Boeing a Alaska Airlines ua hoʻolaha e kūʻai aku ana ka mea lawe i 23 mau mokulele 737-9 hou aʻe, ke kūkulu nei ma kāna kauoha kumu a me ka ʻaelike i ka mahina i hala e kiʻi i 737-9 hou ma o ka hoʻolimalima. Lawe ka hana hou i nā ʻāpana 737 MAX o ka ʻāpana MAX a me nā koho i 120 mau mokulele, kahi e hāʻawi ai i ka mea lawe lima ʻelima nui loa o US, ka pālākiō, ka maikaʻi a me ka maʻalahi e hoʻonui ai ke hoʻi hou mai ka huakaʻi ea.
"Haʻaheo loa mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kēia ʻaelike hoʻololi me Boeing," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Brad Tilden, Luna Nui o ka Hui Pūʻali ʻo Alaska. "Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou i kēia mokulele, manaʻoʻiʻo mākou i kā mākou hui ikaika ʻana me Boeing, a manaʻoʻiʻo mākou i ka wā e hiki mai ana o Alaska Airlines a me nā manawa kūpono kupaianaha i mua ke piʻi mākou i waho o kēia maʻi ahulau."
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Alaska Airlines, kahi mea hoʻohana lōʻihi ʻo Boeing 737, i kahi kauoha no nā mokulele he 32 737-9 i ka makahiki 2012 ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna papahana hōʻano hou. He lālā ʻo ka 737-9 o ka ʻohana 737 MAX i hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pono o ka wahie, ka hilinaʻi a me ka maʻalahi i ka mākeke mokulele hoʻokahi. I ka mahina i hala, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Alaska Airlines e hoʻonui ana i kāna hoʻokō i ka papahana 737 MAX ma o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i 13 mau 737-9 hou i ka wā e kūʻai aku ana i kekahi mokulele A320 i lawe ʻia ma o ka loaʻa ʻana iā Virgin America.
Hoʻolaha ka ʻaelike hou i kēia lā e hoʻohui i 23 mau kauoha paʻa no 737-9 a me nā koho hou aʻe no nā kūʻai e hiki mai ana. I nā mea āpau, he 52 mau koho a Alaska, inā e hoʻohana pono ʻia, e lawe i ka mea lawe i nā mokulele he 120 737 MAX. Ua ʻōlelo ka mokulele ua neʻe ka hana iā ia i kahi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻauwaʻa holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa ʻo Boeing e "hoʻonui i ka ʻike o ka malihini, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hana a kākoʻo i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana."
"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke noi i kahi hoa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o Boeing a hauʻoli mākou i ke kū pū ʻana me lākou ke hana pū mākou e hoʻihoʻi i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai," wahi a Tilden.
Ua hoʻolaha aku nā alakaʻi o Alaska Airlines a me Boeing i ka ʻaelike i ka wā o ke kau inoa inoa ma Boeing's delivery service ma Seattle, i hoʻopili ʻia e kahi 737-9 hou e lilo ana i waena o nā mokulele mua e lawelawe ʻia e Alaska Airlines. I ka mālama ʻana i nā kapu ʻo COVID-19, ua kaupalena nā hui ʻelua i ka hele ʻana i ka hanana a ua kamaʻilio ʻia i ka maʻi ahulau i pili nui i ka huakaʻi ea, e hōʻike ana i ka hilinaʻi i ka ikaika nui o ka ʻoihana a me ka makemake o ka poʻe holo wā lōʻihi.
"Ua hana ʻo Alaska Airlines i kahi hana nui loa i ka pale ʻana i nā hopena mai ka maʻi ahulau COVID-19, a ua hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia e hoʻi i kāna ala ulu ulu a hoʻoikaika i kona kū ʻana ma ke ʻano he mokulele kiʻekiʻe ʻo US. Me ke kūlana alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana ʻo Alaska no ka palekana, ka hoʻomau ʻana a me ka lawelawe ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku, mahalo ʻia mākou ua koho lākou e hoʻopukapuka i kā lākou wā e hiki mai ana me kahi kūʻai koʻikoʻi o nā mokulele Boeing 737 hou aʻe, "wahi a Stan Deal, pelekikena a CEO o Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Mahalo mākou no ka hilinaʻi a me ka hui pū ʻana o Alaska. Ke nānā nui nei kā mākou hui i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā lākou mokulele 737X MAX mua loa a kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i kahi komo palekana a me ka hana ʻole i loko o ka lawelawe. "
Wahi a Alaska Airlines ʻo ka 737 - hoʻolako ʻia me nā ʻenekini hou hou aʻe a me ka maikaʻi o nā aerodynamics - e hoʻohana i ka 20% ʻoi aku ka wahie a hoʻēmi i nā mea i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e 20% no kēlā me kēia noho ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mokulele i pani ʻia. E hoʻonohonoho ka mokulele i ka mokulele me nā noho he 178 i kahi hoʻonohonoho ʻekolu papa. Hiki i ka mokulele ke lele ma kahi o 3,550 mile kai, ma kahi o 600 mile ma mua o kona mua. E ʻae kēia mākaukau hou i nā mokulele e hāʻawi i nā ala hou a pololei i nā mea kaʻa. E hōʻike ana kēlā me kēia mokulele i ka Boeing Sky Interior hou, kahi mea i hōʻike ʻia e nā ʻaoʻao sidewalls i kēia manawa a me ka puka aniani e hōʻike ai, nā kukui LED e hoʻonui ai i ke ʻano o ka ākea a me nā pahu waiho nui ʻoi aku ka nui.
