Alaska Airlines imamaliza kusintha kupita ku zombo zonse za Boeing

SEATTLE, WA (Ogasiti 28, 2008) - Alaska Airlines lero yamaliza kusintha kwake kupita ku ndege zonse za Boeing 737 ndikusiya ndege yake yomaliza ya MD-80, yomwe ili gawo la mapulani azaka ziwiri owonjezera kuyendetsa bwino kwa ndege ndi onjezerani kasungidwe ka mafuta.

"Ndi omaliza a MD-80s athu atapuma lero ndikukonzekera kubweretsa zina zatsopano za Boeing 737-800 chaka chino, Alaska Airlines tsopano ikugwira ntchito imodzi mwazombo zazing'ono kwambiri, zosagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ambiri komanso zamakono pamakampani," adatero Bill Ayer. , wapampando wa Alaska ndi wamkulu wamkulu. "Zombo zathu zonse za Boeing zipangitsa kusiyana kwakukulu pakutonthoza makasitomala, kudalirika kwa zombo komanso mtengo wogwirira ntchito, panthawi yomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri."

737-800 imawotcha magaloni 850 amafuta pa ola limodzi, motsutsana ndi magaloni 1,100 pa ola ndi MD-80. Mtundu wa zombo zodziwika bwino udzachepetsanso ndalama zolipirira, zophunzitsira komanso kukonza nthawi ya oyendetsa ndege.

Pamene ndege yomaliza ya MD-80 idazungulira Mount Rainer m'boma la Washington muulendo womaliza wophiphiritsira, idalumikizidwa mumlengalenga ndi ndege yomwe yangotulutsidwa kumene komanso yopaka utoto mwapadera ya Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 yotchedwa "Spirit of Seattle" polemekeza Kampaniyi tsopano ndi ndege zonse za Boeing komanso mgwirizano wapadera wakumudzi kwawo ndi opanga ndege.

"Next-Generation 737 yanu yatsopano kwambiri, yokhala ndi chikumbutso chake, ikuyimira ubale wathu waukulu wogwirira ntchito limodzi," atero a Mark Jenkins, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa Boeing 737 komanso manejala wamkulu. "Boeing yadzipereka kuti Alaska Airlines apambane, ndipo ndife onyadira kukhala bwenzi lanu lakumudzi."

Ma 737s ali ndi chitetezo chapamwamba kwambiri komanso njira zoyendera. Mkulu mwa iwo ndi Required Navigation Performance kulondola njira ukadaulo ndi Head-up Guidance System, yomwe imalola kunyamuka ndi kutera m'malo osawoneka bwino. Ma 737 a Alaska nawonso ali ndi Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, yomwe imachenjeza oyendetsa ndege za zopinga zapansi.

Ndegeyo ili ndi malonjezano olimba owonjezera asanu ndi atatu a Boeing 737-800 mpaka 2008, zomwe zidzabweretsa zombo zake ku ndege za 116 Boeing 737. Izi zikufanizira ndi 26 MD-80s ndi 110 ndege zonse poyambira kusintha kwa ndege mu 2006.

Alaska Airlines idapeza ndege yake yoyamba ya MD-80, yopangidwa ndi McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft yochokera ku Long Beach, mu 1985 ndipo kamodzi idayendetsa ndege 44. MD-80, yokhala ndi akasinja okulirapo amafuta otalikirapo, inali mwala wapangodya pakukulitsa kwandege kukwera ndi kutsika ku West Coast, komanso ku Mexico ndi Far East ku Russia mzaka za m'ma 1980 ndi '90s.

Alaska Airlines ndi onyamula alongo Horizon Air pamodzi amatumikira mizinda 94 kudzera pa intaneti yokulirapo ku Alaska, Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada ndi Mexico.