Riaan Inothi Lomhleli: Bhalisela Ukuvula Umhlaba, Incwadi yezindaba yamasonto onke ye-CNN Travel. Thola izindaba zakamuva zezindiza, ukudla neziphuzo, lapho ungahlala khona nokunye ukuthuthukiswa kohambo.
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Kusukela kumqondo wekhabhini osiqeda ngokuphelele isihlalo esiphakathi nendawo ukuya kumklamo owubukhazikhazi othatha isigaba sebhizinisi lendiza esendaweni eyodwa ukuya ezingeni elisha, kulo nyaka Uhlu olufushane lwe-Crystal Cabin Awards inikeza amazwibela ajabulisayo ngekusasa elingaba khona lezokundiza.
Minyaka yonke ama-Crystal Cabin Awards akhombisa imibono emisha ephinde yamukele umuzwa wekhabethe lendiza. Kunezigaba eziyisishiyagalombili, ezinemiklomelo eqhakambisa yonke into kusukela entweni entsha evumelana nemvelo – njengombono wohlelo lokusebenza lukadoti wokudla osuselwa ku-AI osuka enkampanini yezindiza yaseJalimane i-Lufthansa – kuya emibonweni yesizukulwane esilandelayo ngqo kusuka ekilasini lasenyuvesi.
UJulia Grosser, umkhulumeli weCrystal Cabin Award Association, uthi uhlu olufushane lwalo nyaka luphakamisa ukuthi izindiza zijika ekhoneni ngemuva kokungaqiniseki kweminyaka yobhubhane oluphezulu.
“Izinkampani zezindiza, abakhiqizi, nabahlinzeki bempahla batshala imali eningi emikhiqizweni yabo futhi,” kusho uGrosser. CNN Travelekhomba “imibono emisha ebalulekile ebonakala ngisho nasesigabeni somnotho – ukusuka emibhedeni emikhulu ukuya ekuxhumekeni okungcono.”
Phakathi kwezinto ezintsha ezifakwe ohlwini olufushane yi-Air New Zealand’s “Skynest” umqondookuhloswe ngayo ukuthi kube nezindawo zokulala ezingabhukhwa ezenziwe ngemibhede eyisicaba eyisicaba, eklanyelwe ukunikeza abagibeli abahamba ngezinyawo isikhathi eside ithuba lokuthola iso elifanele.
“Njengoba siyizwe elincane emajukujukwini omhlaba, ukuhamba uhambo olude kubalulekile ukuze sihlale sixhumene futhi sivumele izivakashi ukuthi zivakashele izwe lethu elihle,” uKerry Reeves, inhloko yezinhlelo zezindiza ze-Air New Zealand, etshela i-CNN Travel.
Isisusa se-SkyNest inkolelo ye-Air New Zealand yokuthi abagibeli kufanele bakwazi “ukuphumula okuhle, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bakuphi,” njengoba uReeves ekubeka.
Ama-pods ahlelwe njengemibhede emikhulu, eyakhiwe imigqa emibili, ngayinye iqukethe imibhede emithathu, engabhukhwa cishe amahora amane.
I-Air New Zealand isisebenze kwa-SkyNest iminyaka eminingana, nomqondo wembulwa okokuqala emuva ngo-2020. Umsebenzi manje uyaqhubeka ukwenza lo msebenzi ube ngokoqobo – u-Reeves uthi inkampani yezindiza njengamanje “isebenza ngokunikeza izitifiketi ezijulile kanye nemininingwane yobunjiniyela ukuba ne-Skynest endizeni yethu entsha i-787.”
I-Air New Zealand nayo yakhe ama-prototypes amaningana. Njengamanje kusacutshungulwa ukuthi ingakwazi yini ukuthutha eyodwa iye ku-2023 Airline Interiors Expo e-Hamburg, eJalimane – uchungechunge lwezindiza lapho iCrystal Cabin Award Association izomemezela abawinile bayo bango-2023.
Eminye imiqondo esohlwini olufushane ihlanganisa “I-Front-Row Business Class Retreat” ye-Adient Aerospace, eklanywe inkampani ye-aerospace ngokubambisana ne-Boeing EnCore Interiors.
UStephanie Faulk, umqondisi wezokuthengisa nokumaketha wakwa-Adient, uthi ugqozi lwalo mbono, obulokhu usebenza kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2022, “bekuyinselelo yokuklama yokuletha isipiliyoni somzimba obanzi ekhabetheni elinomzimba omncane.”
“Njengoba amakhono ezindiza ezinomzimba omncane ekhula, athatha uhambo olude – endizela ngokuqhubekayo,” kusho uFaulk. “Umphumela uyisifiso esingokwemvelo sokunethezeka okwengeziwe nezici ezilingana nezindiza ezinomzimba obanzi.”
Nakuba isigaba samabhizinisi ezindizeni zezindiza ezinomzimba obanzi singaba yinto exakile, endizeni encane ngokuvamile isho indawo ethe xaxa yemilenze kanye nokudla neziphuzo eziphambili.
I-Adient and Boeing Encore Interiors isethwe mayelana nokucabanga ikilasi lebhizinisi le-short-haul ephakeme: umbhede oyisicaba, indawo yokugcina impahla, ibha encane, umtapo wolwazi kanye nesikhala ukuze omunye umgibeli akujoyine ukuze ahlangane nawe noma abambe iqhaza.
U-Faulk uthi lo mbono usuvele “uthole intshisekelo enkulu kanye nempendulo eyakhayo” evela ezinhlanganweni zezindiza.
Nakuba idizayini ye-Adient isebenza nemikhawulo yokucushwa kwamakhabethe akhona, umqondo we-“Multicabin” ovela enkampanini yezokwakha yaseSpain i-Taller De Arquitectura T36 ifuna ukulungisa ngokuphelele ikhabethe lendiza.
I-Taller De Arquitectura T36 icabanga amakhabethe omnotho amathathu ahlukene emazingeni amabili. Inhloso, ngokusho kwabaklami, ukuthi “valelisa ezihlalweni ezimaphakathi.” Idizayini ihlanganisa inhlanganisela yamafasitela angempela nangokoqobo.
Idizayini izophinda inyuse isibalo sezihlalo ekhabetheni – ihlale iheha izinkampani zezindiza, noma ngabe isimo sokuphuma esimeni esiphuthumayo singabonakali kangako.
Okunye okufakwe ohlwini olufushane, u-Euphony, umqondo omusha wesihlalo sendiza ovela kumklami wangaphakathi wendiza yaseFrance i-Safran Seats, ekhiqizwe ngokubambisana nenkampani yobuchwepheshe bomsindo i-Devialet, okuhloswe ngayo ukuthuthukisa ukuzijabulisa kwe-inflight.
U-Euphony uqeda isidingo samahedisethi omuntu siqu. Esikhundleni salokho, izipikha zifakwa ku-headrest yesihlalo ngasinye, ngamaleveli omsindo aphelele ukuze abagibeli bakwazi ukujabulela ukukhetha kwabo kokuzijabulisa okungahambi kahle ngaphandle kokuzwiwa noma ukuphazanyiswa umakhelwane wabo.
CNN Travel wahlola umqondo ku-Aircraft Interiors Expo yangonyaka odlule, ephetha ngokuthi: “U-Euphony akayona indawo yokuhlangenwe nakho okufana ne-cocoon kwama-headphone akhansela umsindo, kodwa kuwukusetha okunethezekile futhi kuzwakala kufana kakhulu nomuzwa wokubuka ibhayisikobho usofeni wakho.”
Isigaba “seNyuvesi” se-Crystal Cabin Award sinikeza amazwibela ezingqondweni zesizukulwane esilandelayo sabaklami bezindiza.
Thatha i-Tilde Aviation Concept kaJoshua Nilsson, othweswe iziqu e-Savannah College of Art and Design.
Ekuqaleni i-thesis ephezulu yenyuvesi yakwa-Nilsson, icabanga indawo eyimfihlo, ebiyelwe emoyeni, elungele abagibeli abahamba ngeqembu.
Ukucushwa kwe-suite kungashintsha kusuka ezihlalweni ezine ezihlezi ezibhekene ukuya emibhedeni eyisicaba.
UNilsson utshela i-CNN Travel ukuthi ugqugquzelwe izinkumbulo ezimnandi zamaholide omndeni.
“Kusuka kwezomnotho kuye esigabeni sokuqala, isipiliyoni senzelwe ukuthi sibe sodwa futhi kimina, ukuhamba akukho lutho,” usho kanje. “Bengifuna ukubeka ukuxhumana phakathi kwedizayini yami yingakho ngenze inkundla yezindiza elungele ukuhamba kweqembu.”
UNilsson usanda kubuyela eScotland, lapho esungule esakhe isitudiyo sokuklama. Uthi uthemba ukuthi ukunaka kwamaCrystal Cabin Awards kungamvumela ukuthi enze lo mqondo ube ngokoqobo.
Abaphumelele Izindondo zeCrystal Cabin Awards bazomenyezelwa ngoMeyi, kanti abawinile bazomenyezelwa ngoJuni.
