Airbus ya ba da jirgin farko na A350-900 Ultra Long Range (ULR) don ƙaddamar da abokin ciniki na Singapore Airlines (SIA). Ana shirin tashi jirgin kuma ana shirin tashi daga Toulouse zuwa Singapore a yau.
Sabon bambance-bambancen mafi kyawun siyarwar A350 XWB yana da ikon yin tafiya gaba a cikin sabis na kasuwanci fiye da kowane jirgin sama, tare da kewayon har zuwa mil 9,700 na ruwa, ko sama da sa'o'i 20 ba tsayawa. Gabaɗaya, SIA ta ba da odar jirgin sama A350-900ULR guda bakwai, wanda aka tsara a cikin tsari mai aji biyu, tare da kujerun Azuzuwan Kasuwanci 67 da kujeru 94 Premium Economy Class kujeru.
SIA za ta fara aiki da A350-900ULR akan 11th Oktoba, lokacin da zai ƙaddamar da ayyukan da ba na tsayawa ba tsakanin Singapore da New York. Tare da matsakaicin lokacin tashi na sa'o'i 18 da mintuna 45, waɗannan za su kasance jiragen kasuwanci mafi dadewa a duniya. Bayan New York, jirgin zai shiga sabis tare da SIA akan ƙarin hanyoyin wucewa guda biyu marasa tsayawa, zuwa Los Angeles da San Francisco.
"Wannan wani abin alfahari ne ga kamfanonin jiragen sama na Singapore da Airbus, ba wai kawai saboda mun sake ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwarmu ba, har ma saboda mun ƙulla iyaka da wannan sabon jirgin sama mai inganci don tsawaita zirga-zirgar jiragen sama zuwa dogon zango," in ji Singapore. Shugaban Kamfanin Jiragen Sama, Goh Choon Phong. "A350-900ULR zai kawo ƙarin dacewa da kwanciyar hankali ga abokan cinikinmu kuma zai ba mu damar yin jigilar jirage masu dogon zango ta hanyar kasuwanci. Hakan zai taimaka mana wajen haɓaka gasa ta hanyar sadarwarmu da kuma haɓaka cibiyar Singapore."
Tom Enders, Babban Jami'in Gudanarwa na Airbus ya ce "Kasuwancin yau wani ci gaba ne ga Airbus da Singapore Airlines, yayin da tare muke bude wani sabon babi na zirga-zirgar jiragen sama." "Tare da kewayon sa da ba a iya kwatanta shi da canjin matakin ingancin mai, A350 an sanya shi na musamman don biyan buƙatun sabbin ayyuka na dogon lokaci. Haɗin kwanciyar hankali na A350, fili mai faɗi da samfurin jirgin sama wanda SIA ya shahara a duniya zai tabbatar da mafi girman matakan kwanciyar hankali na fasinja akan manyan hanyoyin duniya mafi tsayi."
A350-900ULR ci gaba ne na A350-900. Babban canjin da aka yi akan daidaitaccen jirgin shi ne tsarin mai da aka gyaggyara, wanda zai ba da damar ɗaukar man da za a iya ƙarawa da lita 24,000 zuwa lita 165,000. Wannan yana fadada kewayon jirgin ba tare da buƙatar ƙarin tankunan mai ba. Bugu da kari, jirgin yana da wasu na'urorin haɓɓaka iska, ciki har da fiɗaɗɗen fuka-fuki, waɗanda a yanzu ake amfani da su a kan duk wani jirgin sama na A350-900.
A350 XWB shine sabon dangi mafi girma na zamani na jirgin sama, wanda ya haɗa da sabon ƙirar iska, fuselage fiber carbon da fuka-fuki, da sabbin injunan Rolls-Royce mai inganci. Tare, waɗannan sabbin fasahohin suna fassara zuwa matakan ingantaccen aiki marasa ƙima, tare da raguwar kashi 25 cikin ɗari na yawan amfani da mai da hayaƙi, da rage farashin kulawa sosai.
Jirgin na A350 XWB yana fasalta sararin sararin samaniya ta gidan Airbus, wanda aka ƙera shi don haɓaka jin daɗi da jin daɗi a cikin dogon jirage. Jirgin yana da gidan da ya fi natsuwa na kowane tagwayen hanya mai faɗi kuma yana fasalta sabbin kwandishan, sarrafa zafin jiki da tsarin hasken yanayi, tare da ingantaccen tsayin gida da matakan zafi mafi girma. Jirgin kuma yana fasalta sabbin abubuwan nishaɗin cikin jirgin sama da tsarin WiFi, tare da cikakken haɗin kai gaba ɗaya.
Kamar yadda a karshen watan Agusta 2018, Airbus ya rubuta jimlar 890 m umarni ga A350 XWB daga 46 abokan ciniki a duk duniya, riga ya zama daya daga cikin mafi nasara widebody jirgin sama. Kusan jirage 200 A350 XWB an riga an isar da su kuma suna aiki tare da kamfanonin jiragen sama 21, suna tashi da farko akan ayyukan dogon zango.
Jirgin Singapore yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan abokan ciniki na Iyalin A350 XWB, wanda ya ba da umarnin jimillar 67 A350-900s, gami da samfuran Ultra Long Range bakwai. Ciki har da isar da kayayyaki na yau, jirgin A350 XWB na kamfanin jirgin yanzu ya tsaya a jirage 22.
