Ua hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Paine Field's Passenger Terminal i kāna mau makana lele kalepa i kēia lā i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka mokulele mokulele mua o United Airlines Denver a haalele iho la kona haalele mua ana no Kapalakiko.
ʻO Paine Field, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Snohomish County Airport, he kahua mokulele liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi e lawelawe ana i kahi ʻāpana o ke kaona nui o Seattle ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo US o Wakinekona.
Hoʻokahi mahina wale nō ka hoʻomaka ʻana o United Airlines ma hope o ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Alaska Airlines i ka lawelawe ʻoihana ma ke kikowaena, nona a hoʻokele ʻia e Propeller Airports ma lalo o kahi hoʻolaha Public-Private Partnership me. Ka moku ʻo Snohomish.
E hāʻawi ka lawelawe hou i ka maʻalahi a me nā koho no Seattle-ahele nā huakaʻi, me United e hāʻawi ana ʻehā mau lā nonstops i Kapalakiko a ʻelua mau lā pau ʻole i ka Denver. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kēia lā e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻi ʻana mai no United - ʻo ka mokulele mua e hoʻokele i kahi mokulele kalepa mai Paine Field i ka wā i wehe ʻia ai ke kahua mokulele ma kahi o 80 mau makahiki i hala.
ʻO ka Lāpule kekahi manawa kūpono no Propeller e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kāna mahina mua e hana ana i ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa hou, kahi i hoʻopau ai ka hui i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hopena o 2018. Ua ʻike ʻo Paine Field i ka koi ikaika o nā mea kaʻa mai ka lā hoʻokahi a ke manaʻo nei e hoʻomau me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe a United. Mai Paine Field, hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi ke hōʻea i kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale kahakai komohana me nā pilina maʻalahi i nā wahi āpau o ka honua.
"ʻO ka kūleʻa o Paine Field ʻo ia ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā makahiki o ka hana paʻakikī a ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki o ka hoʻokō ʻana e Propeller i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻomohala pilikino i kahi mokulele kalepa ma kahi wahi metro nui me kahi hub i hiki ke hiki," i ʻōlelo ai. ʻO Brett Smith, Luna Nui o Propeller. "No ka lehulehu lele, ʻo ka lawelawe hou a United e pili ana i nā koho hou aku, ʻoluʻolu a me ka waiwai. Hauʻoli mākou no ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā mākou hoa hana e lawelawe i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku.
No ka hōʻailona ʻana i kēia hanana kūikawā, ka moʻolelo mokulele Pālolo Lacy hui pū me United Managing Director o West Coast Sales Marie Downey a me ka Luna Nui o Propeller ʻO Brett Smith e ʻoki i ka lipine no ka haʻalele mua ʻana o United i Kapalakiko. Pālolo Lacy Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e lele i ka makahiki 12 a hui pū me United i 1952 kahi i lele ai ʻo ia i ʻeiwa mau ʻano mokulele e like me ka DC-3, Boeing's 727 a me ka 747 kiʻiʻoniʻoni. ʻO ka lua a puni ka honua i ka makahiki 29 e lele ana i kahi Boeing 36 i hoʻonui i ke kālā no nā hana aloha a nā keiki. Ua lele ʻo ia ma mua o 54 mau ʻano mokulele, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻoi aku ma mua o 15 mau hola lele a ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i nā mile lele lele ma mua o nā mea āpau ma ka Honua. Ua haʻalele ʻo Clay mai United me ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe ʻo 1988 ma 747 ma hope o 300 mau makahiki o ka lele ʻole ʻana.
“ʻOliʻoli mākou e hāʻawi i kā mākou mau mea kūʻai aku ma Seattle a me Northwest Washington me nā huakaʻi ʻehā i kēlā me kēia lā Kapalakikoa ʻelua mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā i Denver, "wahi a United Managing Director of West Coast Sales, Marie Downey. "ʻO kēia lawelawe hou mai Paine Field e hāʻawi i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma Northern Seattle, Snohomish a me Northern King County e komo i nā haneli o nā wahi e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o kā lākou huakaʻi hele."
"Haʻaheo loa mākou i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kahi hui ikaika i hāʻawi i kahi kumuwaiwai hou i ka ʻāina ʻo Puget Sound: kahi pahu kaʻa kaʻa hou e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai e like me ka poʻe holo kaʻa," wahi a Snohomish County Executive. ʻO Dave Somers.
ʻO ke komo ʻana o United i Paine Field ka mea hou loa i ka lehulehu o nā hoa e hoʻonui i nā hana ma ke kahua mokulele i kēia mahina, me Uber, Lyft, Avis Rent A Car, Enterprise Holdings, a me Beecher's Cheese. E wehe ana ʻo Beecher's, ka mea kūʻai ʻae kūʻokoʻa, i kahi hale ʻaina lawelawe piha ma ka pahu ma hope o kēia makahiki.
