JetBlue namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba ithathe ngokusesikweni inqwelomoya yokuqala yeAirbus A220-300, ephawula ukuqala kwexesha elitsha leenqwelo moya. Inqwelomoya-umsila u-N3008J-ucwangciselwe ukufika ekhayeni likaJetBlue eNew York kwisikhululo senqwelomoya samazwe aphesheya iJohn F. Kennedy (JFK) ngokuhlwa ukusuka kwindawo yemveliso yase-Airbus e-US e-Mobile, e-Ala. , eziya kuthi zingeniswe ngokokude zithathe indawo yezithuthi ezikhoyo zeenqwelomoya ezingama-70 ze-Embraer 220.
"I-A220 sisiza senqwelomoya esiza kulandelwa ngabathengi kunye nabasebenzi bethu, esinomtsalane kunye noqoqosho oluphezulu ukuxhasa ukubaluleka kwezemali nokusebenza ngokubaluleka kunye nokucwangciswa kwenethiwekhi," utshilo uRobin Hayes, igosa elilawulayo, uJetBlue. “Kwaye njengokuba siguqula iinqwelo-moya zethu zexesha elizayo, ukuncitshiswa okubalulekileyo kwe-A220 kwisisihlalo kuxhasa ukuzibophelela kwethu ekuqhubekeni nokungathathi cala kwekhabhoni kuzo zonke iinqwelo-moya zethu zalapha ekhaya, kwaye kusisondeza ekufezekiseni isibambiso sethu sokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni yomnatha kuyo yonke imisebenzi ngu 2040. ”
I-A220 inamaxabiso angama-30 eepesenti asebenza ngokuthe ngqo kwixabiso lesihlalo ngasinye kune-E190 yangoku. Iindleko zesihlalo esisezantsi zivela kuzo zombini ukonga ipetroli kunye non-fuel. Iinqanawa ze-A220 ziya kunceda ekuqhubekeni nokuseta kwakhona iindleko zokulondolozwa kweJetBlue kule minyaka ilishumi. I-airline ilindele ukuba i-A220 isithuthi, ngokuthembeka okuphuculweyo kunye nokugcinwa kwexesha elide, kuya kuba nexabiso lokugcina isitulo esingaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-40 ngaphantsi kwe-E190s.
Ngoluhlu oluya kuthi ga kwi-3,350 yeemayile zeemayile kunye neepesenti ezingama-40 ezitshise ipetroli kwisitulo esingaphezu kweenqwelo moya zeJetBlue zeE190, uqoqosho olulungileyo luvula ucango lweemarike ezintsha kunye neendlela ezazingazukunceda ngenqanawa esele ikho yeJetBlue. I-A220 igubungela umxube obanzi wamashishini amatsha kunye nasele ekho kunye noqoqosho olugqwesileyo kwiimarike ezimfutshane, eziphakathi nezingaphaya kwezwekazi. Oku kuyakuvumela ukusetyenziswa ngcono kweenqwelomoya ngokubanzi kunye nokubonelela ngamathuba okhuphiswano kwiJetBlue kwiimarike ezimfutshane.
"IJetBlue iguqule uhambo lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya, kwaye thina kwiAirbus siyazingcayo ngokuba ubudlelwane bethu beminyaka engama-20 budlale indima kwimpumelelo yenqwelomoya," utshilo uC. Jeffrey Knittel, uSihlalo kunye ne-CEO yeAirbus Americas, Inc. "Le yokuqala A220-300 ukuhanjiswa kudala iindlela ezintsha zeJetBlue, kwaye kunyusa amava abo abakhweli aye kwimigangatho ephezulu. ”
I-A220 inikwe amandla ngokukodwa ziinjini zePratt kunye neWhitney GTF, ehambisa ukuphuculwa kwamanani aphindwe kabini kumbane nakwikharbhon. Ukulungiselela ukutshiswa kwepetroli linyathelo lokuqala elibalulekileyo kwisicwangciso-qhinga sikaJetBlue sokugcina iindleko, kunye nokubeka phambili iinqwelomoya ezisebenza ngokufanelekileyo kunye neenjini zihambelana nendlela yeJetBlue yokunciphisa ukukhutshwa. Kwangoko kulo nyaka, iJetBlue yaba yinqwelomoya yokuqala enkulu e-US ukufezekisa ukungathathi cala kweekhabhoni kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya, kwaye kamva yabhengeza izicwangciso zayo zokufezekisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwi-zero kuyo yonke imisebenzi ngo-2040. Ukwehla okubalulekileyo kwe-A220 kwisisihlalo ngasinye kuya kunceda iJetBlue idibane. kunye nokugcina izibophelelo zokuzinza.
"Olu nikezelo lubonisa elinye inyathelo elikhulu kwiJetBlue kunye nePratt kunye neWhitney," utshilo uRick Deurloo, igosa eliyintloko lezorhwebo kunye nosekela mongameli omkhulu ePratt & Whitney. “Siwongekile ukuba iJetBlue isebenzise inqwelo-moya esebenzisa amandla kaPratt noWhitney ukusukela kwasekuqaleni - kwaye iJetBlue ikhethe inqwelo moya enezixhobo zeGTF ukulungiselela iinqwelomoya zeenqwelomoya ezizayo. Sijonge ukuxhasa ulwandiso lweJetBlue kunye nokuzinikela kwabo kwindiza ezinzileyo. ”
Ingaphakathi leJetBlue's A220 iya kuba nomtsalane njengokusebenza kwenqwelomoya. Abathengi bayakonwabela amava aphakamileyo okukhanya kunye nezihlalo ezibanzi, imigqomo ephezulu ebanzi kunye neefestile ezinkulu ngakumbi. Iinqwelo zeJetBlue zibonisa eyona milenze yomqeqeshi (a) kunye neFly-Fi® yasimahla, i-intanethi ekhawulezayo ebanzi esibhakabhakeni (b). IJetBlue iya kutyhila iinkcukacha zekhabhathi yayo eyilelwe i-A220-ebonisa ukucinga okuchukumisayo, okunomdla kubathengi kuyo yonke-ngoJanuwari 2021.
IJetBlue iyaqhubeka nokuhamba kwindawo entsha yokuhamba ngesandla esomeleleyo kunye nembono yexesha elide ekubuyiseni. Utyalomali kwi-A220 luvumela inqwelo moya ukuba iqhubeke nokwenza imodeli yayo yexabiso eliphantsi, kwaye yenza ukuba iJetBlue iqhubeke nokunikezela ngexabiso eliphantsi kubathengi abaninzi.
