I-FORT WORTH, TX - I-American Airlines ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba izakuqala inkonzo engapheliyo yonke imihla phakathi kwe-Dallas/Fort Worth Airport International (DFW) kunye neMadrid, eSpain ukuqala ngoMeyi 1, 2009. I-American iya kubhabha indlela ngeenqwelo-moya zayo ze-Boeing 225-767 ezinezihlalo ezingama-300. kuqwalaselo lweeklasi ezimbini.
Uhambo lokuqala, iFlight 36, iya kumka i-DFW ngo-5:35 pm, ngoLwesihlanu, ngoMeyi 1 kwaye ifike eMadrid ngo-10:00 am, ngoMgqibelo, ngoMeyi 2 – inqwelomoya ethatha malunga neeyure ezisi-9, imizuzu engama-25. Ukuhamba okokuqala eSpain, iFlight 37, iya kumka eMadrid ngo-1:10 pm, ngoMgqibelo, ngoMeyi 2 kwaye ifike eDFW ngo-4:45 pm kwangolo suku lunye - inqwelomoya ethatha malunga neeyure ezili-10, imizuzu engama-35. Onke amaxesha ngawendawo.
“Ukuqhagamshela iDallas/Fort Worth ukuya eMadrid kungaphezulu nje kokubonelela ngeendawo ezintsha zokusingwa kunye namathuba amakhulu kubathengi bethu. Kungoku nje malunga nokudibanisa iinkcubeko kunye nokuvula amathuba ezoqoqosho ebengekho ngaphambili,” utshilo uGerard Arpey, usihlalo waseMelika kunye negosa elilawulayo. “Senza olu tyalo-mali ngenkolelo yokuba isiVumelwano sethu soShishino esiDityanisiweyo kunye nesicelo sokhuselo lokungathembeki kunye neBritish Airways kunye ne-Iberia ekugqibeleni siya kuvunywa. Nje ukuba samkelwe, sithemba ngokunyanisekileyo kwaye sikholelwa ukuba iya kuba lelokuqala kwamanye amathuba amaninzi okomeleza kunye nokwandisa unxibelelwano phakathi kwe-United States neYurophu, sivumela abathengi bethu ukuba bafikelele kwihlabathi kwaye baxhamle uluntu olukhulu lwaseDallas/Fort Worth. ”
IMadrid iya kuba yindawo ye-34 yezizwe ngezizwe enikezelwa yi-American and American Eagle ukusuka kwindawo yayo yaseDallas/Fort Worth, kuxhomekeke kwixesha lonyaka. Ngamaqabane ayo e-oneworld(R) Alliance, le nkonzo intsha iya kubonelela ngohambo olulula nolungenamthungo ukuya kwiindawo ezingama-87 ezinikezelwa ngokungapheliyo ngaphaya kweMadrid ukuya eYurophu, eAfrika naseAsia.
Ukusuka kwi-DFW, ukhozi lwaseMelika kunye noKhozi lwaseMelika lusebenza malunga nama-745 ukusuka mihla le ukuya kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwe-150 ezingamisiyo. Phakathi kweendawo ezingamisiyo zaseMelika ezisuka kwi-DFW zizixeko zaseArgentina, eBahamas, eBelize, eBrazil, eCanada, eChile, eCosta Rica, eFransi, eJamani, eGuatemala, eJamaica, eJapan, eMexico, ePanama, eUnited Kingdom, naseVenezuela.
"Olu lulongezelelo olutsha olumangalisayo kwipotfoliyo yethu yamazwe ngamazwe kwaye luya kubonelela abakhweli bethu basekhaya kunye nokudibanisa abahambi enye indawo ephambili yokuya kwelinye lamakomkhulu emali kunye nenkcubeko yaseYurophu," kusho uJeff Fegan, i-CEO ye-DFW International Airport. “Ukuzisa inkonzo entsha yomoya yamazwe ngamazwe kulo mmandla yenye yezinto eziphambili ngobuchule kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sethu, kwaye le nqwelomoya intsha iza kwenza imali engaphaya kwe-107 yezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka kuqoqosho olusemantla eTexas. Siyiqhwabela izandla iAmerican Airlines ngokudibanisa iTeminali D yamazwe ngamazwe ephumelele ibhaso kwelinye isango elikhulu laseYurophu.
UMelika, olilungu eliseka iManyano yehlabathi jikelele (R) Alliance, ngoku inceda iSpain ngeenqwelomoya ezimbini zemihla ngemihla ezingamisiyo – eziya eMadrid ukusuka kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe saseMiami kunye neBarcelona ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iJohn F. Kennedy International eNew York.
"ISpeyin yandisa utyalo-mali kunye namathuba oshishino e-United States ngeliso eTexas kunye nommandla waseDallas / Fort Worth, ngoko ke ezi ziindaba ezimbi kubemi bethu kunye noqoqosho lwethu," kusho uTom Leppert, uSodolophu waseDallas. "Esi sibhengezo sibonisa ngokucacileyo ukomelela kwendawo yentengiso yeshishini lethu, kunye namandla esikhululo seenqwelomoya iDFW International ukukhulisa ukhenketho kunye norhwebo lwethu sonke."
“UMntla weTexas kunye nesixeko saseMadrid ngamaziko ezoqoqosho kwitekhnoloji, imveliso kunye nokhenketho. Ngoku, ezi zindlu zimbini zombane ziya kudityaniswa ngaphandle komthungo yinqwelomoya entsha, engamisiyo yonke imihla,” utshilo uMike Moncrief, uSodolophu waseFort Worth. "Le nkonzo intsha ngokuqinisekileyo iza kudala imisebenzi, ikhuthaze uphuhliso olutsha, kwaye yandise amathuba otyalo-mali kubantu baseFort Worth, kunye nabemi abalungileyo baseMadrid."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Once approved, we earnestly hope and believe that it will be the first of many other opportunities to enhance and expand connections between the United States and Europe, allowing our customers greater access to the world and benefitting the greater Dallas/Fort Worth community.
- “Spain is expanding its investment and business opportunities in the United States with an eye on Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth region, so this is terrific news for our citizens and our economy,”.
- “This is a terrific new addition to our international portfolio and will offer our local passengers and connecting travelers another prime destination to one of the financial and cultural capitals of Europe,”.
