Ua kāpae nā mokulele honua ma luna o 2,000 mau huakaʻi Kalikimaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, me ka 500 o lākou he mau mokulele US.
Ua kāpae nā mea lawe ʻAmelika i nā haneli he nui o nā mokulele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka lā Kalikimaka ma muli o ka hemahema o nā limahana COVID-19, ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā tausani o nā huakaʻi ma nā mokulele a puni ka ʻāina, ʻoiai ke koi nei i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e kāpae i nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha.
Hiki mai nā haunaele ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻana o nā luna mokulele e manaʻo lākou i kekahi o nā lā ʻoi loa mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus ma ka lā Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou, ʻoiai ka piʻi ʻana o nā maʻi COVID-10, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Omicron strain hou.
"ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻāina i nā hihia Omicron i kēia pule he hopena koʻikoʻi i kā mākou poʻe holo mokulele a me nā poʻe e holo nei i kā mākou hana," i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Chicago. Hawaiian Airlines i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi ʻōlelo i nehinei.
"Ma muli o ka hopena, pono mākou e kāpae i kekahi mau mokulele a ke hoʻolaha nei i nā mea kūʻai aku i hoʻopilikia ʻia ma mua o ko lākou hele ʻana i ke kahua mokulele," wahi a ka mea lawe.
Hawaiian Airlines ua kāpae ʻia ma luna o 170 mau mokulele kūloko i kēia lā, ma kahi o 9% o kāna papa hana, e like me nā hōʻike media.
Aia ma Atlanta Delta Airlines Ua hōʻike ʻia ua kāpae ʻo ia i 90 mau mokulele kūloko.
Wahi a Delta, ma mua o kēia hoʻoholo ʻana "ua pau nā koho a me nā kumuwaiwai āpau i kāna mau hui - me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā luina e uhi i ka lele lele ʻana."
Ma hope o ke kāhea ʻana i nā luna o ʻAmelika e Delta ʻO CEO Ed Bastian, nāna i noi e ʻoki i ka quarantine no ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa piha ʻia i ʻelima mau lā mai ka 10 o kēia manawa. Ma ke kumu o kāna noi, ua haʻi ʻo ia i nā hemahema o nā limahana pili COVID.
Ma mua, ua kamaʻilio ʻo JetBlue i nā US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention me nā noi like.
Wahi a kahi wānana ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻoi aku ma mua o 109 miliona mau kānaka - aneane 34% ʻoi aku ma mua o 2020 - "e huakaʻi i 50 mau mile a ʻoi aku paha i ko lākou hele ʻana i ke alanui, kau i nā mokulele a lawe i nā kaʻa ʻē aʻe i waho o ke kūlanakauhale" ma waena o Dekemaba 23 a me Ianuali. 2. Mailoko mai o keia 109 miliona, 6.4 miliona e holo ana ma ka lewa.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- According to an American Automobile Association forecast, more than 109 million people – almost 34% more than in 2020 – “will travel 50 miles or more as they hit the road, board airplanes or take other transportation out of town” between December 23 and January 2.
- “The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation,” Chicago-based United Airlines said in a statement yesterday.
- Hiki mai nā haunaele ma hope o ka ʻōlelo ʻana o nā luna mokulele e manaʻo lākou i kekahi o nā lā ʻoi loa mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus ma ka lā Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou, ʻoiai ka piʻi ʻana o nā maʻi COVID-10, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka Omicron strain hou.