Alaska Airlines yalengeza lero kuti ikuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kuti igule ndege 52 za Boeing 737 MAX kuti zitumizidwe pakati pa 2024 ndi 2027, kukulitsa zombo zotsimikizika za 737 MAX kuchokera ku 94 mpaka 146.

Alaska idapezanso ufulu wa ndege zina 105 kudzera mu 2030, kuwonetsetsa kuti pali mwayi wopeza ndege zokwanira zosinthira zombo ndi kukula. Mgwirizanowu ukuimira kudzipereka kwakukulu kwa ndege zamtsogolo m'mbiri ya ndege.

"Ndalama izi zimateteza ndege kuti ziwonjezeke kukula kwathu m'zaka khumi zikubwerazi, zomwe tikudziwa kuti zitha kukhala mwayi wampikisano," adatero Ben Minicucci, CEO wa Alaska Airlines. "Ndife onyadira maziko olimba azachuma omwe amayika Alaska mwapadera kuti adzipereke ku tsogolo lathu, komanso mgwirizano wabwino womwe timagawana ndi opanga ndege akumudzi kwathu ku Boeing."

Takhala tikugwiritsa ntchito ndege za 35 737-9, tikuyembekeza kuvomereza ndege ina ya 43 MAX kuyambira pano mpaka kumapeto kwa 2023 - panthawi yomwe tidzagwiritsanso ntchito gulu lalikulu la ndege za Boeing. Kuchita kwa 737-9 kwadutsa zoyembekeza pazachuma ndi mafuta, komanso kukhutira kwa alendo.

Dongosololi limapangitsa zombo za Alaska kukhala imodzi mwazombo zogwira mtima kwambiri, zokonda zachilengedwe, komanso zopindulitsa kwambiri pamakampani. Lamuloli likuphatikiza ndege za 737-8, 737-9 ndi 737-10, zomwe zimathandiza Alaska kuti igwirizane bwino ndi kukula kwa ndege ndi kuthekera kwake ndi mawonekedwe amsika. Tili ndi kusinthika kwathunthu kosintha pakati pa mitundu ya 737 MAX momwe tingathere.

"Pamene Alaska Airlines ikukula bwino zombo zake, banja la 737 MAX limapereka ntchito zachilengedwe komanso kusinthasintha kuti liwonjezere ntchito pamayendedwe ake," atero a Stan Deal, purezidenti ndi CEO wa Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Zomangidwa mufakitale yathu ya Renton pafupi ndi likulu la Alaska m'boma la Washington, ndegezi zidzanyamula anthu kupita komwe zikupita kwa zaka zikubwerazi.

Lamuloli limapereka mawonekedwe a Alaska kuti agwiritse ntchito zoposa 250 737 MAX mndandanda wa ndege ndi 2030. Kusinthasintha komwe kumapangidwira mu mgwirizano kumatithandiza kuti tifanane ndi zoperekera zathu ndi zochitika zachuma pamene tikusunga malo athu mu mzere wopanga.