Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) i kēia lā i ka mana o United Airlines a me Mesa Airlines e hoʻomaka i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport a me Havana's José Martí International Airport. Ma muli o ka ʻae aupuni hope loa, e hoʻonui ʻia ʻo United mai ka lawelawe ʻo Pōʻaono wale nō i ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā.
"Ma ka inoa o United Airlines, mahalo mākou i ka manaʻo o ka US Department of Transportation e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe ʻo United ma waena o Houston a me Havana mai ka Pōʻaono-wale i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi a Steve Morrissey, ka hope pelekikena o United no ka hoʻoponopono a me nā kulekele. "Makemake pū mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Texas Kiaʻāina Greg Abbott a me Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a me Texas Congressmen Kevin Brady, Gene Green, Pete Olson, Ted Poe, ka Houston Airport System, ka Greater Houston Partnership a me ka Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce no ke kākoʻo nei i kā mākou pahuhopu hui e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka lawelawe ea ma waena o Houston a me Havana a hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai aku ma waena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā manawa hou e hana i nā pilina kūpono ma Houston.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Dekemaba 2016, ʻo ka lawelawe kūleʻa o United i ka Pōʻaono wale nō ma waena o Houston a me Havana ua hāʻawi i nā tausani o nā mea kūʻai aku me ka koho a me ka maʻalahi i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i ka huakaʻi i Havana.
ʻO Houston, ʻo ka ʻīpuka o ʻAmelika i ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, kahi kūlana ʻāina maikaʻi e hoʻopili ai i nā mokulele mai ke kikowaena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika a i Havana. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana o United i ka lawelawe e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokūkū ʻoi aku ka nui ma ka mākeke a e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā manawa lawelawe ea i Havana no nā mea kūʻai aku ma Houston a me 44 mau wahi ʻē aʻe ma waena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Nā huahana a me nā lawelawe ma luna
Hoʻolālā ʻo United e lawelawe i ka lawelawe ma waena o Houston a me Havana me nā mokulele Boeing 737-800 a i ʻole nā mokulele mokulele Embraer E175. E hoʻohana ʻo Mesa Airlines i nā mokulele mokulele kūloko e like me United Express. Hāʻawi ʻo Embraer E175 i nā noho he 12 ma United First a me 64 mau noho ma United Economy, me nā noho 16 extra-legroom Economy Plus.
Mai Houston, ʻo ʻAmelika ka lawelawe hoʻokahi i Havana mai ke kikowaena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma 2017, ua wehe ʻo United Airlines i kāna keʻena tiketi kūlanakauhale mua ma Havana e hiki ai iā United ke hāʻawi aku i nā Cubans a me nā mea kūʻai aku o ka honua i ka manawa e kūʻai ai i ka huakaʻi ma United Airlines.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “We also want to congratulate Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, as well as Texas Congressmen Kevin Brady, Gene Green, Pete Olson, Ted Poe, the Houston Airport System, the Greater Houston Partnership and the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for supporting our collective goal to improve air service between Houston and Havana and offering customers throughout the central and western United States more opportunities to make convenient connections in Houston.
- United’s increase in service will ensure greater competition in the marketplace and will improve air service opportunities to Havana for customers in Houston and 44 other destinations in the central and western United States.
- In 2017, United Airlines opened its first city ticket office in Havana enabling United to provide Cubans and other international customers the opportunity to purchase travel on United Airlines.
