Ukuhamba ngendiza eSouth Korea kukhulu futhi kuyachuma. I-Korean Lowcost Airline Jeju Air iyalele izindiza ezingama-70 737 MAX 8 zeBoeing yabeka inketho yokuthenga amajethi ayi-10 angeziwe. Isivumelwano, esilinganiselwe kufika ku- $ 5.9 billion ngentengo yohlu, i-oda elikhulu kunawo wonke ake abekwa inkampani ethwala izindleko yaseKorea futhi ibonisa isidingo esikhulayo sokuhamba ngendiza INingizimu Korea.
“Njengoba kukhula imakethe yezindiza yezentengiselwano yaseKorea, sijabule ukuthatha isinyathelo esilandelayo sokwandisa ibhizinisi lethu nge-737 MAX, indiza esezingeni lomhlaba ezosivumela ukuthi sithuthukise ukusebenza kwethu futhi siqhubeke nokuhlinzeka abagibeli bethu ngomuzwa ophephile futhi ojabulisayo , ”Kusho USeok-Joo Lee, UMongameli kanye ne-CEO yeJeju Air. “I-737 MAX 8 nokusebenza kwayo okuphezulu kanye nezomnotho kuyenza ibe yindiza ekahle yokusebenzisa isu lethu lokukhula njengoba sibheke ukunweba ngale Asia eminyakeni ezayo. ”
Jeju Air, ezinze ku- Izwe laseNingizimu Korea ISiqhingi iJeju, saqala ukusebenza ngonyaka ka-2005 njengesiphathimandla sokuqala sezindleko eziphansi ezweni. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, umphathi ophethe wahola phambili ekuthuthukisweni okusheshayo kwemakethe yase-Korea ye-LCC futhi waba nomthelela ekwandiseni imboni ebanzi yezindiza yaseKorea yezentengiselwano.
Ukundiza imikhumbi ecishe ibe ngama-40 Next-Generation 737-800s, iJeju Air ikhulise ibhizinisi layo nenzuzo yayo. Inkampani yezindiza izuze ukukhula kwamaphesenti angama-25 kwezentengiso minyaka yonke kule minyaka emihlanu edlule futhi yaqopha izingxenye eziyishumi nesikhombisa ezilandelanayo zenzuzo.
UJeju Air ubheke ukwakha empumelelweni yakhe ngohlobo oluthuthukisiwe lwamajetshi angama-737. I-737 MAX 8 inikela ngobubanzi obuningi futhi inikezela ngamaphesenti ayi-14 ukusebenza kahle kuka-petrol nokusebenza kwezemvelo ngenxa yezinjini zakamuva ze-CFM International LEAP-1B, amaphiko we-Advanced Technology, nokunye ukuthuthuka kwe-aerodynamic.
IJeju Air isebenza ngemizila engama-60 yasekhaya nakwamanye amazwe enezindiza ezingaba ngu-200 nsuku zonke. Umphathi uyilungu elisungula iValue Alliance, okuyinkampani yokuqala yenhlangano ebiza ngemali ephansi eyakhiwe nezindiza eziyisishiyagalombili ezinze e-Asia.
