SEATTLE, WA (Nyamavhuvhu 28, 2008) - Alaska Airlines nhasi yapedza shanduko yayo kuenda kundege dzese-Boeing 737 nekusiya ndege yayo yekupedzisira MD-80 yakatevedzana, chikamu chechirongwa chemakore maviri chekuwedzera mashandiro endege uye. kunatsiridza kuchengetedza kwemafuta.
"Neyekupedzisira yeMD-80s yedu iri kusiya basa nhasi uye yakarongwa kuendesa kune imwe itsva Boeing 737-800s gore rino, Alaska Airlines ikozvino inoshanda imwe yediki, isingadyi mafuta uye ine ruzivo rwepamusoro muindasitiri," akadaro Bill Ayer. , sachigaro weAlaska uye mukuru mukuru. "Zvikepe zvedu zveBoeing zvichaunza mutsauko mukuru mukunyaradza kwevatengi, kuvimbika kwezvikepe uye mutengo wekushandisa, panguva iyo inonyanya kukosha."
Iyo 737-800 inopisa mazana masere nemakumi mashanu magaroni ehuturu paawa, inopesana ne850 marita paawa neMD-1,100. Mhando yezvikepe zvakajairika zvakare inozokonzera kuderera kwemitengo yekuchengetedza, kudzidziswa uye kuronga vashandi vendege.
Sezvo ndege yekupedzisira ye MD-80 yakatenderedza Mount Rainer mudunhu reWashington mukubhururuka kwekupedzisira, yakabatanidzwa mudenga nendege ichangobva kuburitswa uye yakapendwa yeAlaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 yakanzi "Mweya weSeattle" semutero kuna. yendege ikozvino yave ngarava dzeBoeing uye yakasarudzika yekumusha kudyidzana nemugadziri wendege.
"Yako nyowani yeNext-Generation 737, ine chiyeuchidzo chekuyeuka, inomiririra hukama hwedu hukuru hwekushanda pamwe," akadaro Mark Jenkins, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weBoeing 737 uye maneja mukuru. "Boeing yakazvipira kubudirira kweAlaska Airlines, uye tinodada kuva shamwari yako yekumusha."
Iwo ma737s akashongedzerwa neakanyanya kuchengetedzwa uye masisitimu ekufambisa. Mukuru pakati pawo Inodiwa Navigation Performance precision approach tekinoroji uye Head-up Guidance System, iyo inobvumira kusimuka uye kumhara munzvimbo dzisingaonekwe. Alaska's 737s zvakare akashongedzerwa neEnhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, iyo inozivisa vatyairi vezvipingamupinyi zvepasi.
Ndege ine zvisungo zvakasimba zvekuwedzera sere Boeing 737-800 kusvika muna 2008, izvo zvichaunza ngarava dzayo kundege 116 Boeing 737. Izvo zvinofananidzwa ne26 MD-80s uye 110 yakazara ndege pakutanga kwekuchinja kwezvikepe zvendege muna 2006.
Alaska Airlines yakawana ndege yayo yekutanga MD-80, yakagadzirwa neLong Beach-based McDonnell-Douglas Ndege, muna 1985 uye yakamboshanda makumi mana nemana ejeti. Iyo MD-44, ine matangi ayo akakura emafuta ehurefu hwakareba, yaive ibwe repakona rekuwedzera kwendege kumusoro nekudzika kuWest Coast, pamwe neMexico neRussia Far East muma80s uye'1980s.
Alaska Airlines uye hanzvadzi inotakura Horizon Air pamwechete vanoshandira maguta makumi mapfumbamwe nematanhatu kuburikidza netiweki yakakura muAlaska, iyo Lower 94, Hawaii, Canada neMexico.
