JetBlue a yau ta sanar da cewa ta dauki nauyin isar da jirgin ta na farko Airbus A220-300, wanda ke nuna farkon wani sabon zamani ga jiragen kamfanin. Jirgin - wutsiyar N3008J - an shirya zai isa gidan JetBlue a filin jirgin saman John F. Kennedy na New York (JFK) na New York da yammacin yau daga tashar samar da Amurka ta Airbus a Mobile, Ala. Shine farkon kawo 70 A220 jirgin sama da JetBlue ke kan tsari , wanda za'a fara amfani dashi don maye gurbin jirgin 60 Embraer 190 na yanzu.
"A220 jirgi ne mai zuwa wanda kwastomominmu da abokan aikinmu za su so, wanda ke nuna kewayon birgewa da ingantaccen tattalin arziki don tallafawa muhimmiyar hada-hadar kudi da gudanar da aiki tare da sabon tsarin sassaucin tsarin sadarwa," in ji Robin Hayes, babban jami'in, JetBlue. “Kuma yayin da muke haɓaka jirgin ruwanmu na gaba, raguwar A220 mai yawa a cikin gurɓataccen gurɓataccen haya yana tallafawa ci gabanmu na ci gaba da kasancewa tsakatsaki mai ƙarancin iska ga dukkan jiragenmu na cikin gida, kuma yana matsar da mu kusa da cimma alƙawarinmu na rashin fitar da ƙarancin iska a duk ayyukan ta 2040. ”
A220 yana alfahari da kusan kashi 30 cikin ɗari ƙananan farashin aiki kai tsaye ta kowace kujera fiye da E190 na yanzu. Seatananan kujerun kujeru sun fito ne daga mai da mai. Jirgin A220 din zai kuma taimaka don sake sake dawo da farashin kula da JetBlue sosai cikin shekaru goma. Kamfanin jirgin sama yana tsammanin jirgin A220, tare da ingantaccen aminci da jinkiri na tsawaitawa, zasu sami kuɗin kulawa a kowace kujera wanda ya fi sama da kashi 40 cikin ƙasa da na E190s.
Tare da kewayon har zuwa kilomita 3,350 na jirgin ruwa da kashi 40 cikin ɗari na ƙona mai a kowace kujera fiye da jirgin JetBlue na E190, tattalin arziƙi mai fa'ida ya buɗe ƙofar zuwa sababbin kasuwanni da hanyoyin da ba zai zama da fa'ida ba tare da jiragen JetBlue na yanzu. A220 ya haɗu da sabbin kayan kasuwancin da suka kasance tare da ingantaccen tattalin arziki akan gajere, matsakaici har ma da yiwuwar kasuwannin ƙasashe. Wannan zai ba da damar ingantaccen amfani da jirgin sama gabaɗaya kuma ya ba da fa'idar gasa ga JetBlue a cikin gajeren kasuwa.
"JetBlue ya sauya fasalin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama, kuma mu a Airbus muna alfahari da cewa dangantakarmu ta shekaru 20 ta taka rawa a nasarorin kamfanin da yawa," in ji C. Jeffrey Knittel, Shugaba & Shugaba Airbus Americas, Inc. "Wannan na farko A220-300 isar da kayayyaki ya samar da sabbin hanyoyin hanya ga JetBlue, kuma ya daukaka kwarewar fasinjan su har ma da manyan matakai. ”
A220 yana aiki ne na musamman ta injunan Pratt & Whitney GTF, wanda ke sadar da haɓaka lambobi biyu a cikin mai da hayaƙin carbon. Inganta ƙona mai shine muhimmin mataki na farko a cikin tsarin JetBlue na ci gaba mai ɗorewa, da fifiko mai amfani da mai da injuna yayi daidai da tsarin JetBlue don rage hayaƙi. A farkon wannan shekarar, JetBlue ya zama babban kamfanin jirgin saman Amurka na farko don cimma daidaiton ƙarancin iska ga duk jiragen cikin gida, kuma daga baya ya ba da sanarwar shirye-shiryensa na samun iska mai gurɓataccen iska a cikin dukkan ayyuka ta 2040. Babban ragin A220 a cikin gurɓataccen gurɓataccen iska zai taimaka wa JetBlue haduwa da kuma kiyaye alkawurranta na dorewa.
Rick Deurloo, babban jami'in kasuwanci da kuma babban mataimakin shugaban kasa a Pratt & Whitney ya ce "Wannan isarwar ta nuna wata babbar alama ce ga JetBlue da Pratt & Whitney." “Muna alfahari da cewa JetBlue ya yi amfani da jirgin sama mai amfani da Pratt & Whitney tun daga farko - kuma JetBlue ya zabi jirage masu amfani da GTF don jiragen masu zuwa na gaba. Muna fatan tallafa wa fadada JetBlue da jajircewarsu ga dorewar jiragen sama. ”
Cikin JetBlue's A220 zai kasance mai ban sha'awa kamar yadda ikon sarrafa jirgin yake. Abokan ciniki suma zasu ji daɗin haɓaka haske tare da kujeru masu faɗi, da shimfidar ƙanana sama da manyan windows. Jirgin JetBlue ya ƙunshi mafi yawan ɗakin karatu a cikin koci (a) da kyauta Fly-Fi®, intanet mafi saurin watsa shirye-shirye a sama (b). JetBlue zai bayyana cikakkun bayanai game da gidan A220 wanda aka kera - wanda yake dauke da tunani, abokan hulda a cikin watan Janairu 2021.
JetBlue ya ci gaba da kewaya sabon yanayin tafiya tare da tsayayyen hannu da hangen nesa na dawowa. Sa hannun jari a cikin A220 ya ba kamfanin jirgin sama damar ci gaba da aiwatar da ƙirar kasuwancin sa mai arha, kuma ya ba JetBlue damar ci gaba da bayar da ƙananan farashi ga ƙarin abokan ciniki.
