I-Southwest Airlines iyalela i-Boeing 100 MAX jets ezinobunzima

• Idili inyusa ukuzibophelela kuka-737 MAX kumzantsi-ntshona kwiijethi ezingaphezu kwama-600 phakathi kwe-737-7 kunye ne-737-8 enkulu
• UMzantsi-ntshona ujolise ekuphuculeni iinqanawa zexesha elizayo ngokusebenza okuphuculweyo kwepetroli, ukusebenza kwendalo esingqongileyo kunye nokuguquguquka kokusebenza
• I-odolo izisa uzinzo kweyona nkqubo inkulu yorhwebo ka-Boeing kunye nababoneleli bayo

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I-Boeing kunye ne-Southwest Airlines namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba umphathi uza kuqhubeka nokwakha ishishini lakhe kusapho lwe-737 MAX ngomyalelo omtsha weenqwelo moya eziyi-100 kunye neenketho ezili-155 kwiimodeli ezimbini. Isivumelwano siza emva kovavanyo lweminyaka emininzi lwenqwelomoya eMzantsi-ntshona kwaye oko kuthetha ukuba iBoeing kunye nababoneleli bayo bangakha ngaphezulu kwe-600 entsha ye-737 MAX jets yenqwelomoya nge-2031.

Southwest Airlines bebehlola iindlela zokuphucula ezona ndawo zinkulu kwizithuthi zayo: i-737-700 ekhonza iimfuno zenqwelomoya yenqwelomoya eyi-140-150. Ngesivumelwano esitsha, i-airline iphinde yaqinisekisa i-737-7 njengendawo yayo yokutshintsha kunye nokukhula kwenqwelomoya. Ijethi iya kuncedisa i-737-8, ekhonza iimfuno zoMzantsi-ntshona kwimodeli yezihlalo eziyi-175. Omabini amalungu osapho angama-737 MAX aya kunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwepetroli kunye nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni okungenani nge-14% xa kuthelekiswa neenqwelo moya abazitshintshayo, kunceda ukuphucula iindleko zokusebenza kunye nokusebenza kwendalo. Umzantsi-ntshona uthe isisombululo siyayivumela ukuba igcine ukusebenza ngokukuko kweenqwelo zonke zeBoeing 737 ukuxhasa inethiwekhi yexabiso eliphantsi, lokukhomba kumanqaku.

“I-Southwest Airlines ibisebenza uthotho lwe-Boeing 737 phantse iminyaka engama-50, kwaye inqwelo-moya inegalelo elibonakalayo kwimpumelelo yethu engenakuthelekiswa nanto. Ukuzinikela kwanamhlanje kwi-737 MAX kuqinisa ukuqhubekeka kwethu ukuxabisa inqwelomoya kwaye kuqinisekisa izicwangciso zethu zokubonelela ngeeBoeing 737 uthotho lweenqwelo moya kubasebenzi bethu kunye nabaThengi kwiminyaka ezayo, utshilo uGary Kelly, uSihlalo noMlawuli oyiNtloko. "Siyazingca ngokuqhubeka nesiko lethu lokuba lelona lizwe lisebenza kuzo zonke iinqanawa zeBoeing."

"Ukongeza ekuxhaseni iinzame zethu zokuqhuba ngokuzinzileyo nangokufanelekileyo, i-737 MAX ibonelela abasebenzi kunye nabaThuthuli ngeendlela zokuhamba ezifana nekhabhathi ezolileyo, iindawo ezinkulu zentsimbi, ukuhlala ngezihlalo zentloko ezinokuhlengahlengiswa, kunye nendawo enkulu yokuhamba ngenqanawa," utshilo uMike Van de Ven, igosa eliyiNtloko elisebenza kuMzantsi-ntshona.

Isivumelwano sokuthenga esitsha sithatha incwadi yoku-odola yoMzantsi-ntshona iye kuma-200 737-7s kunye nee-180 737-8s, ngaphezulu kwama-30 asele enikezelwe. Umzantsi-ntshona uya kuba nokukhetha okungama-270 kuzo zombini ezi modeli, ukuthatha ukuzibophelela kokuthenga ngokuthe ngqo kwiinqwelomoya ezingaphezu kwama-600. Inqwelomoya yomoya ikwaceba ii-jets ezingama-737 MAX ezongezelelweyo ngokusebenzisa umntu ongaphantsi.

“I-Southwest Airlines kudala iyinkokeli kunye ne-bellwether kwishishini leenqwelo moya kwaye lo myalelo yivoti enkulu yokuzithemba kukhenketho lomoya lokuthengisa. Njengokuba ukusasazwa kwesitofu sokugonya kuyaqhubeka, abantu babuyela esibhakabhakeni kwaye bafaka ithemba lokufumana kwakhona kunye nokukhula okutsha kulo lonke ushishino lwethu, utshilo uStan Deal, umongameli kunye ne-CEO yeeBoing Commercial Airplanes. "Siwongekile ngokuqhubeka nokuthembela kuka-Boeing kunye nama-737. Isigqibo sabo senqanawa namhlanje sizisa uzinzo kwinkqubo yethu enkulu yorhwebo kwaye siza kuqinisekisa ukuba usapho lwethu lonke lwama-737 luzokwakha iinqwelomoya ezintsha kuMazantsi-ntshona kwiminyaka ezayo."

Njengenxalenye yesivumelwano, uMzantsi-mpuma uza kwandisa ukusetyenziswa kwezisombululo zedijithali ze-Boeing ukuxhasa iinqwelo zayo ezingama-737 MAX, kubandakanya uLawulo lwezeMpilo lweNqwelo moya, Ibhokisi yezixhobo zeNtsebenzo yokuLondolozwa kunye nezixhobo zetshathi zokuhamba zedijithali. I-Boeing iya kubonelela ngenkqubo yokuhlaziywa kwesoftware kunye nezixhobo zonxibelelwano ezingenazingcingo ezenza ukuba kuxhaswe imisebenzi yoMzantsi-ntshona.