Ma o Iune, Miami International Airport lawelawe 'ia 688,000 hou aku ma mua o ka makahiki i hala, no ka hoʻonui' ana o 'ekolu pākēneka a me ka huina hapalua makahiki o 23.4 miliona huakaʻi. Ua piʻi aʻe nā huakaʻi kūwaho e 516,000 no kahi lele 4.7-pākēneka i 11.4 miliona, ʻoiai ka ulu ʻana o ka home i 172,000 no kahi piʻi 1.4-pākēneka i 12 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi, e like me nā helu helu i hoʻopuka ʻia i hala iho nei.
"ʻO ka ulu mau ʻana o ka ʻoihana a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa ma MIA ke kumu o ka loaʻa kālā hou o nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hana i loko o kā mākou kūloko kūloko Kamaʻiliʻiliʻili ʻo Miami Meia Carlos A. Gimenez. "Ma hope o kahi makahiki hoʻonohonoho hoʻopaʻa hou i ka makahiki 2018, he mea paipai ia e ʻike i ko mākou puka ākea e piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe i ka holo o nā mea kaʻa."
ʻO ka hapa mua o ka makahiki 2019 i hōʻike ʻia ka MIA hub carrier American Airlines 'o Cordoba, lawelawe ʻo ʻAnakēnia i ka mahina ʻo Iune 7, a me ʻehā mau mokulele mokulele mokulele ʻē aʻe i komo i ka mākeke ʻo Miami me nā ala hou: ua hoʻolauna ka mea lawe kālā haʻahaʻa ʻo Norewai i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o MIA a me ʻO London Gatwick Airport ma Malaki 31; Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Royal Air Maroc moku lawe moku Moroccan i ke ala mua Miami-Casablanca ma ʻApelila 3, e hāʻawi ana iā MIA i kāna mau huakaʻi holo mua i ʻApelika mai ka makahiki 2000 a me ka lawelawe nonstop wale nō o Florida i ka ʻāina nui. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo LOT Polish Airlines ka ala mua loa i Polani me ka lawelawe ʻo Warsaw ma Iune 1; a me ka mokulele Palani ʻo Corsair i hoʻomaka i nā huakaʻi hebedoma i Paris Orly Airport ma MIA ma Iune 10.
"He makahiki koʻikoʻi kā mākou i kēia manawa e pili ana i ka hoʻonui a me ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i kā mākou ala huakaʻi," wahi a Lester Sola, ka Luna Hoʻokele a me Luna Nui ʻo MIA. "Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hapa lua o 2019 e lawe nei i kahi ulu hou aʻe a me nā hoʻolaha no ka hoʻomohala ala hou."
