Jirgin Alaska ya kammala canzawa zuwa dukkan jiragen Boeing

SEATTLE, WA (Agusta 28, 2008) – Kamfanin jiragen sama na Alaska a yau ya kammala sauya sheka zuwa wani jirgin saman Boeing 737 gabaki daya tare da yin ritaya na jerin jiragensa na karshe na MD-80, wani bangare na wani shiri na shekaru biyu na kara inganta ayyukan kamfanin. inganta tanadin mai.

"Tare da na ƙarshe na MD-80s ɗin mu ya yi ritaya a yau da kuma shirya isar da ƙarin sabbin Boeing 737-800s a wannan shekara, Kamfanin Jiragen Sama na Alaska yanzu yana aiki ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙanƙanta, mafi inganci mai inganci da fasaha a cikin masana'antar," in ji Bill Ayer. , Shugaban Alaska kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa. "Rundunar jiragen ruwa na Boeing za su yi babban bambanci a cikin kwanciyar hankali na abokin ciniki, amincin jiragen ruwa da farashin aiki, a lokacin da ya fi dacewa."

737-800 yana ƙone galan 850 na man fetur a kowace awa, sabanin galan 1,100 a kowace awa ta MD-80. Nau'in jiragen ruwa na gama-gari kuma zai haifar da ƙarancin farashi don kulawa, horo da jadawalin ma'aikatan jirgin.

Yayin da jirgin MD-80 na ƙarshe ya kewaya Dutsen Rainer na jihar Washington a cikin wani jirgi na ƙarshe na alama, sabon jirgin saman Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 da aka yi masa fenti na musamman ya haɗu a sararin sama. Kamfanin jirgin sama na yanzu duk-Boeing da kuma haɗin gwiwa na musamman na garinsu tare da masu kera jirgin.

Mark Jenkins, mataimakin shugaban Boeing 737 kuma babban manaja ya ce "Sabuwar ƙarni na gaba na 737, tare da abubuwan tunawa da shi, alama ce ta kyakkyawar dangantakarmu tare." "Boeing ta himmatu ga nasarar Alaska Airlines, kuma muna alfaharin zama abokin tarayya na garinku."

737s an sanye su da mafi kyawun aminci da tsarin kewayawa. Babban daga cikinsu shine fasaha na daidaitaccen aikin Kewayawa Ayyukan Kewayawa da Tsarin Jagoranci, wanda ke ba da damar tashi da saukar jiragen sama a cikin yanayin ƙarancin gani. Alaska's 737s suma suna sanye da Tsarin Gargaɗi na Ƙarfafa kusancin ƙasa, wanda ke faɗakar da matukan jirgi na cikas.

Kamfanin jirgin sama yana da kwakkwaran alkawurra don ƙarin Boeing 737-800s guda takwas zuwa 2008, wanda zai kawo rundunarsa zuwa jirage 116 Boeing 737. Wannan ya kwatanta da 26 MD-80s da 110 jimillar jiragen sama a farkon tafiyar jigilar jiragen sama a 2006.

Kamfanin jiragen sama na Alaska ya sami jirginsa na farko na MD-80, wanda McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft na Long Beach ya kera, a cikin 1985 kuma ya taba sarrafa 44 na jets. MD-80, tare da manyan tankunan mai don tsawaita kewayo, shine ginshiƙin faɗaɗa kamfanin sama da ƙasa gabar Tekun Yamma, da kuma cikin Mexico da Gabas Mai Nisa na Rasha a shekarun 1980 da 90s.

Jirgin Alaska Airlines da 'yar'uwar Horizon Air tare suna hidimar birane 94 ta hanyar hanyar sadarwa mai fa'ida a Alaska, Lower 48, Hawaii, Kanada da Mexico.