E loaʻa hou aku nā mea kūʻai aku o US Airways i nā kahakai Karipiano nani i kēia hāʻule a me ka hoʻoilo ʻoiai ke hoʻohui nei ka mokulele i nā huakaʻi holo ʻole i Barbados mai kāna kikowaena Philadelphia. E lele ana ʻo US Airways i Barbados i ʻehā lā o ka pule e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 1 ʻOkakopa a laila hāʻawi i ka lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā no ke kau hoʻoilo e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 19 Kekemapa. Ke kahua mokulele i ka wā huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe o ka Caribbean.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Suzanne Boda, ka hope pelekikena kiʻekiʻe, kahakai hikina, ʻoihana honua a me nā ukana: "He wahi huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ʻo Barbados i ka Caribbean, a hauʻoli mākou e hoʻonui i kā mākou koho ʻana iā ia mai kā mākou hub a me ka ʻīpuka honua ma Philadelphia. E ʻae kēia mau makana i nā pilina maikaʻi ma Philadelphia a e lilo ia i mea hoʻohui kūpono i ka lawelawe ʻo Barbados mai kā mākou hub nui loa ma Charlotte, NC.
"Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hoʻonui hou ʻana i ka lawelawe ʻo US Airways mai Philadelphia a Barbados," wahi a David M. Rice, ka pelekikena a me ka luna nui o ka Barbados Tourism Authority. "Ke kakali nei mākou i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā malihini hou aku i Barbados mai ka mākeke koʻikoʻi o ʻAmelika."
