I-Alaska Airlines ikwamkele ukuhanjiswa kwenqwelomoya yokuqala ye-Boeing 737-9 MAX, ephawula isigaba esitsha sokuphucula iinqanawa zeenqwelo moya kule minyaka izayo. Abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseAlaska babhabhe ngenqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya omfutshane izolo ukusuka eBoeing Delivery Centre eBoeing Field eSeattle baya kwindawo ekuma kuyo inkampani eSea-Tac International Airport neqela elincinci lobunkokheli obuphezulu baseAlaska.
“Silulindele ngolangazelelo olu suku. Ibingumzuzu wokuzingca ukukhwela inqwelo-moya yethu entsha engama-737 kwaye siyibhabhise siye ekhaya, ”utshilo Alaska Airlines UMongameli Ben Minicucci. “Le nqwelo moya yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yekamva lethu. Siyakholelwa kuyo, siyakholelwa kuBoing kwaye siyakholelwa kubasebenzi bethu abaza kuchitha iiveki ezintlanu kuqeqesho ukuqinisekisa ukuba sikulungele ukubhabha iindwendwe zethu ngokukhuselekileyo. ”
Eyokuqala iAlaska iBoeing I-737-9 icwangciselwe ukungena kwinkonzo yabakhweli ngo-Matshi 1 ngeenqwelo-moya ezijikelezayo zemihla ngemihla phakathi kweSeattle neSan Diego, naseSeattle naseLos Angeles. Inqwelomoya yesibini yesibini 737-9 kulindeleke ukuba ingene kwinkonzo kamva ngoMatshi.
Amaqela avela kumacandelo ahlukeneyo eAlaska ngoku azakulandela ixesha elingqongqo lokulungela elikhokela amanyathelo ekufuneka ethathiwe ngaphambi kokuqala kweenqwelo moya. Inkqubo-ebandakanya imijikelezo engqongqo yovavanyo lokubhabha, ukuqinisekisa kunye nolungiselelo oluthile- luya kuthatha iiveki ezintlanu:
Amagcisa ezolondolozo aza kuqeqeshwa ukuze aqhelane ngakumbi nenqwelomoya entsha. Bazakufumana ubuncinci iiyure ezingama-40 “zoqeqesho olwahlukileyo,” olwahlula umahluko phakathi kwe-MAX entsha kunye neenqwelo-moya ezikhoyo ze-737 NG. Abanye oochwephesha baya kufumana ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezingama-40 zoqeqesho olukhethekileyo olujolise kwiinjini moya kunye neenkqubo ze-avionics.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo moya baseAlaska baya kubeka i-737-9 ngeendlela zayo, zibhabha ngaphezulu kweeyure ezingama-50 zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-19,000 kwilizwe liphela, kubandakanya neAlaska neHawaii. Ezi “nqwelo moya zingqina” ziqhutywa ukuqinisekisa uvavanyo lwethu lokhuseleko kunye nolo lweFederal Aviation Administration (FAA), kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuqonda ngokupheleleyo kokusebenza kwenqwelomoya kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zemozulu kunye nomhlaba.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo moya zethu baya kufumana iiyure ezisibhozo zoqeqesho oluthile olusekwe kwi-MAX, uqeqesho olusekwe kwikhompyuter ngaphambi kokubhabha inqwelomoya kwisithuba seentsuku ezimbini, kubandakanya ubuncinci iiyure ezimbini zoqeqesho kwindawo eqinisekisiweyo yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ye-MAX yaseAlaska. . Kulapho bebhabha khona iindlela ezininzi ezithile kwinqwelomoya kunye nokuqonda ngcono ukuphuculwa okwenziwe kwinqwelomoya.
“Abaqhubi beenqwelo moya zethu zezona ziqeqeshwe kakuhle kweli shishini. Ngama-737-9, siya ngaphezulu nangaphaya ngenkqubo yethu yoqeqesho, nangaphezulu koko kufunwa yi-FAA, utshilo uJohn Ladner, umphathi weAlaska 737 nosekela mongameli weenqwelomoya. “Sizithembile kakhulu kule nqwelo moya. Yinto entle ukongeza kwiinqanawa zethu, kwaye sikulungele ukuqala ukubhabha ngoMatshi. ”
Ukuhanjiswa kwenqwelomoya yaseAlaska ngo-737-9 ngenqwelomoya ngu-Boeing kuzakuqhutywa ngenqwelo-mafutha ezinzileyo (SAF), enceda ishishini lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ukunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwe-CO2 kumjikelo wobomi. I-SAF iya kusetyenziswa kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya ze-MAX kwaye iya kubonelelwa yi-Epic Fuels.
IAlaska ibhengeze isivumelwano sokuhlengahlengiswa kunye neBoeing ngoDisemba 2020 ukufumana inani elipheleleyo leenqwelomoya ezingama-68 737-9 MAX kule minyaka mine izayo, kunye nokukhetha ezinye iinqwelomoya ezingama-52. Inkampani yezindiza icwangciselwe ukufumana iinqwelomoya ezili-13 kulo nyaka; 30 ngowama-2022; 13 ngo-2023; kunye ne-12 ngo-2024. Isivumelwano sidibanisa isibhengezo seAlaska ngo-Novemba ophelileyo sokuqesha iinqwelomoya ezili-13 737-9 njengenxalenye yentengiselwano eyahlukileyo.
Ezi nqwelo moya zingama-68 ubukhulu becala ziya kuthabatha indawo yeAlaska yeenqwelo moya zeAirka kwaye ihambise inqwelo moya ngenqwelomoya enye, iinqwelomoya eziphambili ezisebenza ngokukuko, ezinenzuzo kwaye ezinobuhlobo kwindalo. I-737-9 iya kuphucula amava eendwendwe kwaye ixhase ukukhula kwenkampani.
