JetBlue nhasi yazivisa kuti yatora zviri pamutemo kuendesa ndege yayo yekutanga yeAirbus A220-300, zvichiratidza kutanga kwenguva nyowani yendege dzendege. Ndege - muswe N3008J - yakarongerwa kusvika pamba paJetBlue kumba kweNew York kuJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) manheru ano kubva kunzvimbo yekugadzira yeUSBUS muUS Mobile, Ala.Ndiko kwekutanga kuendeswa kwendege 70 A220 JetBlue yakarongeka. , iyo ichaverengerwa mukati kuti pakupedzisira itore nzvimbo yezvikepe zviripo zve60 Embraer 190 ndege.
"Iyo A220 ndeyotevera-chizvarwa ndege vatengi vedu uye vashandi vechikepe vachada, inoratidzira inoshamisa renji uye yepamusoro economics kutsigira zvakakomba zvemari nekushanda zvakakosha pamwe neiyo nyowani kuronga network kushanduka," akadaro Robin Hayes, mukuru mukuru mukuru, JetBlue. “Uye apo patinoshandura zvikepe zvedu zvenguva yemberi, kuderedzwa kwakanyanya kweA220 muhutsi hwechigaro-chega kunotsigira kuzvipira kwedu mukusarerekera kabhoni kwendege dzedu dzese, uye kunotiswededza padhuze nekuzadzisa chitsidzo chedu chekubvisa zero kabhoni kumabasa ese 2040. ”
Iyo A220 inozvirumbidza ingangoita makumi matatu muzana yakaderera yakananga yekushandisa mutengo pachigaro pane iyo yazvino E30. Yepazasi zvigaro zvinodhura zvinobva kune ese ari maviri mafuta uye asiri-mafuta kuchengetedza. Iwo A190 zvikepe zvinobatsira zvakare kuenderera mberi kugadzirisa kweJetBlue mari yekuchengetedza zvakanaka mukati megumi. Ndege inofungidzira iyo A220 ngarava, nekuvandudzwa kwekuvimbika uye kwenguva yakareba yekugadzirisa, ichave nemari yekuchengetedza pachigaro chinopfuura makumi mana muzana pasi peE220s.
Iine huwandu hwemakiromita anosvika mazana matatu nemakumi matatu nemakumi mashanu emvura uye ne3,350 muzana mafuta akatsva pachigaro pane ndege yeJetBlue's E40, hupfumi hwakanaka hunovhura musuwo kumisika mitsva nemigwagwa ingadai isingabatsiri nezvikepe zvaJetBlue zviripo. Iyo A190 inovhara musanganiswa wakakura wezvitsva uye zviripo zvemusika mikana pamwe nehupfumi hwakapfupika pamisika pfupi, yepakati uye kunyange inogona kupfuura. Izvi zvinobvumidza kushandiswa kuri nani kwendege uye kupa mukana wekukwikwidza weJetBlue mumisika mishoma yekutakura.
"JetBlue yakashandura kufamba kwemhepo, uye isu kuAirbus tinodada kuti hukama hwedu hwemakore makumi maviri hwakaita basa mukubudirira kwendege," akadaro C. Jeffrey Knittel, Chairman & CEO Airbus Americas, Inc. "Iyi yekutanga A20-220 kuendesa kunogadzira mikana mitsva yemigwagwa yeJetBlue, uye kunokwidziridza ruzivo rwavo rwevatakurwi kusvika pamatanho epamusoro. ”
IA220 inoshandiswa chete nePratt & Whitney GTF injini, dzinounza kuvandudzwa kwemaviri manhamba mumafuta uye kabhoni. Kugadziridza kupisa kwemoto idanho rekutanga rakakosha mugadziriro yeJetBlue inodhura-yekuchengetedza, uye kuisa pamberi ndege-dzinoshanda nendege dzinoenderana nenzira yaJetBlue yekudzikisa mweya. Pakutanga gore rino, JetBlue yakava yekutanga ndege huru yekuUS kuwana kabhoni kusarerekera kwendege dzese, uye yakazivisa hurongwa hwayo hwekuwana zero zero kabhoni kumabasa ese na2040. Kuderedzwa kwakakosha kweA220 pachigaro chega chega kuchabatsira JetBlue kusangana uye chengetedza kuzvipira kwayo kwekusimudzira.
"Kuendesa uku kunoratidza chimwe chiitiko chakakura cheJetBlue naPratt & Whitney," akadaro Rick Deurloo, mukuru wezvekutengeserana uye mukuru mutevedzeri wemutungamiri kuPratt & Whitney. "Tinokudzwa kuti JetBlue yakashanda nendege dzinofambiswa nePratt & Whitney kubvira pakutanga chaipo - uye kuti JetBlue yakasarudza ndege dzinotakurwa neGFF dzendege dzinotevera-dzendege. "Tinotarisira kutsigira kuwedzera kweJetBlue uye kuzvipira kwavo mukuchengetedza ndege."
Iyo yemukati yeJetBlue's A220 ichave inokatyamadza sekugona kwekushandisa kwendege. Vatengi vanozonakidzwa neakakwira inflight chiitiko nezvakakura zvigaro, yakafara pamusoro pemabhini uye akawedzera-mahombe mahwindo. Ngarava dzeJetBlue dzinoratidza iro gumbo rakanyanya mumurairidzi (a) uye yemahara Fly-Fi®, iyo inomhanyisa Broadband internet mudenga (b). JetBlue inozivisa zvakadzama nezvetsika yayo-yakagadzirirwa A220 kabhini - iine inofungisisa, inobata-inogutsa inobata mukati mese - muna Ndira 2021.
JetBlue inoenderera mberi nekufamba nharaunda nyowani yekufamba neruoko rwakatsiga uye nemaonero marefu ekudzoka. Mari yekudyara muA220 inobvumidza iyo ndege kuti irambe ichiita yayo yakaderera mutengo bhizinesi modhi, uye inoita kuti JetBlue irambe ichipa zvakaderera mitengo kune vamwe vatengi.
