JetBlue i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i ka lawe ʻana i kāna mokulele Airbus A220-300 mua loa, e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi wā hou no nā ʻauwaʻa o ka mokulele. ʻO ka mokulele - tail N3008J - i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e hōʻea i ka home o JetBlue ma John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) o Nu Ioka i kēia ahiahi mai kahi hale hana US ma Airbus ma Mobile, Ala. ʻO ia ka lawe mua o 70 mokulele A220 mokulele JetBlue i ka hoʻonohonoho , kahi e hoʻohele ʻia ai e hoʻololi hope loa i nā ʻauwaʻa o 60 Embraer 190 mokulele.
"ʻO ka A220 kahi mokulele hanauna hou aʻe e makemake ai kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana, e hōʻike ana i ka laulaha a me ka ʻoihana waiwai ʻoi loa e kākoʻo i nā mea koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi a me nā hana me ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā pūnaewele hou," i ʻōlelo ʻia e Robin Hayes, ka luna nui ʻo JetBlue. "A i ko mākou ulu ʻana i kā mākou mauʻauwaʻa no ka wā e hiki mai ana, ke kākoʻo nui nei ka A220 i nā hoʻokuʻu noho o kēlā me kēia noho e kākoʻo i kā mākou kūpaʻa mau i ke kūpaʻa kalapona no kā mākou holo mokulele āpau, a neʻe iā mākou kokoke i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou hoʻohiki o ka net zero carbon emissions ma nā hana āpau e 2040. ”
Ka A220 kaena i kahi kokoke 30 pakeneka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ke kumu kūʻai no kēlā me kēia noho ma mua o ka E190 o kēia manawa. ʻO nā kumukūʻai noho haʻahaʻa mai nā wahie a me nā mālama ʻole wahie. E kōkua pū ka ʻauwaʻa A220 e hoʻonohonoho hou i nā kumukūʻai mālama o JetBlue i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi. Kuhi ka mokulele i nā ʻauwa A220, me ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻia a me nā wā mālama lōʻihi, e loaʻa ai ke kumukūʻai mālama no kēlā me kēia noho i ʻoi aku ma mua o 40 pākēneka i lalo o E190s.
Me kahi pae o 3,350 mile mile a me kahi 40 pākēneka haʻahaʻa wahie no kēlā me kēia noho ma mua o ka mokulele E190 o JetBlue, wehe ka ʻenemi maikaʻi i ka puka i nā mākeke hou a me nā ala e pono ʻole ai me nā ʻauwaʻa o JetBlue e kū nei. Uhi ka A220 i ka hui ākea o nā hiki mākeke hou a me nā ʻenehana maikaʻi loa ma nā mākeke pōkole, waena a me nā transcontinental paha. E ʻae kēia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a hāʻawi i kahi pono hoʻokūkū no JetBlue i nā mākeke huki pōkole.
"Ua hoʻohuli ʻo JetBlue i ka huakaʻi lewa, a ke haʻaheo nei mākou ma Airbus i ko mākou pilina he 20 mau makahiki i hana nui i ka nui o nā kūleʻa o ka mokulele," wahi a C. Jeffrey Knittel, Lunahoomalu & CEO Airbus Americas, Inc. "ʻO kēia A220-300 mua hana ka hana i nā ala ala hou no JetBlue, a hāpai i ko lākou ʻike mākaʻikaʻi i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe. "
Hoʻohana wale ʻia ka A220 e nā ʻenekini Pratt & Whitney GTF, nāna e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi helu ʻelua i ka wahie a me nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ke kalapona. ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka puhi wahie kahi hana nui i ka hoʻolālā paʻa paʻa pono o JetBlue, a me ka hoʻonohonoho mua ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā ʻenekini me ke ʻano o JetBlue e hōʻemi ai i nā hoʻokuʻu. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki, ua lilo ʻo JetBlue i mokulele mokulele nunui a US no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kūpaʻa ʻana o ke kalapona no nā lele kūloko āpau, a ma hope ua kūkala i kāna mau hoʻolālā e loaʻa i ka net zero carbon emissions ma nā hana āpau e 2040. a mālama i kāna mau hoʻokō paʻa.
"ʻO kēia hāʻawi ʻana kahi hōʻailona nui hou no JetBlue a me Pratt & Whitney," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Rick Deurloo, ka luna ʻoihana kālepa a me ka hope pelekikena poʻokela ma Pratt & Whitney. "Hoʻohanohano mākou ua hoʻohana ʻo JetBlue i nā mokulele Pratt & Whitney mai ka wā mua loa - a ua koho ʻo JetBlue i nā mokulele i hana ʻia me GTF no nā ʻauwa hanauna hou o ka mokulele. Ke kakali nei mākou i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻonui ʻana o JetBlue a me kā lākou kūpaʻa i ka mokulele kūpaʻa. "
ʻO ka loko o ka JetBlue's A220 e kahaha e like me ka hiki ke hoʻohana o nā mokulele. E hauʻoli pū nā mea kūʻai aku i kahi ʻike inflight kiʻekiʻe me nā noho ākea, nā pahu kī ākea ākea a me nā puka aniani ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi nā ʻauwaʻa o JetBlue i ka nui o ka lumi wāwae i ke kaʻi (a) a me Fly-Fi® manuahi, ʻo ka pūnaewele broadband wikiwiki loa i ka lani (b). E hōʻike ʻo JetBlue i nā kikoʻī o kāna keʻena A220 i hoʻolālā ʻia - e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo noʻonoʻo a me nā mea kūʻai aku ma waena - ma Ianuali 2021.
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo JetBlue i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka nohona huakaʻi hou me ka lima kūpaʻa a me ka nānā lōʻihi i ke ola ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻokomo kālā i ka A220 e ʻae i ka mokulele e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna kumu kūʻai ʻoihana haʻahaʻa, a hiki iā JetBlue ke hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā uku haʻahaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku hou aku.
