Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Air New Zealand i kēia lā e hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe hoʻomaha hou ma waena o Auckland a me Chicago, e hoʻomaka ana i Nov. Ma kahi o ka hoʻolaha ala hou, ua hoʻolaha ʻo United e hoʻolōʻihi i kāna lawelawe kau ma waena o Kapalakiko a me Auckland i ka makahiki a puni ʻApelila 30.
"Ke manaʻo nei mākou he koho maikaʻi ka hoʻohui ʻana o Chicago i kā mākou pūnaewele no nā ʻAmelika makemake e ʻimi iā New Zealand a me Kiwi e makemake ana e kipa iā Chicago a i ʻole e hele i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau," wahi a ka Luna Nui o Air New Zealand ʻo Christopher Luxon. "Ma kahi maikaʻi no ka poʻe huakaʻi, he nūhou maikaʻi kēia ala hou no New Zealand, no ka mea, ke manaʻo nei mākou e hāʻawi ʻo ia ma kahi o $70 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai, a ʻike mākou ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 pakeneka o ka hoʻolilo ʻana e nā malihini kipa US e hana ʻia ma waho o nā kikowaena nui. E hana pū ana mākou me kā mākou mau hoa hana ma United Airlines e hoʻonui i ke ala a me nā helu malihini ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua.
"Ma ka hoʻohui ʻana iā Chicago i ka pūnaewele ala ʻo Air New Zealand, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka lawelawe ʻana a United ma waena o Kapalakiko a me Auckland, haʻaheo mākou e hāʻawi i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i nā ala hou aku e hiki ai ma waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me New Zealand a me nā manawa pili hou aku ma ia mau kūlanakauhale ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe o ka honua," wahi a ka Hope Pelekikena Hui Pū ʻIa o United ʻo Patrick Quayle. "ʻO nā hoʻolaha o kēia lā he mau hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa ia o nā pōmaikaʻi o ka mea kūʻai aku i loaʻa mai ka pilina ikaika, hoʻolālā a me ka pilina ma waena o United Airlines a me Air New Zealand."
ʻO Air New Zealand ka lawelawe ma waena o Auckland a me Chicago
Mai Nov. 30, 2018, e hana ʻo Air New Zealand i ʻekolu manawa i kēlā me kēia pule, ka lawelawe holoʻokoʻa makahiki me kāna hoʻonohonoho hou Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner mokulele. Ma kahi o 15 mau hola ma ka ʻākau a ma luna o 16 mau hola ma ka hema. E hāʻawi ʻia ka lawelawe kaʻana like code Air New Zealand ma kahi o 100 mau mokulele ma ʻAmelika no nā pilina kūpono i Auckland ma Chicago. Hoʻohana ʻo United Airlines i nā huakaʻi ʻoi aku mai kona hub ma O'Hare International Airport ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe, me nā mokulele ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 i 147 mau mokulele ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Hoʻonui ʻo United i ka lawelawe ma waena o Kapalakiko a me ʻAuckland
E hoʻomaka ana ma ʻApelila 2019, e hoʻolōʻihi ʻo United i ka lawelawe ma waena o kona West Coast hub ma Kapalakiko a me ʻAuckland a puni ka makahiki me ka lawelawe ʻekolu manawa i kēlā me kēia pule. Ma ka launa pū ʻana me Air New Zealand, ʻo ka mokulele ʻo United e hōʻea ana i Auckland e hāʻawi aku i nā poʻe kaʻa ma mua o 20 mau pilina ma ka ʻāina. Hoʻohana ka huakaʻi hoʻi i ka ʻoihana ala nui o United ma Kapalakiko, e hāʻawi ana i nā pilina i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kanada, a me Latin America. Hoʻohana ʻo United ma mua o 290 mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā mai kona hub ma San Francisco International Airport i 79 mau mokulele ma waena o US a me 26 mau wahi honua. Loaʻa nā tikiki no ka papa hoʻonohonoho o Kapalakiko i hoʻonui ʻia ma united.com a me airnewzealand.com ma hope o kēia makahiki.
E holo ana ka lawelawe hui ma waena o Kapalakiko a me Auckland me kahi Boeing 777-300ER ma waena o Nowemapa a me Malaki a e hana pū me Boeing 777-200ER mokulele ma waena o ʻApelila a ʻOkakopa.
Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o United a me Air New Zealand i kā lākou kuʻikahi ma 2016, ua wehe ka hui hui i nā koho huakaʻi hou aku no nā huakaʻi huakaʻi US a me New Zealand ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka nui o nā poʻe holo kaʻa i ka hui ʻana o nā mea kūʻai mai New Zealand a i ʻAmelika i ka pūnaewele ākea ākea o United mai kona mau kikowaena ma Houston, Los Angeles a me Kapalakiko.
ʻO ka papahana hou Chicago - Auckland Northern Winter 2018 mai 30 Nowemapa 2018 penei:
Holo ʻAno Hana ʻia e nā ʻano mokulele Haʻalele i ka hōʻea ʻana i nā lā kūpono
NZ26 (UA6728) Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Auckland
20:10 Kikako
16:15 30 Nov 2018 –
8 Mar 2019 Pōʻalima, Pōʻalima, Lā
NZ26 (UA6728) Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Auckland
20:10 Kikako
17:15 10 Mar 2019 - 29 Mar 2019 Pōʻalima, Pōʻalima, Lā
NZ27
(UA6727) Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Kikako
19:10 ʻAukake
06:30+2 30 Nov 2018 –
8 Mar 2019 Pōʻalima, Pōʻalima, Lā
NZ27
(UA6727) Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Kikako
20:10 ʻAukake
06:30+2 10 Mar 2019 - 29 Mar 2019 Poʻa, Pōʻalima, Lā
E hōʻea a haʻalele nā mokulele mai Terminal 5 ma Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Hiki ke hoʻololi i nā manawa i luna.
