FORT WORTH, TX - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i kēia lā e hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) a me Madrid, Sepania e hoʻomaka ana i Mei 1, 2009. E lele ʻo ʻAmelika i ke ala me kāna mokulele Boeing 225-767 noho 300. i ka hoʻonohonoho papa ʻelua.
ʻO ka haʻalele hoʻomaka, ʻo Flight 36, e haʻalele iā DFW ma 5:35 pm, Pōʻalima, Mei 1 a hōʻea i Madrid ma 10:00 am, Pōʻaono, Mei 2 - kahi lele e lōʻihi ana ma kahi o 9 mau hola, 25 mau minuke. ʻO ka haʻalele mua ʻana mai Sepania, ʻo Flight 37, e haʻalele iā Madrid ma 1:10 pm, Pōʻaono, Mei 2 a hōʻea i DFW ma 4:45 pm i ka lā hoʻokahi - he lele ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 10 mau hola, 35 mau minuke. Aia nā manawa āpau.
"ʻO ka hoʻopili ʻana iā Dallas/Fort Worth i Madrid ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā wahi hou a me nā manawa kūpono no kā mākou mea kūʻai. E like me ka pili ʻana i nā moʻomeheu a me ka wehe ʻana i nā manawa hoʻokele waiwai i loaʻa ʻole ma mua, "wahi a Gerard Arpey, ka luna alakaʻi a me ka luna hoʻokele o ʻAmelika. "Ke hana nei mākou i kēia hoʻopukapuka me ka manaʻoʻiʻo e ʻae ʻia kā mākou hui ʻoihana hui a me ka noi antitrust immunity me British Airways a me Iberia. Ke ʻae ʻia, manaʻo nui mākou a manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ka mea mua o nā manawa ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui a hoʻonui i nā pilina ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa, e ʻae ana i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku e komo nui aku i ka honua a e pōmaikaʻi ana i ke kaiāulu nui o Dallas/Fort Worth.
ʻO Madrid ka 34th honua holoʻokoʻa i lawelawe ʻia e ʻAmelika a me ʻAmelika ʻEle mai kāna kikowaena Dallas/Fort Worth, ma muli o ke kau. Me kāna mau hoa hui oneworld(R) Alliance, e hāʻawi ka lawelawe hou i ka huakaʻi maʻalahi a maʻalahi i 87 mau wahi i lawelawe ʻia ma waho o Madrid i ʻEulopa, ʻApelika a me Asia.
Mai DFW, hana ʻo ʻAmelika a me ʻAmelika ʻEle ma kahi o 745 mau haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā a ʻoi aku ma mua o 150 mau wahi hoʻomaha ʻole. Ma waena o nā wahi hoʻokele honua ʻole o ʻAmelika mai DFW, aia nā kūlanakauhale ma Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Guatemala, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Panama, United Kingdom, a me Venezuela.
"He hoʻohui hou kēia i kā mākou kōpili honua a e hāʻawi aku i kā mākou poʻe kaʻa kūloko a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā huakaʻi i kahi huakaʻi nui i kekahi o nā poʻokela kālā a me ka moʻomeheu o ʻEulopa," wahi a Jeff Fegan, Luna Nui o DFW International Airport. "ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka lawelawe ea honua hou i kēia ʻāina ʻo ia kekahi o kā mākou kahua mokulele nui i hoʻolālā ʻia, a ʻo kēia lele hou e hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o $107 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka hoʻokele waiwai o Texas. Hoʻomaikaʻi mākou i ka American Airlines no ka hoʻopili ʻana i kā mākou International Terminal D i lanakila i kekahi ʻīpuka nui ʻEulopa.
ʻO ʻAmelika, he lālā hoʻokumu o ka honua oneworld(R) Alliance, lawelawe ʻo Sepania me ʻelua mau huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā - i Madrid mai Miami International Airport a i Barcelona mai John F. Kennedy International Airport ma New York.
"Ke hoʻonui nei ʻo Sepania i kāna hoʻopukapuka kālā a me nā manawa ʻoihana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa me ka nānā ʻana iā Texas a me ka ʻāina ʻo Dallas/Fort Worth, no laila he nūhou maikaʻi kēia no ko mākou kamaʻāina a me kā mākou ʻoihana," wahi a Tom Leppert, Meia o Dallas. "Ke hōʻike maopopo nei kēia hoʻolaha i ka ikaika o kā mākou mākeke ʻoihana, a me ka mana o DFW International Airport e hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ke kālepa no mākou āpau."
"ʻO North Texas a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Madrid he mau kikowaena waiwai no ka ʻenehana, hana hana, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. I kēia manawa, e hoʻopili pono ʻia kēia mau hale mana ʻelua e kahi lele lele ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā, "wahi a Mike Moncrief, Meia o Fort Worth. "ʻO kēia lawelawe hou ka mea e hana ai i nā hana, hoʻoulu i ka hoʻomohala hou, a hoʻonui i nā manawa hoʻolimalima no ka poʻe o Fort Worth, a me nā kamaʻāina maikaʻi o Madrid."
