Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ka US Department of Transportation (DOT) i kēia lā i ka mana o United Airlines a me Mesa Airlines e hoʻomaka i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport a me Havana's José Martí International Airport. Ma muli o ka ʻae aupuni hope loa, e hoʻonui ʻia ʻo United mai ka lawelawe ʻo Pōʻaono wale nō i ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā.
"Ma ka inoa o United Airlines, mahalo mākou i ka manaʻo o ka US Department of Transportation e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe ʻo United ma waena o Houston a me Havana mai ka Pōʻaono-wale i kēlā me kēia lā," wahi a Steve Morrissey, ka hope pelekikena o United no ka hoʻoponopono a me nā kulekele. "Makemake pū mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā Texas Kiaʻāina Greg Abbott a me Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, a me Texas Congressmen Kevin Brady, Gene Green, Pete Olson, Ted Poe, ka Houston Airport System, ka Greater Houston Partnership a me ka Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce no ke kākoʻo nei i kā mākou pahuhopu hui e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka lawelawe ea ma waena o Houston a me Havana a hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai aku ma waena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā manawa hou e hana i nā pilina kūpono ma Houston.
Hoʻokuʻu ʻia i Dekemaba 2016, ʻo ka lawelawe kūleʻa o United i ka Pōʻaono wale nō ma waena o Houston a me Havana ua hāʻawi i nā tausani o nā mea kūʻai aku me ka koho a me ka maʻalahi i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai i ka huakaʻi i Havana.
ʻO Houston, ʻo ka ʻīpuka o ʻAmelika i ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, kahi kūlana ʻāina maikaʻi e hoʻopili ai i nā mokulele mai ke kikowaena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika a i Havana. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana o United i ka lawelawe e hōʻoia i ka hoʻokūkū ʻoi aku ka nui ma ka mākeke a e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā manawa lawelawe ea i Havana no nā mea kūʻai aku ma Houston a me 44 mau wahi ʻē aʻe ma waena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Nā huahana a me nā lawelawe ma luna
Hoʻolālā ʻo United e lawelawe i ka lawelawe ma waena o Houston a me Havana me nā mokulele Boeing 737-800 a i ʻole nā mokulele mokulele Embraer E175. E hoʻohana ʻo Mesa Airlines i nā mokulele mokulele kūloko e like me United Express. Hāʻawi ʻo Embraer E175 i nā noho he 12 ma United First a me 64 mau noho ma United Economy, me nā noho 16 extra-legroom Economy Plus.
Mai Houston, ʻo ʻAmelika ka lawelawe hoʻokahi i Havana mai ke kikowaena a me ke komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ma 2017, ua wehe ʻo United Airlines i kāna keʻena tiketi kūlanakauhale mua ma Havana e hiki ai iā United ke hāʻawi aku i nā Cubans a me nā mea kūʻai aku o ka honua i ka manawa e kūʻai ai i ka huakaʻi ma United Airlines.
