JetBlue isayina kudzipereka kwa 60 Airbus A220-300 ndege

JetBlue lero yakhala kasitomala woyamba pa ndege yomwe yangosinthidwa kumene ya Airbus A220, kusaina Memorandum of Understanding ya maoda 60 olimba a mtundu wokulirapo wa A220-300. Kuphatikiza apo, ndegeyo idasintha 25 zomwe zidali pano za Airbus A320neo ndege kukhala maoda a A321neo yayikulu. JetBlue's A321neos ndi A220s idzayendetsedwa ndi injini za Pratt & Whitney GTF.

"JetBlue yasankha ndege ya A220 kuti igwirizane ndi zombo zake za A320 Family zomwe zikukula ndikutsimikizira kwakukulu - zonse za A220 zomwezo komanso momwe ndege ziwirizi zimagwirira ntchito limodzi kuti zithandizire kusinthasintha kwa ma netiweki komanso kukhala ndi mwayi wokwera," adatero Eric. Schulz, Chief Commerce Officer wa Airbus. "JetBlue ithandiza kuti ma A321neo ndi A220-300 azitha kuchita bwino kwambiri, komanso kutenga mwayi wokhala ndi zipinda zogona komanso zokomera anthu ambiri mu ndege iliyonse mumagulu awo akulu."

"Tikusintha zombo zathu zamtsogolo za JetBlue, ndipo kuchuluka kwachuma kwa A220-300 kumatipatsa ife kusinthasintha ndikuthandizira zofunika zathu zachuma ndi ntchito," atero a Robin Hayes, wamkulu wa ndegeyo. "JetBlue ikuyandikira zaka zathu za 20, A220, kuphatikiza ndi A321 ndi zombo zathu za A320 zosinthidwa, zitithandiza kuwonetsetsa kuti tikupereka makasitomala abwino kwambiri komanso kukwaniritsa zolinga zathu zachuma zanthawi yayitali pamene tikupitiliza kukula bwino mtsogolo."

Kuphatikizana ndi Banja la A320, mitundu ya A220-100 ndi A220-300 imaphimba gawo lapakati pa mipando 100 ndi 150 ndikupereka kanyumba kabwino ka mabere asanu. Ndi ma aerodynamics apamwamba kwambiri, zida za CFRP, injini zodumphadumpha kwambiri komanso zowongolera zowuluka ndi waya, A220 imapereka 20 peresenti yotsika yamafuta pampando uliwonse poyerekeza ndi ndege zam'mbuyomu. Mtunduwu udzagulitsa msika wapadziko lonse lapansi wandege zing'onozing'ono zokhala ndi njira imodzi, pafupifupi pafupifupi 6,000 ndege zotere pazaka 20 zikubwerazi. Airbus imapanga, kugulitsa ndi kuthandizira ndege za A220 pansi pa mgwirizano wa "C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership" (CSALP) womwe watsirizidwa posachedwapa.

"Mgwirizano wa CSALP pakati pa Airbus, Bombardier ndi Investment Quebec wadzipereka kubweretsa dziko lapansi ndege yabwino kwambiri pamsika wa mipando 100 mpaka 150, ndipo kusankha kwa JetBlue pa A220-300 kukuwonetsa kuti gulu lathu likupanga wopambana," adatero. Philippe Balducchi, Chief Executive Officer wa CSLP. "Tikuyembekezera A220 kutumikira JetBlue ndi makasitomala ake kwa zaka zambiri."

A321neo ndiye membala wamkulu kwambiri wa A320neo Family - ndege yomwe imagulitsidwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi yapanjira, yokhala ndi maoda pafupifupi 6,100 kuchokera kwa makasitomala oposa 100. Zimaphatikizapo matekinoloje aposachedwa, kuphatikiza ma injini a m'badwo watsopano ndi zida zamapiko a Sharklet nsonga, zomwe zimapulumutsa kupitilira 15 peresenti pakupulumutsa mafuta kuyambira tsiku loyamba ndi 20 peresenti pofika 2020 ndi zina zatsopano za kabati. Banja la A320neo limaperekanso magwiridwe antchito achilengedwe ndikuchepetsa pafupifupi 50 peresenti yaphokoso poyerekeza ndi ndege zam'mbuyomu.