I-United Airlines yokuqala i-737 MAX 9 ithatha inqwelo moya esuka kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseHouston

Namhlanje, i-United Airlines (UAL) ibe yeyokuqala ethwala inqwelo moya yaseMntla Melika ukusebenzisa i-Boeing 737 MAX 9 eyonga amafutha. Inqwelomoya entsha kraca yangena kwinkonzo ye-United flight 686 phakathi kwe-United's hub kwi-Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport kunye ne-Orlando International Airport eFlorida. I-MAX ikwacwangciselwe ukuqhuba iinqwelomoya namhlanje phakathi kweHouston kunye neAnchorage, iAlaska kunye neHouston kunye neAustin, eTexas.

“I-Boeing 737 MAX yongezelela kakhulu kwiinqwelo ze-United Airlines, ibonelela malunga ne-14 lepesenti yokusebenza kwepetroli xa kuthelekiswa nezizukulwana zangaphambili ezingama-737 kunye namava aphuculweyo omthengi ebhodini,” utshilo uRodney Cox, usekela mongameli we-United's Houston operation. “Njengoko siqala ixesha elixakekileyo lokuhamba ehlotyeni, uHouston wonwabile ukuba likhaya lenqwelomoya yokuqala yaseUnited MAX, njengoko siqalisa inkonzo yokuqala ye-737 MAX ukusuka apha, kwaye kamva kule nyanga, songeza inkonzo ye-MAX kwiinqwelomoya ezisuka eHouston ukuya e-LA, eSacramento naseTampa. .”

Ukubhiyozela inqwelomoya entsha ye-United Airlines kunye “eyona “incinci”, umthuthi unika isipho se-737 MileagePlus yeemayile kuwo onke amalungu amancinci e-MileagePlus (amalungu aneminyaka eyi-18 nangaphantsi) asuka eHouston kwenye yeenqwelomoya zayo ze-MAX namhlanje. Bonke abathengi kwi-United Airlines iinqwelomoya zokuqala ze-MAX ezivela eHouston namhlanje nazo ziya kufumana izatifikethi zokubhabha, iimeko zokuhamba kunye nee-headphones ukukhumbula uhambo lwabo kwinqwelomoya entsha yase-United.

I-737 MAX isebenzisa i-Viasat yesizukulwana esilandelayo se-Wi-Fi yesathelayithi, ibonelela ngokufikelela kwisango elikhawulezayo, elithembekileyo loqhagamshelo lwe-intanethi kwisango. I-United iya kwandisa i-Viasat Wi-Fi ukuya kwiinqwelomoya ezingaphezu kwe-70, kubandakanywa ubuncinane iinqwelomoya ze-58 ezintsha ze-737 MAX kule minyaka mithathu izayo.

I-737 MAX isebenzisa amaphiko e-Boeing's Advanced Technology kunye neenjini eziwonga amafutha ukubonelela uhambo oluzolileyo kunye nokukwazi ukubhabhela kude kumafutha amancinci. Ngoluhlu olude kuneemodeli zangaphambili ze-737, i-United iyakwazi ukusebenzisa i-737 MAX phakathi kwe-Houston ne-Anchorage, e-Alaska, eyayifuneka ngaphambili ukuba ihanjiswe ngeenqwelomoya ezinkulu. I-United ilindele ukuba neenqwelomoya ze-10 737 MAX kwiinqanawa zayo ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.