Alaska Airlines e phatlalalitse kajeno hore e sebelisa likhetho tsa ho reka lifofane tse 52 tsa Boeing 737 MAX bakeng sa ho tsamaisoa lipakeng tsa 2024 le 2027, ho holisa lifofane tse netefalitsoeng tsa 737 MAX ho tloha ho 94 ho isa ho 146.
Alaska e boetse e sirelelitse litokelo tsa lifofane tse ling tse 105 ho fihlela ka 2030, ho netefatsa phihlello ea lifofane tse lekaneng bakeng sa ho nkela likepe sebaka le kholo. Tumellano ena e emela boitlamo bo boholo ka ho fetisisa ba lifofane tsa kamoso historing ea sefofane.
"Letsete lena le sireletsa lifofane ho ntlafatsa kholo ea rona lilemong tse leshome tse tlang, tseo re tsebang hore e tla ba monyetla o moholo oa tlholisano," ho boletse CEO oa Alaska Airlines Ben Minicucci. "Re motlotlo ka motheo o matla oa lichelete o behang Alaska ka mokhoa o ikhethileng ho etsa boitlamo bona bokamosong ba rona, le ka tšebelisano e ntle eo re e arolelanang le moetsi oa lifofane oa habo rona Boeing."
Ha re se re ntse re sebelisa sehlopha sa lifofane tse 35 737-9, re lebelletse ho amohela ho tsamaisoa ha sefofane se seng sa 43 MAX pakeng tsa hona joale le qetellong ea 2023 - ka nako eo re tla boela re sebelise sehlopha sa lifofane tse kholo feela tsa Boeing. Ts'ebetso ea 737-9 e fetetse litebello tsa moruo le ts'ebetso ea mafura, hammoho le khotsofalo ea baeti.
Taelo ena e beha likepe tsa Alaska e le e 'ngoe ea likepe tse sebetsang hantle ka ho fetisisa, tse baballang tikoloho le tse nang le phaello indastering. Taelo e kenyelletsa lifofane tsa 737-8, 737-9 le 737-10, tse nolofalletsang Alaska ho tsamaisana hantle le boholo ba sefofane le bokhoni ba 'maraka. Re na le maemo a felletseng a ho fetoha lipakeng tsa mefuta ea 737 MAX ka moo ho loketseng.
"Ha Alaska Airlines e ntse e holisa likepe tsa eona ka mokhoa o tsitsitseng, lelapa la 737 MAX le fana ka ts'ebetso ea tikoloho le maemo a bonolo ho holisa litšebeletso ho pholletsa le marang-rang a lona," ho boletse Stan Deal, mopresidente le CEO oa Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Lifofane tsena li hahiloe fekthering ea rona ea Renton haufi le ntlo-khōlō ea Alaska seterekeng sa Washington, 'me lifofane tsena li tla isa bapalami libakeng tse tlang lilemo tse tlang."
Taelo ena e fana ka pono ea Alaska ho sebetsa ho feta 250 737 MAX letoto la lifofane ka 2030. Ho feto-fetoha ha maemo ho entsoeng tumellanong ho re lumella ho bapisa ho fana ka rona le maemo a moruo ha re ntse re boloka sebaka sa rona mocheng oa tlhahiso.
