Ke kakali nei ke kahua mokulele ʻo Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) i ka pilina paʻa ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me Qantas i kēia manawa ua ʻae ʻae ʻia kā lākou ʻaelike hui like e nā luna pekelala.
"Ua hoʻonui ʻo DFW Airport i kāna kikoʻī ma nā wahi kūwaho i nā makahiki he XNUMX i hala aku nei, a ʻo kēia ʻaelike ʻelike hui like me ia, me nā koho huakaʻi kūpono a me nā koho hou aku no nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana ma o kā mākou kahua mokulele," wahi a Sean Donohue, CEO o DFW Airport. . "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻaelike i ʻae ʻia. Aia ke kākoʻo ākea mai nā luna mokulele, nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi, nā ʻahahui ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana ma North Texas a ma Australia holoʻokoʻa. "
I kēia pule, ke alakaʻi nei ʻo DFW Airport i kahi ʻelele i Sydney a me Brisbane. ʻO Donohue, ka Meia Wakinekoa ʻO Betsy Price, ka Meia ʻo Mike Mike Rawlings, ka Luna ʻO ka Papa DFW ʻo William Meadows a me nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe o North Texas e komo i nā hālāwai me nā luna mokulele, nā kālepa kalepa a me nā mākaʻikaʻi, nā alakaʻi aupuni a me nā mea hanohano.
ʻO kaʻaelike tentative i ʻae ʻia e ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) ma Iune 3, e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā lawelawe trans-Pacific, e like me ka lele lele ʻole ʻo Qantas Sydney-Dallas Fort Worth, a e kōkua pū i ka hoʻouka ʻana o nā ala hou mai ka US a ʻO Australia, i ʻōlelo ʻia nā mokulele.
I kā lākou hoʻouna ʻana i ka DOT, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻAmelika a me Qantas ʻo ka ʻoihana hui e hoʻonui ʻia ma mua o $ 300 miliona i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai mai nā pilina ʻoi aku a me nā papa hoʻolimalima ma waena o ʻAmelika Hema, ʻAukekulelia a me Nūhōlani. Hiki i ka noi ke hoʻonui i nā huakaʻi 180,000 i kēlā me kēia makahiki, i ʻōlelo ai nā mea lawe.
I kēia manawa, ʻo Australia ʻo DFW ʻoihana kōkua 17th nui loa e ka nui a me 21 a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mea kālepa ma ka waiwai. E hoʻonui ka Dallas a me Fort Worth Chambers of Commerce kalepa kūwaho i ka wā e hiki mai ana, no ka mea ʻo ka ʻae ʻia o kēia ʻaelike ʻoihana hui e hāʻawi i nā manawa hou o ka ukana a me ka lawelawe lewa.
Ua lawelawe ʻia ʻo DFW Airport e Qantas Airways mai ka makahiki 2011, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻoihana hou, kālepa a me nā manawa kūpono i waena o Australia a me North Texas. He lālā hoʻokumu ʻo Qantas o ke kuikahi oneworld me ka hui pū ʻana me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e mālama nei i kāna hub nui ma DFW Airport. Hoʻohana ʻia ka lele DFW-Sydney me kahi Airbus A380-800.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- E piʻi aʻe ka ʻoihana kalepa ʻo Dallas a me Fort Worth Chambers of Commerce i ka wā e hiki mai ana, no ka mea, ʻo ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o kēia ʻaelike ʻoihana hui e hāʻawi i nā manawa hou aku i nā ukana a me nā lawelawe ea.
- Ma kā lākou hoʻouna ʻana i ka DOT, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ʻAmelika a me Qantas e hoʻopuka ka ʻoihana hui i ʻoi aku ma mua o $300 miliona i nā pōmaikaʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku mai nā pilina hou aʻe a ʻoi aku nā papa uku ma waena o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, Australia a me New Zealand.
- E kōkua ka Department of Transportation (DOT) i ka lā 3 o Iune, i ka mālama ʻana i nā lawelawe trans-Pacific, e like me ka mokulele ʻo Qantas Sydney-Dallas Fort Worth nonstop, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā ala hou mai ka US.