Lawe aku ʻo Philippine Airlines i kāna Airbus A350 XWB mua loa

Ua lawe ʻo Philippine Airlines (PAL) i kāna A350 XWB mua ma kahi hanana kūikawā ma Toulouse, Palani, a lilo ʻo ia i ka mokulele 19 e hoʻokele i ka mokulele mokulele lōʻihi loa o ka honua.

ʻO ka hui āpau, ua kauoha ʻo Philippine Airlines i ʻeono A350-900s, e hana nui ʻia ma nā lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole i ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. E komo pū ana kēia me ke ala lōʻihi loa o ka mea lawe i New York, kahi e hiki ai i ka A350-900 ke hana me ka pau ʻole ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, a puni ka makahiki. E hōʻike ana i kahi mamao ma kahi o 8,000 mau mile nautical, ʻo ka huakaʻi hoʻi he 17 hola mai New York a Manila i komo mua i kahi hoʻomaha ʻenehana ma Vancouver.

Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Philippine Airlines i kāna mau A350-900 me kahi hoʻolālā papa ʻekolu e noho ai 295 mau kaʻa i ʻekolu papa. ʻO kēia me nā noho 30 e hoʻololi i nā moena palahalaha piha i ka Papa Pāʻoihana, 24 e hāʻawi ana i kahi keu ma Premium Economy a me 241 mau noho ākea 18-inihi ma ka hale nui.

Hōʻike ka mokulele i ka Airspace lanakila ʻia e Airbus cabin, me ka nui o nā wahi pilikino a me ka hoʻopili piha ʻana ma waena. ʻO ka hale kaʻa ka mālie loa o nā mokulele māhoe a loaʻa nā ʻōnaehana uila hou a me nā ʻōnaehana ea. ʻO nā pae haʻahaʻa kiʻekiʻe a me kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka hale haʻahaʻa e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka maikaʻi ma luna o ka moku, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā mokulele lōʻihi.

"ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana o ka A350 XWB e ʻike iā PAL e hāʻawi i nā pae hōʻoluʻolu hou i kā mākou mau huakaʻi lōʻihi," wahi a Jaime J. Bautista, Pelekikena & COO o Philippine Airlines. "I ka manawa like, e pōmaikaʻi mākou mai ka A350 XWB o ka hana hou o ka hanauna hou, me ka hōʻemi nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie a me nā kumukūʻai mālama haʻahaʻa. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e lilo ka A350 XWB i mea hoʻololi pāʻani no PAL i ka wā e hoʻokūkū ai mākou me ka maikaʻi loa ma ka mākeke haul lōʻihi.

"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā Philippine Airlines ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele hou loa o ka A350 XWB," wahi a Eric Schulz, Luna Nui ʻOihana, Airbus. "Ua hoʻonohonoho ka A350 XWB i nā kūlana hou no nā mokulele lōʻihi, e hui pū ana i ka hiki ke lōʻihi me nā kumukūʻai hana haʻahaʻa loa a me nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka hōʻoluʻolu. Manaʻo mākou e kūleʻa nui ana ka A350 XWB me Philippine Airlines a e hiki ai i ka mokulele ke hoʻoikaika i kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi honua o Asia.

ʻO ka A350 XWB kahi ʻohana hou loa o nā mokulele mokulele lōʻihi lōʻihi e hana ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka huakaʻi ea. Hōʻike ka A350 XWB i ka hoʻolālā aerodynamic hou loa, carbon fiber fuselage a me nā ʻēheu, a me nā ʻenekini Rolls-Royce hou loa. Hoʻohui pū ʻia kēia mau ʻenehana hou i nā pae like ʻole o ka maikaʻi o ka hana, me ka hōʻemi he 25 pakeneka o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie a me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa o nā kumukūʻai mālama.

I ka hopena o Iune 2018, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Airbus i 882 mau kauoha paʻa no ka A350 XWB mai 46 mau mea kūʻai aku ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua lilo ia i mea hoʻokahi o nā mokulele ākea ākea loa. 182 A350 XWBs ua hāʻawi ʻia i 19 mau mokulele honua.

Hoʻopili ka A350 XWB i kahi mokuahi Airbus e kū nei ma Philippine Airlines i kēia manawa he 27 A320 Family mokulele, 15 A330 a me ʻehā A340.