Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Connect Airlines i kēia lā ua hoʻopuka ʻia kāna palapala hōʻoia o ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka pono e ka US Department of Transportation (DOT). Hāʻawi ka palapala hōʻoia iā Connect e komo i ka mokulele mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka wā i pau ai ka Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) i nā holo hōʻoia pono. Hoʻomaka ʻia nā holo hoʻāʻo e hoʻomaka i Iulai 18, 2022, a e hala ma kahi o ʻehā pule.

Ua ʻae pū ʻia ka DOT i ka palapala hōʻoia a Connect e ʻae ana i ka lawe ʻana i ka ea i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma nā ʻāina ʻē. E hāʻawi ʻia ka palapala haole ma hope o ka loiloi ʻokoʻa a ka Hale Paʻa.

"Mahalo mākou i ka Administration a me ka hui o ka 'Oihana no ko lākou hoihoi a me ka hoʻoikaika i ka neʻe ʻana i kā mākou noi i mua. ʻO kēia milestone nui e hiki ai iā mākou ke hāʻawi i kahi ʻike huakaʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a hoʻomau, "wahi a John Thomas, Luna Nui, Hoʻohui Airlines.

"ʻAʻole hiki ke hele i kēia pae me ka hana ʻole o kā mākou hui holoʻokoʻa i ka makahiki i hala. Manaʻo mākou i ka hoʻopau ʻana i kā mākou kaʻina hoʻoponopono me ka FAA a me DOT e hōʻoia i kā mākou lawelawe e kali nei e hoʻokō i kā mākou ʻōlelo hoʻohiki i nā poʻe kaʻa.

E hana pono ana ka pilina me ka FAA no ka hoʻokō pono ʻana i ke kaʻina hana hōʻoia, a laila e noi aku i nā ʻae ʻia ma Kanada ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lawelawe i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma waena o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Billy Bishop o Toronto (YTZ) a me nā mokulele ʻo Chicago's O'Hare (ORD) a me Philadelphia (PHL).

Mai ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka mokulele Connect e hoʻohua mai i ka 40% ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻokuʻu kalapona ma mua o nā mokulele ʻāpana ʻāina US e kū nei a lākou e hoʻololi ai i ka manawa like me ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi ʻike ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Hoʻolālā pū ʻia ʻo Connect e lilo i ka mokulele mokulele zero-emission mua ma US ma o kāna kauoha i hoʻolaha ʻia me Universal Hydrogen no nā mokulele hydrogen-powered.

"ʻO nā mokulele mokulele kūloko e hōʻike ana i ka ~ 40% o ka nui o ka haʻalele ʻana o US. No laila, ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana i kēia manawa e hōʻemi nui i ka wāwae kalapona he mea nui ia i ka US e hiki ai i kāna mau pahuhopu aniau, "wahi a Thomas.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Connect also plans to be the first zero-emission passenger airline in the US through its recently announced order with Universal Hydrogen for hydrogen-powered aircraft.
From launch Connect’s aircraft will generate up to 40% less carbon emissions than the existing US regional jets they replace while at the same time providing a superior passenger experience.
So, adapting and applying existing technology to dramatically reduce the carbon footprint is fundamental to the US reaching its climate goals,”.