Alaska Airlines e isa sefofane sa eona sa pele sa Boeing 737-9 MAX

Alaska Airlines e amohetse ho tsamaisoa ha sefofane sa eona sa pele sa Boeing 737-9 MAX, ho tšoaea karolo e ncha ea ho ntlafatsa likepe tsa boema-fofane lilemong tse tlang. Bakhanni ba lifofane ba Alaska ba fofisitse sefofane ka sefofane se khutšoane maobane ho tloha Boeing Delivery Center Boeing Field ho la Seattle ho ea sebakeng sa khamphani se Leoatleng la Machabeng la Sea-Tac le sehlopha se senyenyane sa boetapele bo phahameng ba Alaska.

“Re emetse letsatsi lena ka tjantjello. E bile motsotso o motlotlo ho palama sefofane sa rona se secha sa 737 ebe re se fofela hae, ”ho boletse Alaska Airlines Mopresidente Ben Minicucci. “Sefofane sena ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea bokamoso ba rona. Rea e lumela, re lumela ho Boeing hape re lumela ho basebetsi ba rona ba tla qeta libeke tse latelang tse hlano ba ntse ba ikoetlisetsa ho netefatsa hore re ikemiselitse ho fofisa baeti ba rona ka polokeho. ”

Ea pele ea Alaska Boeing 737-9 e reretsoe ho kenela ts'ebeletso ea baeti ka la 1 Hlakubele ka lifofane tsa letsatsi le letsatsi lipakeng tsa Seattle le San Diego, le Seattle le Los Angeles. 737-9 ea bobeli ea sefofane se lebelletsoe ho kena ts'ebetsong hamorao ka Hlakubele.

Lihlopha tse tsoang likarolong tse fapaneng tsa Alaska joale li tla latela tatellano ea nako ea boitokisetso e tataisang liketso tse lokelang ho nkuoa pele lifofane tsa baeti li qala. Ts'ebetso - e kenyelletsang maqhubu a liteko a fofang, ho netefatsa le litokisetso tse ikhethang - e tla nka libeke tse hlano:

Litsebi tsa tlhokomelo li tla etsa koetliso ea ho tloaelana le sefofane se secha le ho feta. Ba tla fumana bonyane lihora tse 40 tsa "thupelo ea liphapang," e khethollang phapang lipakeng tsa MAX e ncha le likepe tsa 737 NG tse teng tsa sefofane. Litsebi tse ling li tla fumana koetliso e khethehileng e fetang lihora tse 40 tse shebaneng le lienjineri tsa sefofane le sistimi ea li-avionics.

Bafofisi ba lifofane ba Alaska ba tla beha 737-9 maemong a eona, ba e fofise nako e fetang ea lihora tsa ho fofa tse 50 le lik'hilomithara tse ka bang 19,000 ho potoloha le naha, ho kenyeletsoa le Alaska le Hawaii. "Lifofane tse netefatsang" tsena li etsoa ho netefatsa liteko tsa rona tsa polokeho le tsa Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), le ho netefatsa kutloisiso e felletseng ea bokhoni ba sefofane maemong a leholimo le libakeng tse fapaneng.

Bafofisi ba rona ba lifofane ba tla fumana lihora tse robeli tsa koetliso e ikhethileng ea MAX, e sebelisang komporo pele ba fofisa sefofane nakong ea matsatsi a mabeli, ho kenyeletsang bonyane lihora tse peli tsa thupelo ho semmuso sa sefofane sa MAX sa Alaska. . Ke hona moo li fofang litsamaiso tse 'maloa tse ikhethileng sefofaneng le ho utloisisa hantle ntlafatso e entsoeng ho sefofane.

“Bakhanni ba lifofane ba rona ke bona ba koetlisitsoeng hantle indastering. Ka 737-9, re ea holimo le holimo ka lenaneo la rona la koetliso, le ho feta seo FAA e se kopang, ”ho boletse John Ladner, molaoli oa Alaska 737 le motlatsi oa mopresidente oa ts'ebetso ea sefofane. “Re tšepa sefofane sena haholo. Ke tlatsetso e kholo ho likepe tsa rona, 'me re ikemiselitse ho qala ho li fofa ka Hlakubele. ”

Ho tsamaisoa ha lifofane tsa Alaska tsa 737-9 ke Boeing ho tla tsamaisoa ka peterole e tsitsitseng ea lifofane (SAF), e thusang indasteri ea lifofane ho fokotsa moea o tsoang ho CO2 motheong oa potoloho ea bophelo. SAF e tla sebelisoa ho tsohle tse tlisoang ke lifofane tsa MAX mme e tla fanoa ke Epic Fuels.

Alaska e phatlalalitse tumellano ea taelo e hlophisitsoeng bocha le Boeing ka December 2020 ho amohela kakaretso ea lifofane tse 68 737-9 MAX lilemong tse 'ne tse tlang, ka likhetho bakeng sa lifofane tse ling tse 52. Sefofane se reretsoe ho amohela lifofane tse 13 selemong sena; 30 ka 2022; 13 ka 2023; le 12 ka 2024. Tumellano e kenyelletsa phatlalatso ea Alaska ka Pulungoana e fetileng ea ho hira lifofane tse 13 737-9 e le karolo ea khoebo e arohaneng.

Lifofane tsena tse 68 li tla nka sebaka sa likepe tsa Airbus tsa Alaska ebe li tsamaisa sefofane se seholo ho ea ho se le seng, lifofane tse sebetsang hantle, tse nang le phaello le tse bolokang tikoloho. 737-9 e tla ntlafatsa boiphihlelo ba baeti le ho ts'ehetsa kholo ea k'hamphani.