Ma waena o ka leʻaleʻa o ka hula flamenco, nā meaʻai Sepania, a me nā mele, ke hoʻolaha nei ʻo American Airlines i kēia lā i ka lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā mai Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) a i Madrid, Sepania (MAD). Ke lele nei ʻo ʻAmelika i ke ala me kāna mokulele Boeing 225-767 mau noho he 300 ma kahi hoʻonohonoho papa ʻelua.
ʻO ka haʻalele hoʻomaka, ʻo Flight 36, haʻalele iā DFW ma 5:30 pm a hōʻea i Madrid ma 9:55 am i ka lā aʻe - he lele ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 9 mau hola, 25 mau minuke. ʻO ka haʻalele mua ʻana mai Sepania, ʻo Flight 37, e haʻalele iā Madrid i ka hola 1:10 pm Pōʻaono a hōʻea i DFW i ka hola 4:45 pm ma ia lā hoʻokahi - he lele ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 10 mau hola, 35 mau minuke. Aia nā manawa āpau.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia lawelawe hou ma waena o DFW a me Madrid," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Dan Garton, ka pelekikena hope hoʻokō o ʻAmelika - marketing. "ʻO kēia lele e pili ana i ka wehe ʻana i nā wahi ʻoihana hou, nā wahi leʻaleʻa hou, ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā moʻomeheu, a me ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā manawa waiwai hou i loaʻa ʻole ma mua."
Ua ʻike ʻo Garton ua hana ʻo ʻAmelika i ke kālā ma kēia ala hou ma muli o ka manaʻoʻiʻo e ʻae ʻia ka ʻaelike ʻoihana hui a ʻAmelika a me ka noi antitrust immunity me British Airways a me Iberia ma hope o kēia makahiki. I ka manawa i ʻae ʻia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Garton ua manaʻo ʻo ia ka mea mua o nā manawa ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui a hoʻonui i nā pilina ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa, me DFW a me North Texas.
ʻO Madrid ka 34th honua holoʻokoʻa i lawelawe ʻia e ʻAmelika a me ʻAmelika ʻEle mai kāna kikowaena Dallas/Fort Worth, ma muli o ke kau. Me kāna mau hoa hui oneworld(R) Alliance, e hāʻawi ka lawelawe hou i ka huakaʻi maʻalahi a maʻalahi i 87 mau wahi i lawelawe ʻia ma waho o Madrid i ʻEulopa, ʻApelika a me Asia.
Mai DFW, hana ʻo ʻAmelika a me ʻAmelika ʻEle ma kahi o 740 mau haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā a ʻoi aku ma mua o 150 mau wahi hoʻomaha ʻole. Ma waena o nā wahi hoʻokele honua ʻole o ʻAmelika mai DFW, aia nā kūlanakauhale ma Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Guatemala, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Panama, United Kingdom, a me Venezuela.
"Ke mahalo nei mākou i ka American Airlines no ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia huakaʻi koʻikoʻi honua i ka waihona DFW," wahi a Jeff Fegan, Luna Nui o DFW International Airport. "E hoʻonui kēia mokulele hou ma mua o US $ 130 miliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻo Texas ʻĀkau i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hāʻawi i kā mākou poʻe kaʻa i mau haneli mau pilina hou ma o ka Barajas International Airport o Madrid."
ʻO ʻAmelika, he lālā hoʻokumu o ka honua oneworld(R) Alliance, lawelawe pū ʻo Sepania me ʻelua mau huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā - i Madrid mai Miami International Airport a i Barcelona mai John F. Kennedy International Airport ma New York.
"He nūhou maikaʻi kēia no nā kamaʻāina o Dallas a me North Texas a pau," wahi a Tom Leppert, ka Luna Nui o Dallas. "Ua maopopo kēia lele e hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma waena o Sepania a me Dallas a hoʻonui i kā mākou pilina me kēia hoa kālepa koʻikoʻi."
“ʻO kēia kekahi hiʻohiʻona maopopo o ke koʻikoʻi o DFW Airport ma ʻaneʻi ma ka home a ma waho," wahi a Meia Mike Moncrief o Fort Worth. "He kūlanakauhale maikaʻi ʻo Madrid, a ke haʻaheo nei mākou ma Texas ʻĀkau i kēia pilina koʻikoʻi. E hoʻonui ia i kā mākou ʻoihana kūloko a wehe i nā manawa honua me ka hopena mau loa no ka poʻe ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka Atlantika.
