Ua kauoha ʻo Malaysia Airlines i kēia lā i 25 A330-300 ākea ākea e uhi ana i ka kauoha paʻa o 15 A330-300 me nā koho no kekahi 10. ʻO kēia ma hope o ka Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) i pūlima ʻia me Airbus i Dekemaba o ka makahiki i hala.
Eia hou, ua kau ka mokulele i nā kauoha hou a hiki i ka 4 A330-200F freighters i loaʻa i 2 mau kauoha paʻa a me nā koho 2 ʻē aʻe.
E hoʻomaka ana ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā mokulele mokulele i ka hapa mua o 2011, me ka mea lawe ukana mua e hui pū me nā ʻauwaʻa MASkargo i Kepakemapa 2011.
E noho ana 283 mau kaʻa ma kahi hoʻolālā hoʻoluʻolu kiʻekiʻe, ʻelua papa, ʻo ka A330-300 e lilo i kumu nui o nā ʻauwaʻa kaʻa kaʻa waena a hoʻohana ʻia ma nā lawelawe i nā huakaʻi ma ka ʻāina ʻo Asia-Pacific, a me ka Hikina Waena. Ma ka mākeke ukana, e lele aku ʻo MASkargo i ka mokulele ma nā ʻāpana a hiki i 3,200 mau mile nautical, me ka hiki ke lawe i nā uku o ka aneane 70 tons.
"Hoʻopiha nā A330s i nā kauoha mokulele ʻē aʻe ma lalo o kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻolālā hou. ʻO ka hiki ke hoʻohui i ka mana hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i nā alapine hou aku i nā wahi koʻikoʻi a lele i nā wahi hou. Hoʻopiha kēia hoʻolālā i kā mākou hoʻokomo mau ʻana i ka poʻe, nā ʻōnaehana, a me nā ʻōnaehana, a hoʻonoho iā mākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe no ka ulu ʻana, "wahi a ka luna hoʻokele / CEO o Malaysia Airlines, ʻo Azmil Zahruddin.
"Ma ka ʻaoʻao ukana, e hiki i nā mea ukana hou ke lawelawe maikaʻi aku i ke ala intra Asia a hāʻawi i nā lawelawe pololei i ʻEulopa mai India a me Bangladesh. Hoʻopiha kēia i kā mākou hoʻolālā hoʻonui ma Kina a e hoʻoikaika i ko mākou kūlana iā mākou ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani niche nui ma ka ʻāina, "wahi a Azmil.
Ma ka makahiki 2015, manaʻo ʻo Malaysia Airlines e loaʻa kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻōpio ʻoi loa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie a me ke kaiapuni ma Asia.
Ma ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana e hoʻonui i ka hiki me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mokulele hou, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Malaysia Airlines i ka noi ma ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā alapine hou e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 28 Malaki 2010. ʻO ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i 7 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule mai Kuala Lumpur a i Paris, 5 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule i Auckland, a me 10 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule. i Perth. He mau huakaʻi pololei ʻelua i kēlā me kēia pule i Brisbane ma Kuala Lumpur.
Manaʻo ʻia hoʻi e hoʻolaha ka moku lawe moku i nā wahi hou e hoʻomaka ana i ka hapaha lua o ka makahiki.
"ʻO ka kauoha hou loa mai Malaysia Airlines e hōʻike ana i ke kūlana o ka ʻohana A330 ma ke ʻano he laina huahana maikaʻi loa a maʻalahi hoʻi i kāna papa," wahi a John Leahy, ka luna hoʻokele o Airbus, nā mea kūʻai aku.
"Ma waho aʻe o ka hilinaʻi i hōʻoia ʻia a me nā kumukūʻai hana haʻahaʻa o ka mokulele mokulele, ʻo ka hui MAS kekahi o nā mokulele mua e pōmaikaʻi mai nā pae hou o ka pono e hele mai ana i ka mākeke ukana me ka A330-200F," wahi āna.
He mea kūʻai lōʻihi ʻo Malaysia Airlines no Airbus a ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ia i 14 A330s, nona ka 11 A330-300 a me ʻekolu mau A330-200 lōʻihi.
