Ua ʻae ʻo Alaska Airlines i ka lawe ʻia ʻana o kāna mokulele Boeing 737-9 MAX mua loa, e hōʻailona ana i kahi mahele hou o ka hōʻano hou ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa o nā mokulele i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ua lele aku nā pailaka o Alaska i nā mokulele ma kahi lele pōkole i nehinei mai ka Boeing Delivery Center ma Boeing Field ma Seattle a i ka hangar o ka hui ma Sea-Tac International Airport me kahi hui liʻiliʻi o ke alakaʻi poʻokela o Alaska ma luna o ka moku.
“Ua kakali nui mākou i kēia lā. He manawa haʻaheo e kau i kā mākou mokulele 737 hou loa a lele i ka home, "i ʻōlelo ʻia Alaska Airlines ʻO Pelekikena Ben Minicucci. "ʻO kēia mokulele kahi ʻāpana nui o kā mākou wā e hiki mai ana. Manaʻo mākou iā ia, manaʻoʻiʻo mākou iā Boeing a manaʻoʻiʻo mākou i kā mākou limahana e hoʻolilo i nā pule ʻelima e hiki mai ana e hoʻomaʻamaʻa e mākaukau mākou e lele lele i kā mākou mau malihini. "
ʻO ka mua o Alaska Boeing Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo 737-9 e komo i ka lawelawe kauā ma ka lā Malaki 1 me nā mokulele holoholo holoholo lā ma waena o Seattle a me San Diego, a me Seattle a me Los Angeles. ʻO ka 737-9 lua o ka mokulele e manaʻo ʻia e komo i ka lawelawe ma hope ma Malaki.
E hāhai nā kime mai nā ʻāpana like ʻole ma Alaska i kahi kaʻina mākaukau mākaukau e alakaʻi i nā hana e pono ai ke hana ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā huakaʻi kaʻahele. ʻO ke kaʻina hana - e pili ana i nā ʻōkiki koʻikoʻi o ka lele lele ʻana, hōʻoia a me nā hoʻomākaukau kikoʻī - ʻelima mau wiki
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa nā ʻenehana mālama e hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou aku i ka mokulele hou. E loaʻa iā lākou ma ka liʻiliʻi he 40 mau hola o ka "hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻokoʻa," kahi e hoʻokaʻawale ai i nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka MAX hou a me nā ʻauwaʻa 737 NG o ka mokulele e kū nei. E loaʻa ana i kekahi mau loea i 40 mau hola hou o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa loea e kia ana i nā ʻenekini a me nā ʻōnaehana avionics o ka mokulele.
E hoʻokau nā pailaka o Alaska i ka 737-9 ma o kāna mau holo, e lele ana ma mua o 50 mau hola lele a ma kahi o 19,000 mile a puni ka ʻāina, e pili pū ana me Alaska a me Hawaii. Mālama ʻia kēia mau "flight flight" e hōʻoia i kā mākou loiloi palekana a me nā mea o ka Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a e hōʻoia i ka ʻike piha o nā hiki o ka mokulele i nā ʻano ʻāina like ʻole a me nā ʻāina.
E loaʻa i kā mākou mau pailaka he ʻewalu mau hola o ka MAX kikoʻī, hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻike kamepiula ma mua o ka lele ʻana o ka mokulele ma kahi o ʻelua mau lā, kahi e hoʻopili ai ma kahi o ʻelua mau hola o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma ka palapala hoʻomaʻamaʻa MAX ponoʻī o ka MAX . Ma laila lākou e lele ai i kahi maneuvers kikoʻī i ka mokulele a hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi i hana ʻia i ka mokulele.
"ʻO kā mākou pailaka ka mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻoi loa i ka ʻoihana. Me ka 737-9, ke hele nei mākou ma luna a ma ʻō me kā mākou papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka mea a ka FAA e noi nei, "wahi a John Ladner, he kāpena ʻo Alaska 737 a he pelekikena hope o nā hana lele. “Nui ko mākou hilinaʻi i kēia mokulele. He mea hoʻohui nui ia i kā mākouʻauwaʻa, a ua mākaukau mākou e hoʻomaka e lele iā ia i Malaki. "
E lele nā Deliveries o ka mokulele 737-9 o Alaska e Boeing me ka wahie hoʻolele mokulele paʻa (SAF), ka mea e kōkua i ka ʻoihana mokulele e hōʻemi i nā hoʻoiho CO2 ma ke kumu o ke ola. E hoʻohana ʻia ka SAF ma nā hāʻawi mokulele MAX āpau a e hoʻolako ʻia e nā Epic Fuels.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Alaska i kahi ʻaelike kauoha me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻia me Boeing i Kēkēmapa 2020 e loaʻa i kahi mokulele 68 737-9 MAX i nā makahiki ʻehā e hiki mai ana, me nā koho no kahi mokulele 52 hou aʻe. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka mokulele e loaʻa nā mokulele he 13 i kēia makahiki; 30 i ka 2022; 13 i ka 2023; a me 12 i ka 2024. Hoʻohui ka ʻaelike i ka hoʻolaha a Alaska i Nowemapa i hala e hoʻolimalima i nā mokulele 13 737-9 ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana ʻokoʻa.
Hoʻololi nui kēia mau mokulele he 68 i nā ʻauwaʻa Airbus o Alaska a neʻe nui i ka mokulele i hoʻokahi, nā ʻauwaʻa laina ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, maikaʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi i ka nohona. E hoʻonui ka 737-9 i ka ʻike malihini a kākoʻo i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana.
