Ua waiho ʻo Delta Air Lines i kahi noi i ka US Department of Transportation e hoʻomaka i kahi ala hou i Shanghai mai kāna Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) e kali ana i nā ʻae aupuni. E hoʻomaka ana ka lawelawe ma Iune 2020 ma luna o ka mokuahi Airbus A350-900 o Delta, e hāʻawi ana i ka lawelawe mua ʻole ʻole ʻo Kina mai Minnesota.
Hoʻolālā ʻo Delta Air Lines e hoʻopili i kāna Minneapolis-St. Paul hub a me Kina no ka manawa mua ma 2020, me kahi ala i manaʻo ʻia i Shanghai.
Hoʻomalu ʻia ka lawelawe mokulele kalepa ma waena o ʻAmelika a me Kina e nā kuʻikahi i kēia manawa e kaupalena ana i ka hiki o nā mea lawe moku US a me Kina ke hoʻokumu i ka lele hou ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua. I kēia manawa, aia naʻe ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lawelawe US-China ʻaʻole i hoʻohana ʻia.
Ma kāna noi i ka DOT, hōʻike ʻo Delta i kona hiki ke hāʻawi aku i ka poʻe huakaʻi i ke komo ʻana ma mua o 70 mau wahi ma Kina ma waho o Shanghai me ka launa pū me nā hoa China Eastern a me Shanghai Airlines. Eia hou, hiki i nā mea kūʻai aku Kina ke hoʻohui i nā wahi ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 US ma o kahi pilina hoʻokahi ma Delta's MSP hub.
