Hoʻolālā ʻo Delta Air Lines e hoʻonui i kāna pūnaewele ʻĀsia i ke kauwela e hiki mai ana ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā mokulele pololei i kēlā me kēia lā mai Seattle (SEA) i Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) mai Iune 6, 2024, e kali ana i ka ʻae aupuni.
ʻO ka lele hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻana o Delta i Taipei mai US ʻo ia ka mua o ka mokulele, a ke hōʻike nei hoʻi ia i ka holo mua ʻana o Delta i TPE mai ka makahiki 2017, i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai. Malaika Hou o Narita.
Delta Airlines ke hoʻolauleʻa nei i kāna makahiki 90 ma Seattle i kēia Dekemaba. Hoʻi ka moʻolelo o ka mokulele i ke kūlanakauhale i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Northwest Airways (ma hope i kapa ʻia ʻo Northwest Airlines) ma 1933. Ma Iune 1, 1980, hoʻomaka ʻo Delta i kāna mau huakaʻi me ka lawelawe ʻole ma waena o Seattle (SEA) a me Atlanta (ATL), Dallas- ʻO Fort Worth (DFW), a me Portland (PDX). I kēia manawa, hana ʻo Delta ma mua o 160 mau haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā mai Seattle a i 50 mau wahi a puni ka honua. He wahi koʻikoʻi ʻo Seattle no ka hana ʻana o Delta ma ka Pākīpika, me ʻehā mau ala trans-Pacific non-stop me Taipei (TPE), Incheon (ICN), Tokyo (HND), a me Shanghai (PVG).
Ke hana ikaika nei ʻo Delta e hoʻonui a hoʻomāhuahua i kāna mau huakaʻi lele ma Asia a me ka Pākīpika, me nā wahi ma waho o Seattle. I loko o ka makahiki 2023, ua hana ka mokulele i nā ʻano hana like ʻole e hoʻokō ai i kēia pahuhopu, ʻo ia hoʻi:
Hoʻolaha ʻia kahi lele lua i kēlā me kēia lā i ICN mai ATL.
Hoʻonui ʻia nā huakaʻi i Kina mai ʻehā mau manawa o ka pule a i 10 mau manawa i kēlā me kēia pule (ʻehiku mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule i PVG mai SEA a ʻekolu mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule i PVG mai DTW).
Hoʻomaka hou ka lawelawe i ka HND mai Honolulu (HNL) a me Minneapolis (MSP).
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Auckland (AKL) mua loa mai LAX lawelawe, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea lawe moku US e hana ana i LAX-AKL a puni ka makahiki.
Hoʻonui ʻia nā mokulele i Sydney (SYD) mai 10 i kēlā me kēia pule a i 14 i kēlā me kēia pule i ka hoʻoilo mai LAX.
E hāʻawi ʻo Delta i kahi lawelawe makahiki holoʻokoʻa iā Taipei, e hana ana ma kahi Airbus A330-900neo. E loaʻa i nā mea hele ke koho o Delta One Suites, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort +, a me nā ʻike Main Cabin.