ʻO ka Ultra Long Range Airbus A350 XWB mua loa i lawe ʻia e hoʻolauna i ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Singapore Airlines ua ʻōwili ʻia mai ka pena pena i loko o ka ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa a ka mea lawe. I kēia manawa i kahi pae holomua o ka hana, e hoʻokolohua hou ʻia ka mokulele ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i ka mokulele i nā mahina e hiki mai ana.
Ua kauoha aku ʻo Singapore Airlines i nā mokulele ʻoi loa A350-900 Ultra Long Range, a aia lākou a pau i nā kaʻina o ka hoʻākoakoa. ʻO ka mokulele mua i lele lele ua kūleʻa i kāna papahana hoʻāʻo lele, kahi i kia i ka ʻōnaehana wahie hou. Ke hoʻolako ʻia nei me kāna keʻena.
E hoʻohana ka mokulele i nā mokulele ma nā lawelawe kū ʻole mai Singapore a US. Hoʻopili pū kēia me nā mokulele ma waena o Singapore a me New York, ʻo ia ka lawelawe ʻoihana loihi loa o ka honua, a me nā ala e hele aku ai i Los Angeles a me Kapalakiko.
ʻO ka Ultra Long Range A350-900 ka mea hou loa o ka A350 XWB ʻohana maikaʻi loa ke kūʻai aku, a he 9,700 mile mile ke kūʻai aku. Ua hoʻokō ʻia kēia e kahi ʻōnaehana wahie i hoʻololi ʻia, kahi e hoʻonui ai i ka wahie o ka mokulele e hāpai ana i ka hiki i 24,000 liters me ka ʻole o ka pono o nā pahu pahu wahie hou.
Me ke kaupaona lawe kau palena kiʻekiʻe (MTOW) o 280 tonnes, hiki i ka Ultra Long Range A350 ke lele ma luna o 20 mau hola kū ʻole, e hui pū nei i nā pae kiʻekiʻe o nā poʻe ohua a me nā limahana hōʻoluʻolu me nā hoʻokele waiwai kūpono ʻole no ia mau mamao.
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 huakaʻi ea. Hōʻike ka A350 XWB i ka hoʻolālā aerodynamic hou, carbon fuselage carbon a me nā ʻeheu, a me nā ʻenekini Rolls-Royce hou e pono ai ka wahie. Hoʻohui pū kēia mau ʻenehana hou loa i nā pae kaulike ʻole o ka pono o ka hana, me ka 25 pākēneka e hoʻēmi ai i ka wahie a me nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana, a me nā kumukūʻai mālama haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. Hōʻike ka A350 XWB i kahi mokulele e Airbus cabin, e hāʻawi ana i ka noho maikaʻi loa ʻana ma luna o ka moku me ka lumi māhoe-ʻelua a me nā ʻōnaehana hou.
I ka hopena o Iune 2018, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Airbus i nā kauoha paʻa paʻa he 882 no ka A350 XWB mai nā mea kūʻai aku he 46 ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, e hoʻolilo nei i kekahi o nā mokulele widebody kūleʻa loa i loaʻa.
ʻO Singapore Airlines kekahi o nā mea kūʻai aku nui loa no ka ʻohana A350 XWB, i ke kauoha ʻana he 67 A350-900, me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻehiku o Ultra Long Range. Ua lawe mua ka mea lawe i 21 A350-900s.
