I-Saudia Group Signs Signs Isebenzisana ne-Lilium ngamaJets angu-100 eVTOL

I-Saudia Group isayine isivumelwano neLilium sokuthenga amajethi eLilium afinyelela kwangu-100.

I-conglomerate yezindiza yangena esivumelwaneni nomkhiqizi wamatekisi asemoyeni kagesi waseJalimane ngoJulayi 18. I-Saudia kanye ne-Lilium babhala isivumelwano endlunkulu yaseLilium ngaphandle kwaseMunich.

Isikhulu esiphezulu saseSaudia uFahd Al-Jarbou, isikhulu seLilium uKlaus Roewe kanye noSihlalo weLilium uTom Enders babekhona ekusayinweni kwabo. Inxusa laseJalimane eSaudi Arabia uMichael Kindsgrab, uMhlonishwa u-Engr. U-Ibrahim Al-Omar, kanye noMqondisi Jikelele we-Saudia Group nabo babekhona.

I-Saudia Group isebenzisa inkampani enkulu yezindiza e-Saudi Arabia, i-Saudia. Umthwali uphethwe ngokugcwele umbuso. NgoJuni, iSaudia yaqashelwa njengeNkampani Yezindiza Ethuthuke Kakhulu Emhlabeni kuma-Skytrax Awards ka-2024.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, iSaudia Group ingelinye lama-conglomerates amakhulu ezindiza eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNyakatho Afrika esifundeni.

U-Lilium, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ungumthuthukisi wezindiza ohamba phambili futhi oyiphayona ku-Regional Air Mobility (RAM).

I-Saudia Group iqinisa ukuzibophezela kwayo ekuzinzeni

Isivumelwano, esithathwa “njengesibopho,” siwuhlelo olukhulu kakhulu lwe-Lilium ezindizeni zayo ezisebenza ngogesi.

Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano ne-Saudia Group, i-Lilium kufanele ikhiqize amajethi okusuka kuma mpo kagesi angafika kwangu-50 kanye nokufika (eVTOL). Ngaphezu kwalokho, iSaudia Group izoba nenketho yokuthenga kufikela ku-50 ngaphezulu. Ibuye ihlanganise “iziqinisekiso zokusebenza kwezindiza kanye nezihlinzeko zezingxenye ezisele, ukulungiswa, nokunakekelwa.”

Lokhu kulandela imemorandamu yango-2022 yokuhlola izixazululo zezindiza ezinamarotha amaningi asebenza ngebhethri ngezinselelo zokuthutha esifundeni.

Ngokuvumelana nalokhu, uMhlonishwa u-Engr. U-Ibrahim Al-Omar uphawule wathi, “I-Saudia Group iyaziqhenya ngokuvula isifunda se-MENA njengenkampani yokuqala ukuthola amajethi e-eVTOL asebenza ngogesi, okubonisa ukuzibophezela kwethu ekunciphiseni ngokuqhubekayo indawo yethu ye-carbon nokuba ngumholi wemboni yezindiza zesifunda zikagesi.”

I-Saudia Group kanye ne-Lilium: Izinguquko zokuhamba kwezivakashi

“Amajethi e-eVTOL enza izinguquko kwezokuthutha kwezivakashi,” uMhlonishwa, uMqondisi Jikelele we-Saudia Group Engr. U-Ibrahim Al-Omar wengeze. “Amakhono abo okusuka aqonde ngqo nokuma avula imizila emisha ngokuphelele.”

“Zicabange uhamba amakhilomitha angu-175 ngesivinini esingamakhilomitha angu-250 ngehora, wonga isikhathi esibalulekile uma kuqhathaniswa nezinketho zendabuko.”

Umhlonishwa u-Al-Omar uphinde waphawula izinzuzo zamajethi e-eVTOL kubahambi bebhizinisi nabahlanganyeli bomcimbi.

“Lobu buchwepheshe buphinde bubhekane ngqo nesiminyaminya. Abahambi bebhizinisi nabazohambela embukisweni bazohlomula kakhulu ngokukhululeka nesivinini sezindiza ezisebenza ngogesi, okubavumela ukuthi bathamele ngaphandle komthungo futhi babambe iqhaza emicimbini.”

Okubaluleke nakakhulu, ukuthengwa kweSaudia Group kwalezi zindiza kuzoba nezinguquko embonini yezokuvakasha. Ikakhulukazi, izosetshenziselwa ukuthutha abahambi phakathi kweMecca neJeddah, kanye nabahambele imicimbi yezemidlalo.

“Lezi zimoto ezintsha zizoshintsha futhi kwezokuvakasha, ezemidlalo, nezokuzijabulisa, zinikeze ulwazi lokuhamba oluphambili kulezi zindawo ezithokozisayo.”

I-eVTOL: Ikusasa lezokuthutha ngendiza

Ekhuluma nabakwaReuters, umsunguli we-Lilium waphawula ukuthi izindleko zalo lonke i-oda zazilinganiselwa ku-SAR 2.6 billion (USD 700 million).

Elokuqala lamajethi—okulindeleke ngo-2026—lizoba nezihlalo ezine kuya kweziyisithupha, esikhundleni sohambo lomgwaqo noma uhambo olufushane ngezindiza noma izindiza ezinophephela emhlane. Lawa anomklamo omise okweqanda onephiko elilodwa langaphambili kanye nephiko elingemuva. Amamotho kagesi angamabhethri angama-30 akhelwe emaphikweni anika amandla indiza.

Ngokuqondile, amajethi okuqala angama-50 kulindeleke ukuthi aqedwe ngo-2029.

Ngokufanayo, i-Ehang yaseChina, kanye no-Eve noJoby, nabo bebelokhu bengena emakethe yaseSaudi.

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