E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Delta Air Lines i nā mokulele ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Mumbai, India, i ka makahiki aʻe, e hoʻopili ana i ka US me kekahi o kāna mau hoa kālepa ikaika loa.
Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻaelike ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā aupuni o United Arab Emirates a me Qatar e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia o nā haʻawina aupuni i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea lawe mokuʻāina i kēlā mau lāhui. ʻO ka hoʻolālā i hana ʻia e ka ʻaelike e hiki ai iā Delta ke neʻe i mua me ka lawelawe ʻana i India, kahi mākeke i hoʻopili ʻia e nā mokulele mokulele Middle East.
E hōʻailona kēia neʻe i ka hoʻi ʻana i India no Delta Air Lines, ka mea i koi ʻia e haʻalele i ka mākeke ma hope o ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā mokulele mokuʻāina i hana ʻole i ka ʻoihana.
"He mea hauʻoli ka hiki ke hoʻolaha i ka hoʻi ʻana o Delta Air Lines i India mai US ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou ʻike e hoʻonui i ka hiki ʻana o Delta ma waena o ka honua," wahi a Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian.
"Mahalo nui mākou i ka pelekikena no ka hana maoli ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou Open Skies kālepa kālepa, i hiki ai kēia lawelawe hou. Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku ma US a me India me Delta Air Lines 'kaulana hilinaʻi, lawelawe ʻia i ka mea kūʻai aku e lawelawe ʻia e nā limahana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana.
Aia ka lawelawe i ka ʻae aupuni; e hoʻolaha ʻia nā kikoʻī kikoʻī piha ma hope o kēia makahiki.
Manaʻo pū ʻo Delta Air Lines e hoʻonui i kāna pilina codeshare i kēia manawa me ka hoa ʻo Jet Airways e hāʻawi i nā pilina paʻa ʻole i nā wahi ʻē aʻe i loko o India, ma muli o nā ʻae aupuni.
ʻO Delta Air Lines, Inc., i kapa ʻia ʻo Delta, he mokulele ʻAmelika nui, me kona keʻena nui a me ka hub nui loa ma Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport ma Atlanta, Georgia. ʻO ka mokulele, me kāna mau lālā a me nā hui kūloko, e hana ana ma luna o 5,400 mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā a lawelawe i kahi kikowaena kūloko a me ka honua holoʻokoʻa e komo pū ana me 319 mau wahi ma 54 mau ʻāina ma ʻeono mau ʻāina. ʻO Delta kekahi o nā lālā hoʻokumu ʻehā o ka hui mokulele SkyTeam, a hana i nā ʻoihana hui pū me AeroMexico, Air France-KLM, Alitalia, Korean Air, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia, a me WestJet.
