UBristow usayina isivumelwano sokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula eIreland
Ukuhlaziya ukuhlangulwa komoya eIreland: iBristow kunye neXesha elitsha lokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula i-Coastguard
Nge-22 Agasti 2023, Bristow eIreland usayine ngokusemthethweni isivumelwano kunye norhulumente wase-Ireland ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula (SAR) usebenzisa i-helicopter kunye neenqwelo-moya ze-turboprop ukukhonza i-Irish Coast Guard.
Ukuqala kwikota yesine ye-2024, iBristow iya kuthatha imisebenzi elawulwa yi-CHC Ireland ngoku. Eli nyathelo elibalulekileyo lenziwe ngokubambisana neSebe lezoThutho lase-Ireland kwaye libonisa utshintsho oluphawulekayo kwiinkonzo zokuhlangula ezinikezelwa e-Ireland.
Iinqwelo ezintsha zokuhlangula
Ukwenza le mishini ye-SAR, iBristow iya kuhambisa ezintandathu ULeonardo AW189 iihelikopta ezilungiselelwe ukukhangela kunye nokuhlangula. Ezi helikopta ziya kusekwa kwiindawo ezine ezinikezelweyo ezibekwe kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseSligo, eShannon, eWaterford naseDublin Weston.
Olunye ulutsha olubalulekileyo kukuqaliswa kokusetyenziswa kweenqwelo-moya ezimbini ze-King Air turboprop, eziza kumiswa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseShannon kwaye zisetyenziselwe ukukhangela kunye nokuhlangula kunye nokubeka iliso kokusingqongileyo. Esi sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba imisebenzi yenqwelomoya ye-turboprop ibandakanywe kwikhontrakthi yokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula ye-Irish Coast Guard.
Inkonzo yokuhlangula iya kusebenza iintsuku ezingama-365 ngonyaka, iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, iqinisekisa impendulo esebenzayo ngamaxesha onke nakuzo zonke iimeko zemozulu. Ikhontrakthi yasayinwa ixesha leminyaka eli-10, kukho ithuba lokuyandisa eminye iminyaka emithathu.
Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba ukunikezelwa kwesi sivumelwano kuBristow kwabhengezwa njengento ekhethiweyo emva ngoMeyi 2023. Nangona kunjalo, ngenxa yomngeni osemthethweni ofakwe yi-CHC Ireland, ukungena kwi-force yekhontrakthi kwabambezeleka.
'Inkonzo esindisa ubomi kubantu baseIreland'
Emva kokutyikitywa kwesivumelwano, u-Alan Corbett, iGosa eliyiNtloko eliSebenzayo leeNkonzo zikaRhulumente waseBristow, wathi: 'Iqela lonke laseBristow Ireland Limited liwongwe ngokunyulwa ukuba libonelele ngale nkonzo karhulumente ibalulekileyo nesindisa ubomi kubantu baseIreland. Sijonge phambili ekusebenzeni ngokusondeleyo neSebe lezoThutho lase-Ireland, i-Irish Coast Guard kunye nabo bonke abachaphazelekayo njengoko silungiselela ukuhambisa le nkonzo yoluntu ibalulekileyo. "
Esi sivumelwano simele inyathelo eliphambili ekuqinisekiseni ukhuseleko kunye noncedo olungxamisekileyo kubemi baseIreland. Ubukho beBristow, inkampani enamava amaninzi kwiinkonzo zokukhangela kunye nokuhlangula, kuya kwandisa amandla kunye nokusebenza kakuhle kwemisebenzi yokuhlangula e-Ireland, inceda ukukhusela ubomi kunye nezibonelelo kwiimeko ezingxamisekileyo.