Hoʻopau ʻo Alaska Airlines i ka hoʻololi i nā ʻauwaʻa holoʻokoʻa o Boeing

SEATTLE, WA (ʻAukake 28, 2008) – Ua hoʻopau ʻo Alaska Airlines i kēia lā i kāna hoʻololi ʻana i kahi mokulele mokulele Boeing 737 holoʻokoʻa me ka hoʻomaha ʻana o kāna mokulele MD-80 hope loa, ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā ʻelua makahiki e hoʻonui ai i ka pono hana o ka mokulele a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka mālama wahie.

"Me ka hope o kā mākou MD-80 e hoʻomaha ana i kēia lā a hoʻonohonoho i nā hoʻopuka hou ʻana o nā Boeing 737-800 hou i kēia makahiki, ke hana nei ʻo Alaska Airlines i kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻōpio ʻoi loa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie a me ka ʻenehana i ka ʻoihana," wahi a Bill Ayer. , ka luna hoʻomalu a me ka luna nui o Alaska. "ʻO kā mākou mau'auwaʻa holoʻokoʻa-Boeing e hoʻololi nui i ka hōʻoluʻolu o nā mea kūʻai aku, ka hilinaʻi o nā'auwaʻa a me nā kumukūʻai hana, i ka manawa i mea nui loa."

Hoʻopau ka 737-800 i 850 galani wahie i kēlā me kēia hola, me ka 1,100 mau galani i kēlā me kēia hola e ka MD-80. ʻO ke ʻano o nā ʻauwaʻa maʻamau e hopena i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa no ka mālama, hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā poʻe holo.

I ka hoʻopuni ʻana o ka mokulele MD-80 hope loa ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona ʻo Mount Rainer i kahi hōʻailona hope loa, ua hui pū ʻia i ka lewa e kahi mokulele Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 hou i lawe ʻia a pena kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo "Spirit of Seattle" i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā ia. ʻo ka mokulele ʻo ka mokulele a pau-Boeing i kēia manawa a me ka hui ʻana o ke kaona hānau me ka mea hana mokulele.

"ʻO kāu mea hou aʻe-Generation 737, me kona ola hoʻomanaʻo, he hōʻailona ia o kā mākou pilina hana nui," wahi a Mark Jenkins, ka pelekikena ʻo Boeing 737 a me ka luna nui. "Ua kūpaʻa ʻo Boeing i ka kūleʻa o Alaska Airlines, a haʻaheo mākou e lilo i hoa pili kou kamaʻāina."

Hoʻolako ʻia nā 737 me nā ʻōnaehana palekana a me ka hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻO ke poʻo nui ma waena o lākou ʻo ia ka ʻenehana hoʻokele pololei ʻana i ka hoʻokele pono a me ke ʻano alakaʻi alakaʻi poʻo, kahi e hiki ai i ka lawe ʻana a me ka pae ʻana i nā kūlana haʻahaʻa. Hoʻolako pū ʻia nā 737 o Alaska me Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, kahi e hoʻomaopopo ai i nā pailaka o nā pilikia o ka honua.

Ua paʻa paʻa ka mokulele i nā Boeing 737-800 hou aʻe a hiki i ka makahiki 2008, e lawe mai i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa i 116 Boeing 737 mokulele. Hoʻohālikelike ia me 26 MD-80s a me 110 mau mokulele holoʻokoʻa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana o ka mokulele i ka makahiki 2006.

Ua loaʻa iā Alaska Airlines kāna mokulele MD-80 mua, i hana ʻia e Long Beach-based McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, i ka makahiki 1985 a ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i 44 o nā mokulele. ʻO ka MD-80, me kāna mau pahu wahie nui no ka lōʻihi, ʻo ia ka pōhaku kihi o ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka mokulele i ke Komohana Komohana, a me Mexico a me ka Hikina Hikina o Rūsia i ka makahiki 1980 a me '90s.

ʻO Alaska Airlines a me ke kaikuahine ʻo Horizon Air e lawelawe pū ana i nā kūlanakauhale he 94 ma o kahi pūnaewele ākea ma Alaska, Lower 48, Hawaii, Kanada a me Mexico.