JetBlue namuhla umemezele ukuthi ithathe ngokusemthethweni ukulethwa kwezindiza zayo zokuqala ze-Airbus A220-300, okuqala ukuqala kwenkathi entsha yemikhumbi yezindiza. Indiza - umsila u-N3008J - kuhlelwe ukuthi ifike ekhaya likaJetBlue, eJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) eNew York namhlanje kusihlwa ivela esikhungweni sokukhiqiza i-Airbus e-US eMobile, e-Ala. , ezongeniswa ukuze ekugcineni ithathe isikhundla sezindiza ezikhona zezindiza ezingama-70 ze-Embraer 220.
"I-A220 ibhanoyi lesizukulwane esilandelayo amakhasimende ethu kanye nabasebenza nabo abazoyithanda, equkethe uhla oluhlaba umxhwele kanye nezomnotho ezisezingeni eliphezulu ukuxhasa izinto ezibaluleke kakhulu kwezezimali kanye nokusebenza kanye nokuguquguquka okusha kokuhlelwa kwenethiwekhi," kusho uRobin Hayes, isikhulu esiphezulu, uJetBlue. “Futhi njengoba siguqula imikhumbi yethu ngekusasa, ukwehla okukhulu kwe-A220 kokukhishwa kwesihlalo ngakunye kusekela ukuzibophezela kwethu okuqhubekayo kokungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni kuzo zonke izindiza zethu zasekhaya, futhi kusisondeza ekufezeni isithembiso sethu sokukhishwa kwe-zero zero carbon kuyo yonke imisebenzi ngo 2040. ”
I-A220 inezindleko zokusebenza eziqonde ngqo eziphansi ezingamaphesenti angama-30 esihlalweni ngasinye kune-E190 yamanje. Izindleko zesihlalo esiphansi zivela kongiwe nophethiloli. Imikhumbi ye-A220 izosiza futhi ukuqhubeka nokusetha kabusha izindleko zokulungisa iJetBlue kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Inkampani yezindiza ilindele ukuthi imikhumbi ye-A220, ngokuthembeka okuthuthukile nezikhawu zokulungisa ezinde, izoba nezindleko zokulungisa isihlalo ngasinye esingaphansi ngamaphesenti angama-40 kuno-E190s.
Ngobubanzi obufinyelela kumamayela angama-3,350 nautical namaphesenti angama-40 okusha uphethiloli esihlalweni ngasinye kunezindiza zeJetBlue ze-E190, ezomnotho ezinhle zivula umnyango wezimakethe ezintsha nemizila ebingazukusizakala ngemikhumbi ekhona kaJetBlue. I-A220 ihlanganisa ukuxubana okubanzi kwamathuba emakethe amasha nasekhona ngezomnotho oncomekayo ezimakethe ezimfushane, eziphakathi nezingahle zidlule nezwekazi. Lokhu kuzovumela ukusetshenziswa okungcono kwezindiza jikelele futhi kunikeze inzuzo yokuncintisana yeJetBlue ezimakethe ezimfishane zokudonsa.
"IJetBlue iguqule uhambo lwezindiza, futhi thina kwa-Airbus siyaziqhenya ngokuthi ubudlelwano bethu beminyaka engama-20 budlale indima enkulu empumelelweni yezindiza," kusho uC. Jeffrey Knittel, uSihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-Airbus Americas, Inc. "Le A220-300 yokuqala ukulethwa kudala amathuba emigwaqo emisha yeJetBlue, futhi kuphakamisela isipiliyoni sabagibeli emazingeni aphakeme kakhulu. ”
I-A220 inikwa amandla kuphela yizinjini zakwaPratt & Whitney GTF, eziletha ukuthuthuka kwamadijithi amabili kukaphethiloli nakukhabhoni. Ukwenza ngcono ukushiswa kukaphethiloli kuyisinyathelo sokuqala esibalulekile isu leJetBlue lokusimamisa izindleko, nokubeka phambili izindiza nezinjini ezonga uphethiloli zihambisana nendlela kaJetBlue yokunciphisa ukukhishwa. Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, iJetBlue yaba yinkampani yokuqala yezindiza enkulu yaseMelika ukufeza ukungathathi hlangothi kwekhabhoni kuzona zonke izindiza zasekhaya, futhi kamuva yamemezela izinhlelo zayo zokuthola ukukhishwa okunguketshezi kwe-zero zero kuyo yonke imisebenzi ngo-2040. Ukwehliswa okukhulu kwe-A220 ekukhishweni kwesihlalo ngasinye kuzosiza iJetBlue ihlangane futhi igcine izibopho zayo zokusimama.
"Lokhu kudilizwa kuphawula enye ingqophamlando enkulu kuJetBlue noPratt & Whitney," kusho uRick Deurloo, umphathi omkhulu wezentengiselwano kanye nephini likamongameli omkhulu ePratt & Whitney. “Sihloniphekile ukuthi iJetBlue isebenzise izindiza ezinamandla akwaPratt & Whitney kusukela ekuqaleni - nokuthi iJetBlue ikhethe izindiza ezinamandla akwaGTF ezizonikezwa izindiza zezindiza zezizukulwane ezilandelayo. Silangazelele ukuxhasa ukunwetshwa kweJetBlue nokuzinikela kwabo ezindizeni eziqhubekayo. ”
Ingaphakathi le-A220 kaJetBlue lizohlaba umxhwele njengamakhono okusebenza endiza. Amakhasimende azophinde ajabulele ulwazi oluphakeme lokukhanya okunezihlalo ezibanzi, imigqomo evulekile ephezulu namawindi amakhulu ngokwengeziwe. Imikhumbi kaJetBlue ifaka i-legroom kakhulu kumqeqeshi (a) kanye neFly-Fi® yamahhala, i-inthanethi esheshayo ebanzi esibhakabhakeni (b). IJetBlue izodalula imininingwane yekhabethe layo elenzelwe i-A220 elenziwe ngokwezifiso - elinokuthintwa okucabangayo, okusebenzelana namakhasimende kulo lonke leli - ngoJanuwari 2021.
I-JetBlue iyaqhubeka nokuzula imvelo entsha yokuhamba ngesandla esizinzile kanye nombono wesikhathi eside wokululama. Ukutshalwa kwezimali ku-A220 kuvumela inkampani yezindiza ukuthi iqhubeke nokwenza imodeli yayo yebhizinisi ebiza izindleko eziphansi, futhi kwenza iJetBlue iqhubeke nokunikela ngemali ephansi kumakhasimende amaningi.
