ISTANBUL, Tureke (eTN) - E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Delta Air Lines i nā lawelawe hoʻomaha hou mai Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport a hiki i Kuwait e hoʻomaka ana i Nowemapa 7, 2008.
Hoʻoikaika ka mokulele Kuwait i ke kūlana o Delta ma ka ʻāina Hikina Waena, e hoʻokō ana i nā lawelawe e kū nei mai Atlanta a Dubai a me Tel Aviv; mai New York-JFK a i Istanbul a me Tel Aviv; a me kahi lawelawe hou mai New York-JFK a i Kairo (hoʻomaka ʻo Iune 5) a me Amman (hoʻomaka ʻo Iune 6).
Hoʻohui ʻia, e pili ana i kona kūleʻa mau ʻana i ka mākeke Dubai, ʻo Delta i ʻOkakopa e hoʻonui i kāna mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Atlanta a me Dubai. Hoʻomaka ʻo Delta i ka lawelawe ʻana i Dubai i Mei 2007 me ʻelima mau alapine i kēlā me kēia pule, a ua hoʻonui ʻia i ʻeono i kēlā me kēia pule.
"ʻO ke kaʻahele ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ka Hikina Waena kekahi o nā wahi e ulu wikiwiki ana i ka mokulele," wahi a Glen Hauenstein, ka pelekikena hope hoʻokō - Network and Revenue Management. "Me 37 mau pule hebedoma, hāʻawi ʻo Delta i ka lawelawe ʻoi aku i ka Middle East ma mua o nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe US i hui pū ʻia, i ka wā e kāhea ai kāu mau hoʻolālā no ka huakaʻi i ka Hikina Hikina, ua mākaukau ʻo Delta i kou wā e hele ai."
ʻO nā mea holo ma nā mokulele Delta ma waena o Atlanta a me Kuwait, Dubai a me Tel Aviv e holo ma Boeing 777-200ER mokulele, ʻoiai nā mokulele ma waena o New York-JFK a me Istanbul, Amman, Cairo a me Tel Aviv e holo ana ma Boeing 767-300ER mokulele.
Ma nā huakaʻi hele a mai Dubai, Kuwait, Cairo a me Amman Delta ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kahu mokulele ʻōlelo Arabic, nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni i loko o ka lele me nā huaʻōlelo Arabic, a me nā koho meaʻai Halal i nā koho ʻoihana Elite a me Middle East ma ka hoʻokele waiwai. Hōʻike nā mokulele ʻo Delta i Tel Aviv i nā kahu mokulele ʻōlelo Hebera, a me nā koho meaʻai Kosher.
