DALLAS – Ua ʻōlelo ʻo American Airlines, ʻo kāna uku hou $15 no kahi ʻeke i hoʻopaʻa mua ʻia e pili ana i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o hoʻokahi o nā mea kūʻai ʻehā a ʻaʻole e hoʻolōʻihi i nā laina ma nā puka komo.
Ua ʻōlelo ka mea lawe kaʻa i ka Pōʻalima e hana ana ʻo ia i nā hana, ʻaʻole ia i kuhikuhi, e pale aku i kēlā mau pilikia i hoʻokumu ʻia e ke kulekele hou.
ʻO ʻAmelika i ka mahina i hala aku nei ʻo ia ka mokulele mokulele mua i hoʻolaha e koi aku i nā mea kūʻai aku e nānā i kahi ʻāpana ukana. Hoʻohana ʻia ka uku ma nā tiketi i kūʻai ʻia ma ka lā 15 o Iune a i ʻole.
Ua pale ka mokulele i ka uku, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he kūʻai aku ia i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi ʻeke 45-paona i ka pō ma kahi hui lawe pūʻulu. Ua ʻōlelo kekahi ʻōlelo ʻōlelo no ka mokulele, ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka hoʻouna ʻana i kahi ʻeke mai Dallas a New York mai $150 a $230 a ʻoi aku paha.
ʻAʻole pono nā lālā o nā pae kiʻekiʻe o ka papahana lele pinepine o ʻAmelika i ka uku, a ʻaʻole hoʻi ka poʻe i kūʻai i nā tiketi holo piha a i ʻole e holo ana i nā ʻāina ʻē.
ʻO ʻAmelika a me nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe he $25 no ka nānā ʻana i kahi ʻeke ʻelua. Ke hoʻokiʻekiʻe nei nā mokulele i nā kumukūʻai a me nā uku no ka uhi ʻana i ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ka wahie jet, i aneane pālua ʻia i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻAmelika ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo ia i nā uku he 15 mau manawa mai ʻApelila, akā ua kuhikuhi ʻia i kahi noiʻi Air Transport Association e ʻōlelo ana e loaʻa ana nā mokulele i ka 40 pakeneka o kā lākou mau kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The airline defended the fee, saying it was a bargain compared with the cost of shipping a 45-pound bag overnight on a package-delivery company.
- A spokesman for the airline said the cost of sending a bag from Dallas to New York would range from $150 to $230 or more.
- The airlines are raising fares and fees to cover the soaring cost of jet fuel, which has nearly doubled in the past year.
