Ua kāpae ka American Airlines o AMR Corp. i kāna huakaʻi hoʻomaka i hoʻolālā ʻia ma waena o Chicago a me Beijing i ka Pōʻakahi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kahi kuʻikahi me nā luna mokulele Kina no nā manawa hoʻokuʻu a pae.
Hoʻopaneʻe ka impasse i nā hoʻoikaika ʻana a ʻAmelika, ka lua o ka mea lawe kaʻa nui loa o ʻAmelika ma ke kaʻa, e hana i nā ala nui i ka ulu wikiwiki o ka honua. Hiki iā ia ke paʻakikī i nā kūkākūkā "open-skies" i hoʻolālā ʻia ma waena o US a me Kina e like me ka leo o kekahi mau ʻoihana US e hopohopo nei e ulu ana ka pale ʻana o Kina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻAmelika i ka Pōʻakahi ua kāpae ʻo ia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Chicago O'Hare International Airport a me Beijing Capital International Airport no ka mea ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia nā "kūpono kūʻai" hiki mai a me ka haʻalele ʻana mai nā luna mokulele Kina.
ʻO ka mokulele, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Fort Worth, Texas, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻopanee i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ala ʻo Beijing a hiki i Mei 4 ke hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻoholo i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. Ua loaʻa iā ʻAmelika nā mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Chicago a me Shanghai mai 2006.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ʻAmelika i ka mokulele Boeing 777 hou e haʻalele iā Chicago i ka Pōʻakahi a hōʻea i Beijing i ka hola 1:55 pm Poalua, ma mua o ka haʻalele hou ʻana iā Beijing ma hope o ia ʻauinalā. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hāʻawi nā luna Kina i ka pae ʻāina ʻAmelika i kēlā me kēia lā a me nā wahi hoʻokuʻu ma 2:20 am a me 4:20 am.
I loko o kahi ʻōlelo i ka Pōʻakahi, ua ʻōlelo ka US Department of Transportation he "hōʻino loa" ʻaʻole ʻo Kina i hāʻawi i nā manawa manawa kūpono i ʻAmelika.
"ʻO nā loulou kaʻa kaʻa hou e like me kēia e kōkua i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā pilina kalepa a me ka moʻomeheu ma waena o kā mākou mau lāhui ʻelua," i hoʻohui ʻia ai. "Ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hana pū ʻo Kina me American Airlines e ʻimi i kahi hopena hiki ke kūʻai aku."
ʻAʻole i hoʻihoʻi ka ʻelele Kina ma Wakinekona i nā kelepona e ʻimi ana i ka ʻōlelo.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo ʻAmelika a me Kina no nā kūkākūkā i hoʻolālā ʻia ma Wakinekona, e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Iune 8, e manaʻo nei e hoʻolalelale hou i ka lele mokulele ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua. Ua mālama ʻia nā kūkākūkā bilateral hope loa i ka makahiki 2007.
Kūlike ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa me kahi noiʻi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka American Chamber of Commerce ma Kina e hōʻike ana i ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka hopohopo ma waena o nā ʻoihana US e hoʻopilikia ana nā kulekele palekana Kina i ko lākou mau manaʻo i ka mākeke nui.
Ua haʻi aku ka ʻOihana Hoʻokele i kāna mau hopohopo e pili ana i nā slot maikaʻi ʻole o ʻAmelika i ke aupuni Kina "ma o nā ala diplomatic kūpono," wahi a kahi ʻōlelo a ke keʻena ma Wakinekona. Ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hopena i nā kūkākūkā ākea.
ʻO UAL Corp.'s United Airlines ka mahele mākeke nui loa ma waena o nā mea lawe mokulele ʻo US ma waena o US a me Beijing a me Shanghai, e like me ka OAG, kahi hui noiʻi mokulele. ʻO Continental Airlines Inc. ka helu 2 ma waena o nā mea lawe US, ma muli o ka ʻikepili OAG.
Ua noi pū ʻo Delta Air Lines Inc., ka mea lawe moku nui loa o ʻAmelika, no nā manawa slot me nā luna Kina no kāna lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole ma waena o Seattle a me Beijing e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 4. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi waha ʻōlelo Delta e noho "manaʻolana" ka mokulele e hoʻopaʻa i ka pae maikaʻi a lawe- nā manawa hoʻomaha.
Ua hoʻokō ʻo ʻAmelika i kahi ʻaelike ma mua o kēia makahiki me ka mokulele nui loa o Iapana, ʻo Japan Airlines Corp., e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻoihana hui ākea e manaʻo ana e hoʻonui i ka hiki o ka mea lawe moku ʻo Texas ma nā mākeke ʻĀkia e ulu wikiwiki ana.
Akā ʻaʻole i hāʻule ka American Airlines i kāna hoʻāʻo ʻana e kiʻi iā China Eastern Airlines Corp. Akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kina Eastern ma mua o kēia mahina e hui pū ʻo ia i ka hui hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū o Delta, e waiho ana i ka oneworld ʻo ia wale nō ka hui honua me ka ʻole o ka hoa pili piha ma ka ʻāina ʻo Kina.
ʻO China Southern Airlines Co., kekahi mea lawe kaʻa nui Kina, he lālā o SkyTeam. ʻO ka mea lawe moku nui ʻē aʻe, ʻo Air China Ltd., no ka Star Alliance, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo United a me Continental.
I loko o kahi hālāwai kūkā i ka pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Nui o ʻAmelika ʻo Gerard Arpey i kona kūlana maikaʻi ma o ka hoa oneworld Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., aia ma Hong Kong.
