai. E hoʻohana mua ka mokulele i ka mokulele hou ma kona mau ala kūloko, a ukali ʻia e kāna "Panda Routes" honua.

Hoʻohana ʻo Sichuan Airlines i nā mokulele Airbus āpau o 135 mokulele, me 123 A320 Family mokulele a me 12 A330 Family mokulele. ʻO ka hui ʻana ma waena o Sichuan Airlines a me Airbus mai ka makahiki 1995 i ka wā i hoʻolauna ai ka mokulele i ka A320, a lilo i mea mua e hoʻokele i kahi mokulele lele-by-wire Airbus ma ka ʻāina nui o Kina. ʻO ia hoʻi ka mea hoʻohana mua i lawe i kahi mokulele A320 Family i hui ʻia ʻo Tianjin. Ma 2010, ua loaʻa iā Sichuan Airlines kāna mokulele A330 mua, i ka makahiki 2016 ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi Letter of Intent no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i ʻehā A350-900s, a ma 2018 ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike me Airbus e kauoha i ʻumi A350-900s.

ʻO ka A350 XWB kahi ʻohana hou loa o nā airliners lōʻihi lōʻihi e hoʻolālā nei i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ea huakaʻi, e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻolālā aerodynamic hou, carbon fuselage carbon a me nā ʻeheu, a me nā ʻenekini Rolls-Royce Trent XWB hou aʻe. Hoʻohui pū kēia mau ʻenehana hou loa i nā pae kaulike ʻole o ka pono o ka hana, me ka 25 kenetene e hoʻemi ana i ka wahie a me nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a me nā kumukūʻai mālama haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.

ʻO ka lumi mokulele, ma waho o ka ākea o ka mokulele a me ka mālie, hāʻawi i kahi ʻano maikaʻi, hoʻolālā a me nā lawelawe ʻoi aku, e hāʻawi ana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kūlana hou e pili ana i ka ʻike lele no nā mea kaʻa i nā papa āpau.

I ka hopena o Iulai 2018, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Airbus i 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.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

ʻO ka lumi mokulele, ma waho o ka ākea o ka mokulele a me ka mālie, hāʻawi i kahi ʻano maikaʻi, hoʻolālā a me nā lawelawe ʻoi aku, e hāʻawi ana i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā kūlana hou e pili ana i ka ʻike lele no nā mea kaʻa i nā papa āpau.
In 2010, Sichuan Airlines received its first A330 aircraft, in 2016 it signed a Letter of Intent for leasing four A350-900s, and in 2018 it signed an agreement with Airbus to order ten A350-900s.
The partnership between Sichuan Airlines and Airbus dates back to 1995 when the airline introduced the A320, becoming the first to operate an Airbus fly-by-wire aircraft on the Chinese mainland.