I-Alaska Airlines iqeda ukushintshela kuzo zonke izinhlobo zemikhumbi ye-Boeing

ESEATTLE, WA (Agasti 28, 2008) - I-Alaska Airlines namuhla iphothule ukushintshela endizeni yezindiza i-Boeing 737 ngokuhoxiswa kwendiza yayo yokugcina ye-MD-80, okuyingxenye yohlelo lweminyaka emibili lokwandisa ukusebenza kahle kwenkampani yezindiza kanye ngcono ukonga uphethiloli.

"Ngesikhathi sokugcina se-MD-80s yethu sithatha umhlalaphansi namuhla futhi kuhleliwe ukulethwa kwe-Boeing 737-800s entsha kulo nyaka, i-Alaska Airlines manje isisebenza ngemikhumbi emincane, eyonga kakhulu uphethiloli futhi ethuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe embonini," kusho uBill Ayer. , usihlalo kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu sase-Alaska. "Imikhumbi yethu yonke i-Boeing izokwenza umehluko omkhulu ekunethezekeni kwamakhasimende, ukwethembeka kwezindiza kanye nezindleko zokusebenza, ngesikhathi lapho kubaluleke kakhulu."

I-737-800 ishisa amalitha kaphethiloli angama-850 ngehora, iqhathaniswa namalitha ayi-1,100 ngehora nge-MD-80. Uhlobo lwemikhumbi evamile nalo luzoholela ezindlekweni eziphansi zokunakekela, ukuqeqeshwa kanye nokuhlela izisebenzi zasendizeni.

Njengoba indiza yokugcina ye-MD-80 izungeza i-Mount Rainer yesifunda sase-Washington endizeni yokugcina engokomfanekiso, yahlanganiswa esibhakabhakeni indiza esanda kulethwa futhi ependwe ngokukhethekile i-Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 ebizwa ngokuthi “Spirit of Seattle” njengesikhumbuzo Inkampani yezindiza manje isiyimikhumbi yonke ye-Boeing kanye nobudlelwane obuyingqayizivele bedolobha lasekhaya nomkhiqizi wendiza.

"I-Next-Generation 737 yakho entsha, nesikhumbuzo sayo, iwuphawu lobudlelwano bethu obuhle bokusebenzisana," kusho uMark Jenkins, iphini likamongameli we-Boeing 737 kanye nomphathi jikelele. "I-Boeing izinikele empumelelweni ye-Alaska Airlines, futhi siyaziqhenya ngokuba nguzakwethu wedolobha lasekhaya."

Ama-737s ahlome ngezokuphepha ezithuthuke kakhulu nezinhlelo zokuhamba. Okuyinhloko kuzo i-Required Navigation Performance Precision approach technology kanye ne-Head-up Guidance System, evumela ukusuka nokufika ezimeni ezingabonakali kancane. I-Alaska's 737s nayo ifakwe i-Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, exwayisa abashayeli bezindiza ngezithiyo zasemhlabathini.

Inkampani yezindiza inezibophezelo eziqinile zokwengeza ama-Boeing 737-800s ayisishiyagalombili kuze kube ngu-2008, okuzoletha umkhumbi wayo ezindizeni eziyi-116 ze-Boeing 737. Lokho kuqhathaniswa nama-26 MD-80s kanye nezindiza eziphelele eziyi-110 ekuqaleni koshintsho lwemikhumbi yendiza ngo-2006.

I-Alaska Airlines yathola indiza yayo yokuqala eyi-MD-80, eyakhiwe yi-McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft eseLong Beach, ngo-1985 futhi yake yasebenzisa amajethi angama-44. I-MD-80, namathangi ayo amakhudlwana kaphethiloli ebangeni elinwetshiwe, bekuyitshe legumbi lokunwetshwa kwenkampani yezindiza phezulu naphansi oGwini oluseNtshonalanga, kanye nokungena eMexico naseMpumalanga Ekude yaseRussia ngeminyaka yawo-1980 kanye nama-'90s.

I-Alaska Airlines kanye nenkampani yenethiwekhi i-Horizon Air ndawonye isebenzela amadolobha angama-94 ngokusebenzisa inethiwekhi ebanzi e-Alaska, i-Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada ne-Mexico.