ʻO Cathay Pacific Airways i kēia lā ua hoʻolōʻihi i kahi hoʻonui manawa o kāna mau hana i ʻAmelika, me kahi lawelawe ukana he 12 mau pule e hoʻopili nei Kahua Mokulele Pittsburgh (PIT) me ka Hikina Hema ʻAsia, e hoʻohui i ka pūnaewele o 19 mau wahi ukana ma nā wahi holoʻokoʻa o ʻAmelika, e like me nā lawelawe ukana East Coast i Bosetona, Newark, a me Wakinekona, Dulles, a me kahi awa kūkaʻa hoʻolaʻa ma New York (JFK). Ua pae ka pae mua ma Pittsburgh i kēia lā ma 10:30 am ka manawa kūloko, e lawe ana i nā mea kūʻai aku mai ʻAsia.

E hoʻomaka ka lawelawe manawa ʻole ma Ho Chi Minh (SGN), e kū ana ma ke kahua kaʻa ukana ʻo Cathay Pacific ma Hong Kong International Airport, e pae ana i PIT i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakahi a me Pōʻalima a hiki i Nowemapa 26, 2020.

ʻO ka mea nui, e hoʻokele ʻia ka mokulele CX8800 e kahi mokulele Boeing 777-300ER i hoʻonohonoho hou ʻia ma kahi o ko Cathay Pacific huakaʻi hele i kahi ultra-long-haul freighter, ka Boeing 747-8, nona ka 14 i kēia manawa i kona mau ʻauwaʻa.

“Hauʻoli ʻo Cathay Pacific e hoʻohui iā Hong Kong, kekahi o nā hub airfreight intermodal kī nui o ka honua, i Pittsburgh. Ua hoʻonohonoho kūpono ʻia ke kūlanakauhale ma waena o ka East Seaboard a me ka Midwest, kahi home o 50% o ka lehulehu o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, "wahi a Fred Ruggiero, Hope Pelekikena Cargo, ʻAmelika, Cathay Pacific Airways. "Noho mau ka ukana no ka mokulele i kēia manawa paʻakikī. ʻO kēia hoʻonui manawa pōkole e hoʻokau nei i kā Cathay Pacific kūpaʻa i kā mākou hoa ukana ukana, nāna i noi i kahi lawelawe ukana e hoʻonui ʻia e kū i ka noi kiʻekiʻe. Ua hauʻoli mākou e hui pū me nā koa me Pittsburgh International Airport a me Unique Logistics a ke kakali nei i mua e kōkua me nā pono ukana e hiki mai ana. "

"ʻO ka mōʻaukala ʻo Pittsburgh kahi kikowaena no ka halihali ʻana a me nā loina," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Rich Fitzgerald ka luna ʻo Allegheny County. "Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i kēlā ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he mahele nui o kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, no laila ke haʻaheo nei wau e hoʻokipa iā Cathay Pacific a me Unique Logistics i kā mākou papa lawe ukana e hoʻonui nei i ka ʻāina. ʻIke mākou i kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka nui, pehea ka nui o ka neʻe ʻana o nā huahana a puni ka honua me ka wikiwiki, a ke kakali nei mākou i nā ʻoihana ʻelua e hoʻonui nei i kā lākou ʻoihana ma Pittsburgh. "

"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka launa pū ʻana me Cathay Pacific a me Unique Logistics i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou pūnaewele lawe ukana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo CEO ʻo Pittsburgh International Airport ʻo Christina Cassotis. "ʻO kēia kahi hana ʻē aʻe i ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Pittsburgh International i loko o kahi kikowaena loina honua me ka lawelawe o ka pae honua. ʻO kā mākou wikiwiki, kūpono a me kahi kūpono e hāʻawi i kahi pono kūikawā no nā mea lawe a me nā mea lawe ukana e nānā ana e lawelawe i ka mākeke o ʻAmelika Hema. "

I ka hoʻāʻo e hoʻolauna hou i ka hiki ukana ma kahi e hiki ai a kōkua i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kaulahao o ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ua hoʻonohonoho hou ʻo Cathay Pacific i ʻelua mau mokulele Boeing 777-300ER i 'preighters,' me nā noho i hoʻoneʻe ʻia i nā keʻena Economy a me Premium Economy e hiki ai i ka mokulele e lawe i 12 tone o nā ukana hou aʻe ma lalo o ke ka palekana a me nā hana palekana.

ʻO ka Cargo ka mea hana ʻoi aku ka ikaika no ka Cathay Pacific, ke hana nei ma luna o 436 pai pālua o nā mokulele lawe ukana wale nō a me ka hāpai ʻana ma luna o 102,122 tone o nā ukana a me nā leka uila i ʻAukake 2020.

Hāʻawi ka moku'āina ʻoi loa o Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal ma Hong Kong International Airport i kahi laulā o nā pane loiloi no ka ʻoihana mokulele. Hoʻohui pū ʻia me ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe me nā kahawai e kahe ana e hoʻonohonoho i nā pae hoʻohālikelike lawelawe hou no ka ʻoihana, loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku ke pōmaikaʻi ʻia mai nā manawa ʻoki lōʻihi, ka ʻae ʻana i ka ukana i ka minuke hope loa a hoʻemi i nā manawa pili no nā lawe. I ka hui pū ʻana me kahi mokulele mokulele mokulele ʻo Pittsburgh International Airport i hilinaʻi ʻole ʻia e neʻe ai i nā ukana i ʻAmelika Hema, e hiki ke lawe ʻia ke ala ukana me ka hiki ke hiki, e hāʻawi ana i nā tona he 35-40.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Cathay Pacific Airways today launched a temporary expansion of its operations in the Americas, with a 12-week cargo service linking Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) with Southeast Asia, to supplement the airline’s existing network of 19 cargo stations throughout the Americas, including East Coast cargo services to Boston, Newark, and Washington, Dulles, and a dedicated freighter port at New York (JFK).
“We continue to have that industry as a core part of our economy, which is why I’m proud to welcome Cathay Pacific and Unique Logistics to our expanding air cargo portfolio in the region.
In conjunction with Pittsburgh International Airport’s uncongested and reliable Cargo Terminal to move freight to and from North America, the freight path will be able to ship as efficiently as possible, delivering 35-40 tons of cargo.