I kēia lā, ua wehe ʻo Frontier Airlines i kāna mokulele Airbus A321neo ultra-fuel-efficient mua ma kahi hanana ma Tampa International Airport (TPA).
ʻO ka 240-noho A321neo, i hoʻoikaika ʻia e Pratt & Whitney's groundbreaking GTF engines, ʻo ia ka mokulele kalepa ʻoi loa o ka wahie ma waena o nā mokulele US. ʻO ka Frontier's A321neo's e hoʻoulu nui i ka hoʻokuʻu kalapona a me ka walaʻau engine, e hoʻonui i nā hana a ka Greenest Airline o ʻAmelika e hōʻemi i kona wāwae kaiapuni.
ʻO ka mokulele ka mua o 158 A321neo e hāʻawi ʻia i ka mea lawe kaʻa liʻiliʻi loa e ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka mokulele mokulele Airbus ma waena o kēia manawa a me 2029. ʻO Frontier i kēia manawa he 226 mau mokulele i ka huina ma ke kauoha e aneane ʻekolu i kona nui o nā ʻauwaʻa ma ka hopena o ka ʻumi makahiki.
"ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻia ʻana o kēia mau A321neo hou i kā mākou mau ʻauwaʻa e hana i ka mokulele ʻōmaʻomaʻo loa ma US me kēia mau mokulele hiki ke loaʻa i 120 mau mile no ke galani i kēlā me kēia noho," wahi a Barry Biffle, pelekikena a Luna Nui, Frontier Airlines. "ʻO lākou nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie i ka hana ma waena o nā mokulele US nui a hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi koke i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka wahie, ka hoʻoiho kalapona a me ka walaʻau ʻenekini. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Frontier i ke ala i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i kā mākou kapuaʻi kaiapuni a ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka A321neo i kā mākou mau ʻauwaʻa he hana ʻē aʻe i kēlā huakaʻi, "wahi a Biffle.
ʻO ka hanana mua ma Tampa pū kekahi me ka wehe ʻana i kahi livery mokulele kūikawā kūikawā, me ka holoholona i hōʻike ʻia ma ka huelo o ka mokulele - ʻo Frederick the Bald Eagle, i hoʻoulu ʻia e Pratt & Whitney a i kapa ʻia no kāna mea hoʻokumu ʻo Frederick B. Rentschler. ʻO Rentschler kahi mea hoʻokele i ka mokulele, e hoʻolālā ana i nā ʻenekini i ʻoi aku ka māmā a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie ma mua o ko lākou mau mua. Hōʻike nā mokulele Frontier āpau i kahi holoholona ma ko lākou huelo, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou i hoʻoweliweli a hoʻoweliweli ʻia.
"Ua hoʻololi ʻo Frederick Rentschler i ka mokulele me nā mīkini ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a hilinaʻi o ko lākou manawa. ʻO kā mākou poʻe limahana, ka mea i koho i ka inoa o kēia mokulele i kona hanohano, ke hoʻomau nei i kāna ʻike me nā ʻenehana hou e like me ka mea hoʻokele kipi i ka puʻuwai o kā mākou GTF engines, "wahi a Rick Deurloo, pelekikena o Commercial Engines ma Pratt & Whitney. "Me ka hiki i ka 20 pakeneka o ka mālama kālā, ʻo nā mīkini GTF ka wahie ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa hoʻokuʻu kinoea no ka ʻohana Airbus A320neo. Ke lele nei kēia mau mokulele GTF i nā kaʻa, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau, a me nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa - e kōkua ana iā Frontier e hoʻohui i nā ala hou a mālama i ka haʻahaʻa.
"Loaʻa iā Frontier ka backlog A321neo nui loa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau - kahi hiʻohiʻona koʻikoʻi o kā lākou manaʻo nui i ka pono a me ke kaiapuni," wahi a Jeff Knittel, ka luna a me ka Luna Nui o Airbus Americas. "Me kāna wahie haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, hoʻokuʻu a me ka leo wāwae, e lele ka A321neo i Frontier hohonu i ka 'ōmaʻomaʻo' e hiki mai ana, e leʻaleʻa i nā poʻe kaʻa i ka wā e noʻonoʻo ana i ka hoʻomau, nā mea nui a mākou ma Airbus e mahalo a kaʻana like."
Ua mālama ʻia ka hanana wehe ʻana ma ka hale Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services ma TPA. Hoʻohana ʻo Frontier i kahi kahua kauā ma TPA a ʻo ia ke kolu o ka mokulele nui loa ma muli o nā wahi i lawelawe ʻia. ʻO ka hanana i hui pū ʻia me kahi hui nui o nā hui mai Frontier, Airbus, Pratt & Whitney a me TPA i ʻākoakoa e hoʻolauleʻa i ka milestone kūikawā.
"ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana o ka A321neo i loko o kā mākou ʻauwaʻa he hana koʻikoʻi ia i nā pahuhopu hoʻomau o kā mākou hui a me ka ulu mau ʻana," wahi a Biffle. "ʻO ka maikaʻi o ka wahie i hāʻawi ʻia e kēia mokulele e hāʻawi pū i nā mālama kālā i hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, e kōkua ana iā mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou misionari o ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā 'Low Fares Done Right' ma waena o ʻAmelika a ma waho."
