I-Virgin Australia Airlines ngoku yinqwelomoya yokuqala Ostreliya ukufaka iiSplit Scimitar Winglets kwinqwelo-moya yayo yeBoeing Next-Generation 737-800. Ngemicimbi engapheliyo kwezinye iinqwelomoya zeB737, iBoeing kufuneka ifumane indlela yokubuyela kumkhondo kunye nochungechunge lwe737
Imveliso ye-Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), eyimbuyekezo yeeWinglets esele zidityanisiwe, yeyona iphiko lobuchwephesha liphezulu kwezakha zaveliswa, zibonelela ngokonga amafutha ngendlela engazange ibonwe kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kweyona nqwelo moya idumileyo.
“I-Virgin Australia ihlala ikhangela iindlela ezintsha zokwenza imeko-bume engcono, isungule inkqubo yokuqala ye-airline eqinisekisiweyo karhulumente, kwaye ngoku iyaqala EAstreliya Umsebenzi wokuqala weSplit Scimitar Winglet, ”utshilo UCraig McCallum, Umlawuli wentengiso kunye nentengiso yamaQabane e-Aviation. "Siyazingca ngokuba nesigunyaziso esinje ngeteknoloji yethu."
Ukufakwa kwinqwelomoya yokuqala kwagqitywa kwiveki ephelileyo Christchurch kwaye ngoku i-Virgin Australia inokulindela ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweoyile malunga neelitha ezingama-200,000 ngenqwelomoya nganye ngonyaka. Ukuncitshiswa kokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni dayoksayidi malunga neetoni ezingama-515 ngenqwelomoya nganye ngonyaka.
"I-wingtip vortex ijikeleza ngendlela efanayo kwi-Down Under njengoko isenza emantla eikhweyitha." UPatrick LaMoria, Igosa eliyintloko lezentengiso le-APB. "Ngaphandle kokwahlulahlula iiWinglets ezi-Scimitar ususa amanzi kwi-jet yokonga ipetroli."
Ukusukela oko yaphehlelela iSplit Scimitar Winglet yenkqubo yeBoeing Next-Generation 737, i-APB ithathe iiodolo kunye nokukhetha ngaphezulu kweenkqubo ezingama-2,200, kwaye ngaphezulu kweenqwelo moya eziyi-1,200 ngoku zisebenza ngetekhnoloji. I-APB iqikelela ukuba iimveliso zayo zinciphise ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha eenqwelomoya kwihlabathi liphela ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ze-9.8 zeebhaloni ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ngaloo ndlela kususwe ngaphezulu kwe-104 yezigidi zeetoni zekharbon diokside.
Amaqabane oQeqesho lwezohambo lweBoxing yi Seattle Indibaniselwano esekwe ngokuhlangeneyo yamaQabane oPhapho, Inc. kunye neNkampani yeBoeing.
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