Etihad ta ƙaddamar da ecoDemonstrator na 2020

Following the launch of the Etihad Greenliner Program at the 2019 Dubai Airshow, and the arrival of the flagship Greenliner in January 2020, Etihad Airways today officially inaugurated the latest aircraft in its journey towards sustainability, with the pioneering 2020 ecoDemonstrator entering commercial service following a series of industry-leading test flights across the United States. The aircraft, a brand-new Boeing 787-10 registered A6-BMI, is the latest arrival to Etihad’s 39-strong fleet of 787 Dreamliners, making the UAE national airline one of the world’s largest operators of the technologically advanced aircraft type. 

A matsayin 2020 ecoDemonstrator, tare da hadin gwiwar Boeing, NASA da Safran Landing Systems, Etihad's 787 Dreamliner an yi amfani dashi azaman gwajin tashi don hanzarta ci gaban fasaha tare da burin sanya jirgin saman kasuwanci cikin aminci da dorewa. Wani sanannen abu a cikin sararin samaniya a kan yankin Arewa maso Yammacin Amurka a cikin 'yan watannin nan, wanda aka kera da shi musamman na Dreamliner, wanda aka tsara shi da kayan aikin gwaji, ya gudanar da bincike mai zurfi sama da Montana kuma tsakanin jihar Washington da South Carolina.

Tony Douglas, Babban Jami'in Kamfanin, Etihad Aviation Group, ya ce: "Kamar yadda na farko 787-10 don shiga cikin shirin ecoDemonstrator, wannan jirgi na musamman yana tsaye ne game da kirkire-kirkire da kuma yunƙurin ci gaba da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama mai ɗorewa wanda ya zama babban jigon kamfanin Etihad dabi'u da hangen nesa na dogon lokaci. Wannan ya yi daidai da gagarumin ci gaban da Abu Dhabi, da UAE ke samu, wajen bincike da samar da ingantattun hanyoyin magance sauyin yanayi. 

“Hadin gwiwar Etihad da Boeing, da kuma shiga cikin shirin tare da NASA da Safran, na daya daga cikin kamfanonin jiragen sama na Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa da ke matukar alfahari da su. Wannan shirin mai kayatarwa da ci gaba zai sami tasirin gaske ga masana'antarmu a zaman wani ɓangare na shirin Greenliner na Etihad kuma yana nuna kyakkyawan tsarin ci gaba na Etihad. A matsayin babban misali na hadin gwiwar masana'antu, wannan jirgin sama misali ne na musamman na yadda masana'antar jirgin sama za su iya haduwa don samun ci gaba mai dorewa. "

Don bikin ƙaddamar da shi zuwa sabis na yau da kullun, jirgin saman na musamman an saka shi da abin tunawa wanda ke nuna gudummawar sa ga ɗorewa, yayin da fuselage ɗin sa har yanzu ke riƙe da wasu alamun asali na gwajin gwajin ecoDemonstrator, ciki har da ecoDemonstrator da Boeing tambura, ban da kalmomi 'Daga Abu Dhabi don Duniya', fasalin sake fasalin shahararren kamfanin jirgin saman.

A yayin shirin ecoDemonstrator, A6-BMI an kawata shi da kayan aiki na musamman tsawon kwanaki takwas na gwaji na musamman kan kudurori bakwai don inganta tsaro da rage fitar da hayaki da amo na CO2. Jiragen sama sun yi tashi tsaye a Glasgow, Montana, kuma a lokacin tafiye-tafiye zuwa ƙasashen biyu tsakanin Seattle, Washington, da Charleston South Carolina. Yayin gwajin, jerin jirage sun tattaro cikakken bayanin karar NASA na jirgin sama zuwa yau daga kusan makirufo 1,200 da aka haɗe a waje na 787 kuma suma aka ajiye su a ƙasa. 

Bayanin zai inganta karfin hasashen karar jirgin sama na NASA, hanyoyin ciyar da matuka gaba don rage hayaniya da kuma sanar da samfuran jiragen sama masu nutsuwa nan gaba. Jirgin sama guda biyu na ketare da ke fadin Amurka sun nuna wata sabuwar hanya ga matuka jiragen sama, masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama da kuma cibiyoyin ayyukan jiragen sama don sadarwa a lokaci guda, wanda hakan ya haifar da ingantaccen hanya, lokutan zuwa da rage hayakin CO2.

"Hadin gwiwar Boeing tare da Etihad Airways kan shirin ecoDemonstrator na wannan shekarar ya daukaka kawancen dorewar kawancen da muka kulla a shekarar da ta gabata zuwa wani sabon matakin," in ji Stan Deal, shugaban Boeing Commerce Airplanes and Shugaba. “Haɗin kai irin waɗannan suna da ƙima don haɓaka ƙirarraki wanda ke ƙara haɓaka aminci da ɗorewar shawagi. Jarabawar da muka gudanar, tare da hadin gwiwar NASA da Safran Landing Systems, za su amfani jiragen sama da ma duniya baki daya shekaru masu zuwa. ”

A matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin, Etihad da Boeing sun gwada fasahohi biyu na 'ƙoshin lafiya' waɗanda za su taimaka wa kamfanonin jiragen sama yaƙi da maganin COVID-19, ta hanyar aminci da sauri tsabtace manyan wuraren taɓawa. Waɗannan sun kasance kayan aikin kashe hasken ultraviolet da kuma maganin rigakafin ƙwayoyin cuta wanda ke taimakawa hana haɓakar ƙwayoyin cuta akan teburin tire, hutun hannu da sauran wurare. 

An yi amfani da mafi haɗakar haɗakar mai mai ɗorewa (SAF) a duk cikin shirin, haka kuma a kan jigilar jigilar kayayyaki daga Charleston zuwa Abu Dhabi. Sakamakon haka, an guji sama da tan 60 na hayaki a cikin jirgin isar shi kaɗai. 

Jirgin isar da jirgin zuwa Abu Dhabi ya ga Etihad ya hada kai da masu ba da sabis na Kewaya Airspace da yawa (ANSPs) gami da FAA, UK NATS da EUROCONTROL don inganta hanyar jirgin, ta yanke mai da sama da tan daya da kuma hayakin CO2 da kimanin tan hudu. Bayan bin jiragen sama na musamman na Etihad zuwa Brussels da Dublin a cikin Janairu da Maris 2020 bi da bi, wannan yunƙurin ya ci gaba da nuna ƙaƙƙarfan rikodin Etihad tare da haɗin gwiwar ANSPs don inganta amfani da sararin samaniya don sadar da ƙarancin mai, ƙarar da hayaƙin carbon.

Etihad da Boeing suma sun hada hannu wajen gwada sabuwar fasahar tsara hanya kan jirgin isar da A6-BMI. Boeing na cikin ci gaba yana hasashen yanayi mai yuwuwa na yanayi kuma yana ba da mafi kyawun hanyoyin zaɓuɓɓuka.

Hadin gwiwar Etihad da Boeing kan shirin ecoDemonstrator ya bayar da sadaukar da kai ga kamfanin jirgin na Boeing 787 Dreamliners don zama gwaji ga hanzarin fasahar a matsayin wani bangare na shirin Etihad Greenliner, kuma ya nuna sadaukar da kai na Etihad na dorewa duk da halin da ake ciki na COVID-19 na yanzu. . Etihad ya ci gaba da jajircewa zuwa mafi karancin manufa game da gurbataccen gurbataccen gurbataccen gurbataccen iska a cikin 2050 da rage rabi na fitar da iska na kamfanin 2019 zuwa 2035.

Dangane da hangen nesa na Abu Dhabi da jajircewar sa game da rage fitar Carbon don cimma burin Yarjejeniyar Paris, dorewa da kiyaye muhalli suna cikin DNA na Etihad. Yin wasanninta a matsayin mai ɗaukar tutar Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa (UAE), Etihad ya mai da hankali ga ci gaban ci gaba a cikin jirgin ya yi daidai da wasu shirye-shiryen da yawa na Masarautar Abu Dhabi, da kuma dukkanin UAE. 

A matsayinta na memba mai aiki na Kungiyar Kula da Sufurin Jiragen Sama ta Duniya, Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa na daga cikin kasashe na farko da suka rattaba hannu kan Yarjejeniyar Rarraba Carbon da Rage Jirgin Sama na Kasa da Kasa (CORSIA). A yau, Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa na aiki kafada da kafada tare da kungiyar man fetur ta kasa da kasa na ICAO a kan Jirgin Jiragen Sama mai dorewa (SAF) har ila yau da Low Carbon Aviation Fuel (LCAF), dukkansu suna iya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen samar da ingantaccen ci gaba da bunkasa harkar jirgin sama rage ƙarfin carbon ɗinta.