Airbus kuljettaa hankkimiaan kasvosuojaimia Kiinasta Eurooppaan

[Ilkka Mäkelä 1 228]

Airbus on tehnyt tähän mennessä ainakin kolme lentoa Kiinan ja Euroopan välillä lastina kasvosuojaimia, jotka Airbus ostaa ja suurimmaksi osaksi jakaa Airbusin "kotimaiden" Ranskan, Saksan, Espanjan ja Englannin kesken. Koneina tässä operaatiossa Airbus on käyttänyt A350-1000-koelentoyksilöä, A330-800:aa ja A330 MRTT:tä. Euroopan sisäisillä lennoilla kasvosuojaimia ovat siirrelleet A400M ja Belugat.

Tämän lisäksi Airbus valmistaa hengityslaitteita ja 3D-printattuja (oletettavasti) läpinäkyviä kasvovisiireitä sairaaloille.

 

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Airbus continues to purchase and supply millions of face masks from China, the large majority of which will be donated to governments of the Airbus home countries, namely France, Germany, Spain and the UK.

An Airbus flight test crew has just completed its latest mission with an A350-1000 test aircraft. This is the third of such missions between Europe and China. The aircraft returned to France with a cargo of 4 million face masks on Sunday 5 April.

Since mid-March, the previous two missions were performed by and A330-800, and A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT). Airbus also deployed an A400M and its Beluga fleet to transport shipments of masks between its European sites, in France, Germany, the UK and Spain.

Airbus is deploying its employees, their expertise and know-how and leveraging technology in this fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, for example in designing and manufacturing ventilators and 3D printed visors which are critical resources for hospitals.

https://www.aviation24.be/manufacturers/airbus/airbus-a350-1000-deployed-in-fight-against-covid-19/