I-Boeing [NYSE: BA] namuhla ilethe i-737 MAX yokuqala ye-Eastar Jet, okuyenze inkampani yezindiza yokuqala e-Korea ukusebenzisa inguqulo eyonga uphethiloli kanye nebanga elide yendiza edumile engu-737.
"Sijabule ngokuletha le ndiza entsha sha i-737 MAX," kusho uJong-Gu Choi, uMongameli we-Eastar Jet. “Ukwethulwa kwe-737 MAX emkhunjini wethu kukhombisa imizamo esiyenzayo yokwenza umkhiqizo wethu ube wesimanje futhi sinikeze amakhasimende ethu umuzwa osezingeni lomhlaba. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umnotho osezingeni eliphezulu namandla ebanga elide le-737 MAX azosenza sikwazi ukunweba inethiwekhi yethu ibe izimakethe ezintsha nezikhona ngempumelelo, okuzosisiza ukuthi sikhule isikhathi eside.”
I-Eastar Jet izoletha enye indiza engu-737 MAX 8 ekupheleni kwale nyanga, ezojoyina umkhumbi wendiza we-Next-Generation 737s.
I-MAX ihlanganisa ubuchwepheshe bakamuva be-CFM International LEAP-1B izinjini, Advanced Technology winglets, nezinye izithuthukisi ze-airframe ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza nokunciphisa izindleko zokusebenza. Ekucushweni kwe-Eastar Jet, i-MAX 8 izokwazi ukundiza ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha angu-3,100 nautical (amakhilomitha angu-5,740) - amamayela angama-500 we-nautical ukude kunamamodeli angaphambilini angu-737 - kuyilapho inikeza ukusebenza kahle kukaphethiloli okungcono ngamaphesenti angu-14.
“I-Eastar Jet izuze ukukhula okumangazayo indiza i-Boeing 737. Nge-737 MAX entsha, inkampani yezindiza izokwazi ukuyisa ukusebenza kwayo ezingeni elilandelayo. Bangakwazi ukundiza baye kude, behlise izindleko zabo zokusebenza, futhi banikeze abagibeli babo umuzwa ongcono nakakhulu,” kusho u-Ihssane Mounir, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-Commercial Sales & Marketing for The Boeing Company. “Siyaziqhenya ngokubambisana kwethu ne-Eastar Jet futhi kuyasijabulisa ukubabona besebenzisa i-MAX ukuze baqhudelane kwenye yezimakethe zezindiza ezihamba phambili emhlabeni.”
Ngaphezu kokwenza izimoto zayo zibe zesimanje, i-Eastar Jet izosebenzisa i-Boeing Global Services ukuze ithuthukise ukusebenza kwayo. Lawa masevisi ahlanganisa Ibhokisi Lamathuluzi Lokusebenza Lokulungisa, eliletha ukufinyelela kwesikhathi sangempela kochwepheshe bolwazi abadinga ukuxazulula ngokushesha izinkinga eziphuthumayo zokulungisa indiza nokugcina izinkampani zezindiza zisesikhathini.
Isekelwe esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Gimpo/Incheon International eSeoul, Korea, i-Eastar Jet yethule ukusebenza ngo-2007 nge-Next-Generation 737s. Kusukela lapho, imakethe yaseKorea ethwala izindleko eziphansi (LCC) ikhule kakhulu futhi isibe yimakethe enkulu kunazo zonke ye-LCC eNyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Asia. Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, ingxenye yemakethe ikhule ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-30 ngonyaka. Ngokusekelwe kulokhu kukhula kanye nokwethulwa kwe-737 MAX 8 ezinkampanini zayo, i-Eastar Jet izokwazi ukunwebeka ibe izimakethe ezintsha ezifana ne-Singapore ne-Kuala Lumpur phakathi kwezinye izindawo ezizayo.
