SEATTLE, WA (28 ka-Agasti 2008) - I-Alaska Airlines namhlanje igqibe ukutshintshela kwayo yonke i-Boeing 737 yeenqwelo zeenqwelo-moya kunye nokuthatha umhlala-phantsi wokugqibela we-MD-80 yenqwelomoya, inxalenye yesicwangciso seminyaka emibini sokwandisa ukusebenza kakuhle kwe-airline kunye ukuphucula ukugcinwa kwamafutha.
"Ngokugqibela kwe-MD-80s yethu ethatha umhlala-phantsi namhlanje kunye nokuhanjiswa okucwangcisiweyo kwe-Boeing 737-800s entsha kulo nyaka, iAlaska Airlines ngoku isebenza enye yezona nqwelo zincinci, zisebenza kakuhle kwaye zihamba phambili kubuchwepheshe kwishishini," utshilo uBill Ayer. , usihlalo weAlaska kunye negosa eliphezulu. "Iinqanawa zethu zonke ze-Boeing ziya kwenza umahluko omkhulu kubathengi, ukuthembeka kwezithuthi kunye neendleko zokusebenza, ngexesha apho kubaluleke kakhulu."
I-737-800 itshisa iilitha ezingama-850 zepetroli ngeyure, ngokuchasene ne-1,100 iilitha ngeyure nge-MD-80. Uhlobo lwezithuthi eziqhelekileyo nalo luya kubangela iindleko eziphantsi zolondolozo, uqeqesho kunye nokucwangciswa kwabasebenzi benqwelo-moya.
Njengoko inqwelomoya yokugqibela ye-MD-80 yayijikeleza iMount Rainer yelizwe laseWashington kwinqwelomoya yokomfuziselo yokugqibela, yadityaniswa esibhakabhakeni yi-Alaska Airlines Airlines epeyintwe ngokukhethekileyo inqwelomoya ebizwa ngokuba “nguMoya waseSeattle” ngembeko. Isikhululo seenqwelomoya ngoku zonke iinqwelo zeBoeing kunye nentsebenziswano eyodwa yedolophu yasekhaya kunye nomenzi wenqwelomoya.
"I-Next-Generation 737 yakho entsha, kunye nesikhumbuzo sayo, iluphawu lobudlelwane bethu obukhulu bokusebenzisana," utshilo uMark Jenkins, usekela-mongameli we-Boeing 737 kunye nomphathi jikelele. "I-Boeing izibophelele kwimpumelelo ye-Alaska Airlines, kwaye sinebhongo ngokuba liqabane lakho kwidolophu yakho."
Ii-737s zixhotyiswe ngokhuseleko oluphambili kunye neenkqubo zokuhamba. Oyintloko phakathi kwabo yi-Required Navigation Performance Precision approach technology kunye ne-Head-up Guidance System, evumela ukufuduka kunye nokufika kwiimeko ezisezantsi ezibonakalayo. I-Alaska's 737s nayo ixhotyiswe nge-Enhance Ground Proximity Warning System, elumkisa abaqhubi bemiqobo yomhlaba.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya inezibophelelo eziqinileyo zokongeza iiBoeing 737-800s ezisibhozo ukuya kutsho ngo-2008, eziya kuthi izise iinqwelo zayo kwiinqwelomoya eziyi-116 zeBoeing 737. Oko kuthelekisa ne-26 MD-80s kunye ne-110 iyonke yeenqwelomoya ekuqaleni kotshintsho lwenqwelo moya ngo-2006.
I-Alaska Airlines yafumana inqwelomoya yayo yokuqala ye-MD-80, eyenziwa yi-Long Beach-based McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, ngo-1985 kwaye yakha yasebenzisa i-44 yeejethi. I-MD-80, neitanki zayo ezinkulu zamafutha kuluhlu olwandisiweyo, yayililitye lembombo lokwandiswa kwenkampani yenqwelomoya ukunyuka nokuhla kuNxweme oluseNtshona, kunye nokungena eMexico nakwiMpuma Ekude yaseRussia ngeminyaka yoo-1980 kunye no-'90s.
IAlaska Airlines kunye noodade abaphethe iHorizon Air kunye bakhonza izixeko ezingama-94 ngothungelwano olwandisiweyo eAlaska, iLower 48, Hawaii, Canada neMexico.
