Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Kuhina Huakaʻi a Antigua a me Barbuda me ka Mana Hoʻokipa a me ka Manaʻo Hoʻomākaʻikaʻi i ka hoʻomau hou ʻana o ka lawelawe e nā ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i a mai Miami mai ma hope o ke kahua kūlohelohe o nā mokulele a ka US Aupuni o nā mokulele e hoʻohana ana i nā mokulele 737 Max 8. E holo ka lawelawe ʻana ma Miami a me New York ma ka lā ʻapōpō Malaki 15th me kahi mokulele 737/800 ma 1:11 pm a i New York a me 3:05 pm i Miami.
ʻO Antigua lāua ʻo Barbuda's Minister of Tourism & Investment, Hon. Ua kākau ʻo Charles 'Max' Fernandez he ʻōlelo maikaʻi kēia no nā luna mākaʻikaʻi kūloko a me nā hōkele. "Mahalo mākou i ka poʻe kipa no ko lākou ahonui a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā mākou e hana pū ana me ka luna mokulele mokulele kūloko a me ke keʻena ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa kūloko, e hōʻoia i ka poʻe i Antigua a me Barbuda i hāʻawi ʻia me nā ala ʻē aʻe no ka hoʻi hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i ko lākou ʻāina home ma hope o kā lākou wā hoʻomaha , ”Wahi a Fernandez.
I ka wā o ka hoʻohaunaele ʻana o ka lawelawe ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua kūkākūkā nā luna mākaʻikaʻi me nā hana o ka American Airlines kūloko me Caribbean Airlines, Seaborne a me LIAT e nānā i nā koho āpau e kōkua i ka rerouting o nā mea holo ma o Puerto Rico, Jamaica, a me St. Kitts.
ʻO ka Antigua a me Barbuda Ministry of Tourism a me Investment me ka Antigua a me Barbuda Tourism Authority i kūpaʻa i ka palekana o nā malihini kipa e huakaʻi ana i kahi e hele aku ai. ʻO ka hoʻomau hou ʻana o ka lawelawe i ka puka nui o ka ʻāina ʻo Miami he mea nui e hoʻomau i ka ulu ikaika o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka ea o ka US, e ʻike nei ʻo Antigua lāua ʻo Barbuda no nā mahina ʻelua mua o 2019.
