Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Alaska Airlines i kēia lā ke hoʻohana nei ʻo ia i nā koho e kūʻai aku i 52 Boeing 737 MAX mokulele no ka lawe ʻana ma waena o 2024 a me 2027, e hoʻonui ana i nā ʻauwaʻa 737 MAX o ka mokulele mai 94 a 146.
Ua hoʻopaʻa pū ʻo Alaska i nā kuleana no 105 mau mokulele hou aʻe i ka makahiki 2030, e hōʻoia ana i ke komo ʻana i nā mokulele kūpono no ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻauwaʻa. Hōʻike kēia ʻaelike i ka hoʻokō nui loa no nā mokulele e hiki mai ana i ka mōʻaukala o ka mokulele.
"Ke hoʻopaʻa nei kēia hoʻolimalima i nā mokulele e hoʻonui i kā mākou ulu ʻana i nā makahiki he ʻumi e hiki mai ana, a mākou i ʻike ai he lanakila hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi," wahi a Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci. "Haʻaheo mākou i ke kumu kālā ikaika e hoʻonoho kūʻokoʻa iā Alaska e hana i kēia kūpaʻa i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana, a me ka pilina maikaʻi a mākou e kaʻana like me kā mākou mea hana mokulele ma Boeing."
Ke hana nei mākou i nā ʻauwaʻa o 35 737-9 mokulele, manaʻo mākou e ʻae i ka lawe ʻana i kekahi mokulele 43 MAX ma waena o kēia manawa a me ka hopena o 2023 - ma ia manawa e hana hou mākou i nā ʻauwaʻa nui no nā mokulele Boeing wale nō. ʻO ka hana o ka 737-9 uaʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea i manaʻoʻia ma ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka pono o ka wahie, a me ka hauʻoli o nā malihini.
Hoʻonohonoho kēia kauoha i nā ʻauwaʻa o Alaska ma ke ʻano he ʻauwaʻa maikaʻi loa, pili i ke kaiapuni, a me ka waiwai o ka ʻoihana. Aia i loko o ke kauoha nā mokulele 737-8, 737-9 a me 737-10, e hiki ai iā Alaska ke hoʻohālikelike maikaʻi i ka nui o ka mokulele a me ka hiki me nā ʻano mākeke. Loaʻa iā mākou ka hiki ke hoʻololi i waena o nā hiʻohiʻona 737 MAX e like me ke kūpono.
"I ka ulu mau ʻana o Alaska Airlines i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa, hāʻawi ka ʻohana 737 MAX i ka hana kaiapuni a me ka maʻalahi e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe ma waena o kāna pūnaewele ala," wahi a Stan Deal, pelekikena a Luna Nui o Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "I kūkulu ʻia i loko o kā mākou hale hana Renton kokoke i ke keʻena nui o Alaska ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona, e lawe kēia mau mokulele i nā poʻe holo i nā wahi i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana."
Hāʻawi kēia kauoha i ka laina o Alaska i ka hana ʻoi aku ma mua o 250 737 MAX series o nā mokulele e 2030. ʻO ka maʻalahi i kūkulu ʻia i loko o ka ʻaelike e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohālikelike i kā mākou hoʻouna ʻana me nā kūlana waiwai ʻoiai e mālama ana i ko mākou wahi ma ka laina hana.
