E hoʻomaka ana ʻOkakopa 8 American Airlines e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe nonstop i Key West International Airport (EYW) mai Charlotte-Douglas International Airport (CLT) ma 76 mau noho mokulele Embraer E175 a mai Dallas – Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) ma nā mokulele Airbus A128 ma kahi noho 319.
ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka lawelawe ʻana a ʻAmelika e hoʻokomo i nā huakaʻi hebedoma he 19 mai CLT, me ʻekolu mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā i EYW ma ka Pōʻakahi, Pōʻalima, Pōʻalima, Poaono a me Sābati a ʻelua hoʻi ma ka Poalua a me ka Pōʻakolu. a me 14 mau huakaʻi hebedoma mai DFW, me ʻelua mau lele i kēlā me kēia lā.
"Ke hōʻoia nei ʻo North Carolina a me Texas i mau hubs makemake nui ʻia no ka poʻe kipa e makemake ana e lele i Key West," wahi a Richard Strickland, ka luna o nā kahua mokulele no ka Florida Keys & Key West. "Hoʻomaopopo mau mākou i ka koi ikaika no ka lele ʻana i ka Florida Keys no ka hāʻule a me ka hoʻoilo."
ʻO ka mokulele ʻAmelika ʻo Embraer E175 i kahi noho no 64 hale nui a me 12 mau māka o ka papa mua, ʻoiai ʻo A319 ke ʻano he 120 mau keʻena nui a he ʻewalu mau noho o ka papa mua.
"ʻO ka poʻe kipa mai ka waena waena o ʻAkelanika a me ka hema o nā wahi waena e hōʻike ana i kekahi o nā mākeke ikaika loa o nā Key," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Stacey Mitchell, ka luna o ke keʻena kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Florida Keys & Key West.
"ʻO ka lawelawe ʻana a ʻAmelika i Key West mai Dallas-Fort Worth e hoʻonui paha i ka noi mai ke Komohana Komohana, kahi mākeke ulu, a me ka Midwest, he mākeke hoʻoilo ikaika no kā mākou," i hoʻohui ʻia.
Hoʻohui nā huakaʻi hou i ka lawelawe o ka mokulele ma Miami International Airport (MIA) me 10 mau hebedoma i kēlā me kēia pule - ʻelua i kēlā me kēia lā koe ka Pōʻalua a me nā Pōʻakolu. ʻeono mau hebedoma e holo ai mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo International International Airport (PHL), me hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia lā koe ka Poalua a ʻelua mau mokulele mai kēlā me kēia pule mai Ronald Reagan Wakinekona National Airport (DCA), me hoʻokahi lele i Key West i nā Pōʻaono a hoʻokahi ma nā Lāpule.
