Holo ʻo New United Airlines nonstop Washington DC i Cape Town

Ua hoʻolaha ʻo United Airlines i kēia lā i nā huakaʻi pololei hou ma waena o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Washington Dulles a me Cape Town, e lilo ana i mokulele mokulele mua e hoʻolako i ka lawelawe holo kaʻa ʻole mai ke kapikala o ko mākou lāhui i ʻApelika Hema.

Ua hāʻawi ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) i ka mokulele i ʻekolu mau huakaʻi pololei i kēlā me kēia pule, e hoʻomaka ana ma Nowemapa 17, 2022 (ma muli o ka ʻae ʻia e ka ʻApelika Hema Aupuni).

Ke kūʻai ʻia nei nā tiketi i kēia manawa a hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ma ka pūnaewele a i ʻole ma o ka United app.

Hawaiian Airlines hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe manawa mai New York/Newark a hiki i Cape Town i 2019 a hoʻonui i ka lawelawe makahiki āpau ma 2022.

Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokulele ʻo United i ʻApelika Hema ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. 

"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou hāʻawi ʻana i ʻApelika me kēia loulou pololei mua ma waena o Wakinekona DC a me Cape Town," wahi a Patrick Quayle, ka Pelekikena Nui o United no ka Global Network Planning and Alliances.

"Ke kūkulu nei kēia mau mokulele hou ma luna o kā mākou lawelawe ʻo New York/Newark i Cape Town a puni ka makahiki - hui pū lākou e hāʻawi i kahi ʻano kokoke i kēlā me kēia lā mai US a i Cape Town me ka pilina i ka ʻāina ākea ma o kā mākou hui Airlink." 

E hāʻawi koke aku ʻo United i nā huakaʻi he 19 i kēlā me kēia pule i ʻApelika - ma kahi o kēia mau mokulele hou i Cape Town, ua hoʻokuʻu ka mokulele i nā mokulele nonstop mai New York / Newark i Johannesburg a me Washington DC i Accra, Ghana a me Lagos, Nigeria i 2021. 

Ma mua o ka lele hou ʻana o United, ʻo Wakinekona, DC a hiki i Cape Town ke ala nui loa ma waena o ʻAmelika a me Cape Town me ka ʻole o ka lawelawe ʻole, a ʻo DC hoʻi ka home no ka ʻelima o ka nui o ka heluna kanaka hānau ʻia ma ʻApelika Hema.

E hoʻopili nā mokulele hou o United iā Cape Town i 55 mau kūlanakauhale US, e hōʻike ana ma mua o 92% o ka noi huakaʻi US.

ʻO nā huakaʻi hou e ʻae aku i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻopili i Cape Town i nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ʻApelika Hema, a i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāpana hema o ka ʻāina ʻApelika me United's South Africa e pili ana i Airlink a me kā lākou Cape Town hub. 

E lele ʻo United i kahi mokulele Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ma kēia ala hou, e hōʻike ana i 48 lie-flat, United Polaris mau noho papa pāʻoihana, 21 United Premium Plus noho a me 188 mau noho hoʻokele waiwai.

Hoʻolako ʻia nā noho a pau me ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa ma ke koi ʻana e kōkua i nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa a hoʻomaha i kā lākou huakaʻi.

Mālama ʻo United i kahi pilina pili loa me ka Mandela Foundation a me BPESA (Business Processing Enabling South Africa) he hui waiwai ʻole e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he hui ʻoihana a me ka hui kālepa no Global Business Services ma ʻApelika Hema.