Ua haʻi ʻo Ron Ricks, ka pelekikena hoʻokō o Southwest Airlines, i ka Pōʻalua ʻaʻole e hoʻonui ʻia kahi kikowaena hou ma Kansas City International Airport ma Missouri e hoʻonui i nā mokulele a i ʻole ka koi ʻana o nā mea kaʻa ma Kansas City. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ricks e ʻōlelo ana ʻo ia no kāna mokulele, a me Delta, United a me ʻAmelika / US Air - nā mea lawe nui ʻehā ma KCI.
ʻO kēia ʻelele no nā mokulele nui ʻehā i haʻi aku i kahi pūʻulu hana kamaʻāina ma MCI i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻololi i ke kahua mokulele e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka lawelawe liʻiliʻi no nā poʻe kaʻa inā he nui ke kumukūʻai.
Ke aʻo nei ka KCI Terminal Advisory Group i nā manaʻo no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kahua mokulele, ma o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ʻekolu mau kikowaena o kēia manawa a i ʻole ke pani ʻana iā lākou me hoʻokahi, ʻoi aku ka nui, ua hōʻike ʻo Kansas City Star.
He $1.2 biliona ka manaʻo kuhi mua no kahi kikowaena hou, hale kaʻa kaʻa a me nā mea hou aku, ʻoiai ke manaʻo nei nā luna mokulele e hōʻemi i ke kumukūʻai.
"ʻO ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe hiki ke alakaʻi i ka lawelawe liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku," wahi a Ricks.
Ua wānana ʻo Ricks e ʻike wale ʻo KCI i ka ulu ʻana o ka poʻe holo kaʻa i ka wā e hiki mai ana, me ka ʻole a i ʻole ke kikowaena hou. A ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ia i manaʻo i kahi kikowaena hou e hoʻonui ai i ke komo ʻana o nā mokulele i nā mākeke kūloko a i ʻole ka honua.
"ʻAʻole e hoʻoulu a hoʻopilikia paha nā terminals i ka noi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, e lele ana nā mokulele i kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke loaʻa kālā a koho nā poʻe holo i nā mokulele e pili ana i ka papa kuhikuhi a me ka uku.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mike Boyd, ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻolālā mokulele ʻo Kansas City "ma waena o kahi pōhaku a me kahi paʻakikī," e noʻonoʻo ana i kahi hoʻonui kumukūʻai me ka ʻole o ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki e ulu ka ʻoihana mokulele. Akā "he nui nā kumukūʻai no ka hoʻololi ʻole ʻana" a ʻaʻole pono e kūʻē kūʻē ʻo Kansas Citians i nā loli mokulele, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma ke kelepona kelepona mai kāna keʻena ʻāina ʻo Denver.
ʻAʻole kūkākūkā ʻo Boyd i nā hoʻolālā o KCI i kēia manawa akā ua ʻae ʻo ia me nā luna mokulele o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kēia manawa he 40-makahiki, ʻekolu-terminal ka mea kahiko a maikaʻi ʻole.
E hoʻolohe ka pūʻulu hana mai nā alakaʻi ʻoihana ma Ianuali 28 a mālama i nā hālāwai lehulehu i Pepeluali a me Malaki. Hoʻolālā ia e hoʻopuka i kāna mau manaʻo i ʻApelila.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- This representative for the four major airlines at told a citizens task force at MCI that proposed changes to the airport could lead to less service for passengers if the renovations are too costly.
- Ron Ricks, executive vice president of Southwest Airlines, said Tuesday that a new terminal at Kansas City International Airport in Missouri likely will not increase flights or passenger demand in Kansas City.
- And he said he didn't expect a new terminal to increase the airports' access to more nonstop domestic or international markets.
