Cathay Group yekuHong Kong yakasimbisa zviri pamutemo kurongeka neAirbus yemakumi matatu A30-330 ndege huru. Sarudzo iyi inouya mushure mekuongorora kwakadzama kwakaitwa nendege sechikamu chedanho rayo rekuvandudza ngarava dzayo dzepakati nepakati.
Kutorwa kwendege itsva idzi kunobatsira kuvandudzwa kwe Cathay's iripo A330-300 zvikepe uye inosimudzira kugona kwayo kushanda munzira dzinodiwa zvakanyanya dzedunhu. Pamusoro pezvo, ndege idzi dzinozopa kuchinjika kunodiwa kuti usvike kunzvimbo dzenguva refu.
Zvinoenderana nemhando dzese dzeA330neo, zvikepe zvitsva zvichange zvakashongedzerwa nemhando yepamusoro-soro yeRoll-Royce Trent 7000 injini.
Ronald Lam, Chief Executive Officer weCathay Group, akati: “Sezvo Cathay yava kusvika kumagumo echikamu chekuvaka patsva, tiri kutanga chitsauko chitsva chakanangana nekuvandudza uye kukura, kuwedzera chiyero chedu nemhando. Isu tinofara kuburitsa iyi odha nyowani yemhando yepamusoro A330neo ndege. Mari iyi yakakosha haingotsigire kutenda kwedu kwakasimba pachinzvimbo cheHong Kong semuzinda mukuru wendege dzepasi rose asi inoratidzawo kuzvipira kwedu kutsigira kuenderera mberi kweguta redu rekumusha.”
“Iyo A330 yanga iri yakavimbika ndege modhi yeCathay Pacific kweanoda kusvika makumi matatu emakore. Iyo ndege ichangobva kuwanikwa ichanyanya kushanda munzira dzedu dzedunhu mukati meAsia, uku ichipawo kugona kwekugara-refu-ndege kana zvichidikanwa. Kuwedzeredzwa kwemafuta eA330neos, akasanganiswa nemhando yepamusoro yekunyaradza, anotitendera kuti tiwedzere ruzivo rwevatyairi vedu, tichitsigirawo kuzvipira kwedu mukuwana net-zero carbon emissions panosvika 2050. "
Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Aircraft akati: “Iyi yazvino kurongeka kubva kuCathay, mumwe wevashandi veA330 vane ruzivo rwakanyanya pasi rose, kurudziro huru yechizvarwa chazvino cheA330neo. Ndiwo mutsivi wechisikigo wezvikepe zveA330 zviripo, zvichiunza huwandu hwepamusoro hwehunyanzvi uye hwekushanda hwakafanana, uye kudzikiswa kwakanyanya mukushandiswa kwemafuta uye kuburitsa kabhoni. Pamusoro pezvo, iyo Airspace kabhini inohwina mubairo inopa ruzivo rutsva rwendege. "
"KuCathay, iyo A330neo ichava musimboti wekushanda kwedunhu rakakura, nekusiyana-siyana kwekushanda munzira refu. Pamwe chete neayo A320 Mhuri uye A350 zvikepe, iyo ndege ichakwanisa kubatsirwa zvizere kubva kune yakasarudzika synergies yeazvino chizvarwa chechigadzirwa Airbus. "
Iyo A330-900 inokwanisa kubhururuka 7,200 nm / 13,330 km isina-kumira uye inoratidza iyo inohwina mubairo Airspace kabhini, ichipa yemhando yepamusoro ruzivo rwekubhururuka. Sezvineiwo nendege dzese dzeAirbus, iyo A330neo yatove kukwanisa kushanda ne50% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), nechinangwa chekuwedzera izvi kusvika 100% panosvika 2030.
