I-Dubai, i-15 ngoNovemba i-2017 - i-Falcon Aircraft kunye ne-Airbus Helicopters zisayine i-MoU entsha kwi-Dubai ibonisa ukuzinikela kwayo kwi-H160 enezele ezintathu zee-helicopter ezongezelelweyo kwi-I-letter ye-Intent (I-LOI) yangasayinwe ngoMeyi 2016.

"Sithathe isigqibo sokwandisa isicelo sethu emva kwendlela yokubonisa ukuhamba kwendawo apho sasifumana ithuba lokuvavanya i-H160 eyona nto ihamba phambili ngesandla sokuhamba kwesebe." UCapt uthi uRaman Oberoi, i-COO ye-Falcon Aviation. "I-H160 imele ihlangabezane nemigangatho yethu efunekayo ye-VIP yokuhamba ngokududuza" wongezelela.
"Siyaziqhenya ngokuthi i-Falcon Aircraft iye yanyula ukuqinisekisa ukuba ithemba layo libekwe kwimveliso yethu yakutshanje" kusho uTimothee Cargill, oyintloko oyiNtloko-ngameli kunye neNtloko yeMpuma-mpuma kunye ne-Afrika kwi-Airbus Helicopters. "Siqinisekile ukuba izinga eliphezulu le-H160 lokuvelisa ukunikezela ngenduduzo engafanelekanga kunye namanqanaba aphantsi aphezulu kunye nokuzinza okukude kunye nomklamo walo wobugcisa oya kuba yinto efanelekileyo kwimisebenzi ye-Falcon Aviation," wongezelela.
I-H160, eneempawu ezintathu zokuvavanywa kwendiza, ngoku ilungiselela isitifiketi kunye nokungena kwinkonzo kwi-2019. Umgca wokugqibela wee-helicopter e-Marignane, eFransi uphinde ufikelele kumanyathelo okugqibela okulungiselelwa kwaye uya kuba ulungele ukuqala ukuveliswa kwe-serial kungekudala. Imisebenzi yenkxaso yabathengi iphuhliswa ngokubonga ngokufanayo ngokubandakanyeka okukhulu kwamacandelo okugcina, ngokusebenzisa umkhankaso we-zero, usebenzisa i-prototypes kunye nokuvavanya kuthetha ukuhlola nokuphucula isicwangciso sokugcina, amakhadi omsebenzi wedijithali kunye namaxwebhu obugcisa, kunye nokusetyenziswa kwezixhobo njl. imisebenzi yangempela.
I-version yokuqala yokufaka inkonzo kwi-2019 iya kuba yithuthi yezothutho enye - ukuthuthwa komoya kwe-oyile okanye i-Oyile neGesi, ilandelwa yinkonzo yezokwelapha ezixakeka (EMS), ne-VIP inguqu ye-2021.

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Nge-Airbus
I-Airbus iyinkokeli yehlabathi jikelele kwi-aeronautics, indawo kunye neenkonzo ezinxulumene. Kwi-2016 yenze imali ye-€ 67 yezigidigidi kwaye iqeshe abasebenzi base-134,000. I-Airbus inikezela uluhlu oluninzi olubanzi lwabagibeli bee-airliners ukusuka kwi-100 ukuya kwiihlalo ze-600 kunye nemikhiqizo ye-aircraft. I-Airbus nayo inkokeli yaseYurophu inikezela ngeenqwelo zamanzi, ukulwa, izithuthi kunye neenqwelo-moya, kunye neenkampani eziphambili zehlabathi. Kwii-helicopter, i-Airbus inikezela izisombululo ezihamba phambili zomhlaba kunye nezomkhosi.