IAlaska Airlines ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba isebenzisa iiyunithi zomoya ezisekwe emhlabeni ukuze kungene umoya kwikhabhathi, ukupholisa kunye nobushushu kwinqwelomoya epakishweyo phantse kuwo onke amasango ayo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSeattle-Tacoma. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ikwabhengeze ukuba ibuyisele zonke ii-737s zayo ezikwaziyo ukusebenzisa amaphiko adibeneyo. Ezi projekthi zimbini zezamva nje kuthotho lwamanyathelo aqhubekayo okwenziwa ngumthwali wokonga amafutha kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.
Ukususela ngowama-2002, ezi nzame ziye zanciphisa amafutha asetyenziswa yiAlaska Airlines ukuthutha umkhweli omnye ngekhilomitha nge-17 ekhulwini. Ukuncipha okukhaphayo kokukhutshwa kwekharbon diokside kufana nokukhupha iimoto ezili-130,000 endleleni unyaka omnye.
Iiyunithi zomoya ezine-diesel-powered preconditioned preconditioned, kunye namandla ombane asemhlabeni, athatha indawo yokusetyenziswa kweyunithi yamandla ancedisayo kwinqwelomoya (APU), esebenzisa amafutha ejethi. Iiyunithi eziphantsi komhlaba zitshisa malunga namaxesha e-10 ngaphantsi kwe-fuel kune-APU, oku kuthetha ukuba iiyunithi ezintsha ziya kunciphisa kakhulu iindleko kwaye zizuze indalo ngokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.
Kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Sea-Tac, ukusetyenziswa kweeyunithi zomoya ezilungiselelwe ngaphambili kumasango ali-19 kulindeleke ukuba kugcinwe ngaphezulu kwe-1.1 yezigidi zeelitha zamafutha ngonyaka, konga inkampani i-2.6 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka ngokusekwe kwixabiso lokumpompa langoku, utshilo uKristin Fuson, i-Alaska Airlines inqwelomoya. injineli yokusebenza kunye nomphathi weprojekthi. Nangona iiyunithi zitshisa i-diesel fuel, ukukhutshwa kwe-carbon dioxide kuya kuncitshiswa nge-24 yezigidi zeeponti ngonyaka ngenxa yokutshisa okuncinci kwepetroli, utshilo uFuson.
Ugcino lonyaka luya kuba ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabini ukuya kwi-2.4 yezigidi zeegaloni zamafutha kunye ne-5.5 yezigidi zeedola xa iiyunithi zisendaweni kwezinye iindawo ze-Alaska Airlines e-Anchorage, LAX, Portland naseSan Francisco kamva enyakeni.
“IAlaska Airlines ibisiya kusebenzisa iiyunithi zomoya ezisekwe emhlabeni malunga neminyaka emibini. Iiyunithi zenza ngcono ngakumbi kwezoqoqosho ngamaxabiso eoli ajikeleza malunga ne-135 yeedola ngomphanda,” utshilo uFuson.
“Inqwelomoya ithenge okanye iqeshise iiyunithi zomoya ezingama-33 kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezintlanu. Nangona ixabiso lokuqala le-$ 65,000 kwiyunithi nganye, oomatshini bazihlawulela malunga neminyaka eyi-11," utshilo uFuson. Ukuba iprojekthi iphumelele, iiyunithi ezininzi ziya kuthengwa kwezinye izikhululo zeenqwelomoya. Ukuqala ngoSeptemba, ezinye iiyunithi ezisisigxina ziya kufakwa kuzo zonke ii-hubs. Iiyunithi ezisisigxina zinikwa amandla ngombane osuka kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya kwaye azitshisi amafutha okanye zikhuphe izinto ezikhutshwayo.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iAlaska Airlines iphinde yagqiba ukubuyisela zonke ii-737 zayo ezikhoyo ezikwaziyo ukusebenzisa amaphiko adityanisiweyo. Zonke iinqwelomoya ezintsha zihanjiswa ngeempiko ezidityanisiweyo.
Iiphiko ziphucula indlela esebenza ngayo amafutha enqwelo-moya yaye zinciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi yegreenhouse malunga nesi-3 ekhulwini – okanye malunga neelitha ezili-100,000 ngonyaka kwinqwelo-moya nganye. Amaphiko enziwe yiSeattle-based Aviation Partners Boeing. Ekupheleni kwalo nyaka, iAlaska Airlines iza kube ibhabha i-74 Next-Generation 737s inamaphiko, imele i-64 pesenti yeenqwelo-moya zayo ezili-116.
"Umgangatho wegolide kumaphiko amaphiko, itekhnoloji yethu igcine ishishini kunye noluntu lwehlabathi ngaphezulu kwe-1 yeebhiliyoni zeelitha zepetroli ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kunye nokonga ukongiwa kwepetroli engaphezulu kwe-175 yezigidi zeegaloni ngo-2008," utshilo uJoe Clark, umseki weBoeing kunye ne-Aviation Partners. usihlalo. "Alukho olunye uhlengahlengiso lwenqwelomoya oluya kubonelela ngogcino lwamafutha kunye nezibonelelo ezihambelana ne-eco-friendly yetekhnoloji yethu edibeneyo yephiko."
I-Alaska Airlines yenze amanye amanyathelo okonga amafutha kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Phakathi kwabo, bakhawulezisa umhlala-phantsi wabo we-MD-80s ukuze babhabhe kuphela i-737s eyonga amafutha. Ii-MD-80 eziseleyo zenkampani yeenqwelo moya ziya kukhutshwa zingasebenzi nge-25 ka-Agasti endaweni yokuphela kukaDisemba, njengoko bekucwangcisiwe ekuqaleni. Ukongezelela, basebenzisa injini enye kuphela xa bekhwela iijethi ukuze zilungiswe ukuze zonge amafutha.
Iinkampani zeenqwelo moya zikwasebenzisa ukukhangela okusekwe kwisathelayithi. Ukusukela ngo-1996, iAlaska Airlines ivule iteknoloji ebizwa ngokuba yiRequired Navigation Performance. I-RNP yenza ukuba iinqwelomoya zibhabhe iindlela ezithe ngqo ngokuthe ngqo kwaye zinciphise ukuphambuka ngenxa yemozulu ngokusebenzisa itekhnoloji yokuhambisa inqwelomoya kunye neGlobal Positioning System satellite network. I-airline isebenzisa i-RNP kwizikhululo zeenqwelo-moya ezikude kunye neendawo ezicela umngeni kulo lonke ilizwe lase-Alaska, kunye nasePortland, e-Oregon; Esan Francisco; ePalm Springs, eCalifornia nakwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseReagan eWashington, DC.
Bakwasebenzisa iinqwelo zokutya ezinobunzima obulula. Ukusukela ekubuyiseleni kwakhona zonke iinqwelo-moya zayo ngeenqwelo ezinobunzima obulula ngoSeptemba ka-2006, i-airline igcine malunga ne-300,000 yeegaloni zamafutha ngonyaka.
IAlaska Airlines kunye neHorizon Air kunye zikhonza izixeko ezingama-94 ngothungelwano olwandisiweyo eAlaska, iLower 48, Hawaii, Canada neMexico.
