ʻO ka mokulele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ke pae aku nei i kahi ulia pōpilikia me ka pōʻino nui o ka ʻino

Ua poʻi ka ʻino o ka ihu i ka makani ʻino, ua nahā nā pani makani makani a me ka puka makani ʻaoʻao o kahi mokulele mokulele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.

ʻO ka mokulele ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa AA1897, ka mea i haʻalele mai San Antonio ma hope o ke aumoe i ka lā Lāpule, aia wale nō i ka lewa no hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka haʻi ʻana o nā pailaka i kahi pilikia. ʻO kēlā pilikia ʻo ia ka ʻino huahekili e hōʻeha nui ana i ka pale makani a me ka ihu o ka mokulele.

Ua hoʻopaʻa pono nā pailaka i ka mokulele ma El Paso i ka hola 2:03 am manawa kūloko. ʻAʻole i hōʻeha ʻia kekahi o nā poʻe kaʻa he 130 a i ʻole ʻelima mau hui, a ua hiki i ka mokulele ke holo maʻamau i ka ʻīpuka, wahi a ka mokulele i kahi ʻōlelo.

ʻO American Airlines, Inc. (AA) kahi mokulele nui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Fort Worth, Texas, i loko o ka metroplex Dallas-Fort Worth. ʻO ia ka mokulele nui loa o ka honua ke ana ʻia e ka nui o nā ʻauwaʻa, ka loaʻa kālā, nā ohua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i lawe ʻia, nā kilomika i hoʻonohonoho ʻia, a me ka helu o nā wahi i lawelawe ʻia. Hoʻohana ʻo ʻAmelika a me kāna mau hoa ʻāpana i kahi pūnaewele puni honua a me ka home me ka awelika o kahi kokoke i 6,700 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā i kahi kokoke i 350 mau wahi ma mua o 50 mau ʻāina.[8]

ʻO American Airlines kahi lālā hoʻokumu o Oneworld alliance, ʻo ke kolu o ka hui mokulele nui loa ma ka honua a hoʻonohonoho i nā kumukūʻai, nā lawelawe, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana me nā hoa hui kuikahi ʻo British Airways, Iberia, a me Finnair i ka mākeke transatlantic a me Japan Airlines ma ka mākeke transpacific. Hoʻohana ʻia ka lawelawe kūloko e nā mea kūʻai kūʻokoʻa a me nā mea lawelawe ma lalo o ka inoa inoa o American Eagle.

Ke hana nei ʻo ʻAmelika ma waho o nā hub he ʻumi ma Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, Philadelphia, Miami, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Washington–National, Los Angeles, New York–JFK, a me New York–LaGuardia. Hoʻohana ʻo ʻAmelika i kāna kahua mālama mua ma Tulsa International Airport me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā wahi mālama i loaʻa ma kāna mau hub. ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Dallas/Fort Worth International ka hub lawe kaʻa nui loa o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e lawelawe ana i 51.1 miliona mau ohua i kēlā me kēia makahiki me ka awelika o 140,000 mau ohua i kēlā me kēia lā.