SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Ke kūkulu nei ma luna o nā pōmaikaʻi o kāna hui ʻana me Northwest, Delta Air Lines e hāʻawi koke aku i nā mea kūʻai aku i ʻewalu mau kūlanakauhale ʻo US i ka ʻoluʻolu o nā huakaʻi holo ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o ko lākou mau kahua mokulele a me Salt Lake City, me ka lawelawe pili ʻana i 102 honua. nā wahi ma waho. ʻO nā huakaʻi hou, i hiki i ka hui ʻana o nā pūnaewele ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa o Delta a me Northwest, e hoʻolauna i ka lawelawe komohana komohana i nā kaukani o nā mea kūʻai aku.
Ma waho aʻe o ka lawelawe ʻana i ʻewalu mau kūlanakauhale hou, ua hoʻonui pū ʻo Delta i ka nui o nā alapine i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Salt Lake City a me ʻeiwa mau wahi ʻāina. Ma ka mahina ʻo Iune 2009, e hoʻohui ʻo Delta i hoʻokahi huakaʻi holo kaʻapuni i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Salt Lake City a me Baltimore; Spokane, Wasinetona; ʻOakland, Kaleponi; Portland, Oregon; Phoenix; St. Louis; Memphis, Tennessee; a me Los Angeles; a me ʻelua mau huakaʻi holo kaʻapuni i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Salt Lake City a me Seattle.
ʻO nā alahele hou o Salt Lake City, e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 4 o Iune, ʻo ia hoʻi: Bismarck, North Dakota (hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā); Des Moines, Iowa (hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia lā); El Paso, Texas (hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia lā); Fargo, North Dakota (hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia lā); Indianapolis, Indiana (hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia lā); Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ʻelua manawa i kēlā me kēia lā); Nashville, Tennessee (hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia lā); a me Sioux Falls, South Dakota (hoʻokahi manawa i kēlā me kēia lā).
"ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mokulele nonstop hou a me nā alapine i hoʻohui ʻia mai Delta's Salt Lake City hub ʻo ia ka mea e loaʻa i nā kaukani o nā mea kūʻai mokulele nā koho wikiwiki no ka hoʻopili ʻana ma ke komohana o ke kuahiwi a i nā wahi a puni ka honua, nā mea a pau e hoʻohana ʻia e nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hui Delta-Northwest," wahi a Bob Cortelyou, ka pelekikena poʻokela o Delta - ka hoʻolālā pūnaewele.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pilina kūpono i nā wahi ma ke komohana mauna, ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā huakaʻi hou o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Salt Lake City e ʻae i nā pilina paʻa ʻole o ka honua, me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lawelawe hou ʻelima mau pule a Delta ma waena o Salt Lake City a me Tokyo (e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 3) a me ka ʻO ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Salt Lake City a me Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Eia hou, e loaʻa i nā poʻe kaʻa e pili ana i Tokyo ke koho e hoʻopili ma waho o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Narita o Tokyo i 12 mau wahi ma Asia.
