I-Delta Air Lines ibhengeze ukuba iya kuqalisa iinqwelomoya ezingayekiyo phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya iDetroit Metro kunye noLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport eRoma, eItali, ejonge ngoJuni 4. Inqwelomoya yemihla ngemihla iya kuqhutywa yi-Delta's Northwest Airlines subsidiary isebenzisa i-298-seat Airbus A330. -300.
Ikomkhulu lase-Italiya liya kuba yindawo yesithandathu yokusithela i-Detroit Metro, kunye ne-Amman, iLondon-Heathrow, iParis, iAmsterdam kunye neFrankfurt. Inkonzo entsha iya kulandela ukuqaliswa kwe-Delta ekulindeleke kakhulu yenkonzo engayekiyo ukusuka eDetroit ukuya eShanghai, eChina, ngoMatshi.
"Ukongezwa kwenkonzo engapheliyo eRoma kwi-Detroit Metro uluhlu olusele lunomtsalane lweendawo zaseAsia, zaseYurophu naseMbindi Mpuma ziqinisekisa kuthi ukuba iDetroit iya kuba yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yenethiwekhi entsha yeDelta," kusho i-CEO ye-Airport Authority yaseWayne u-Lester Robinson. "UGunyaziwe weSikhululo seenqwelomoya usebenza nzima ukuqinisekisa ukuba izikhululo zeenqwelomoya zommandla wethu zihlala ziyindawo eqaqambileyo phakathi kwazo zonke iindaba zoqoqosho olubi lwengingqi."
UGunyaziwe weSikhululo seenqwelomoya ngaphambili wayeqikelela ukuba iinqwelomoya ezintsha eziya eShanghai, eTshayina, ziya kuvuselela malunga nezigidi ezingama-95 zeedola ngonyaka kuqoqosho lwaseMichigan. Ilindele ukuba inkonzo entsha yaseRoma ivelise impembelelo enobungakanani obufanayo.
Ukulandela ukudityaniswa kwayo neNorthwest Airlines ngo-Okthobha, iDelta Air Lines kunye nabancedisi bayo yeyona nqwelomoya ibalaseleyo eDetroit Metro, apho iDelta isebenza kwindawo yesibini ngobukhulu kunye nesango eliphambili laseAsia.
Ngaphambi kokuqala kweenqwelomoya ezintsha ze-Delta zaseRoma kunye ne-Shanghai, i-Italiya ne-China zikleliswe njengeyesibini kunye neyesithathu kwiimarike ezinkulu ngaphandle kweenqwelomoya ezingamisiyo zisuka eDetroit, ngokulandelelanayo. Ngokweenkcukacha ezibonelelwe yiSaber Airline Solutions, baphantse babe ngama-60,000 abakhweli abahamba phakathi kweDetroit ne-Italiya ngonyaka. (Elona lizwe likhulu lingasetyenziswanga lihlala liyiIndiya - inyani engalahlekanga kwiqela le-WCAA loPhuhliso lweNkonzo yoMoya.)
"I-Airport Authority isebenze ngokusondeleyo kunye namaqabane ethu e-airline ixesha elithile ukuze abonise amandla okusebenza okungapheliyo kwi-Italy," kusho uJack Vogel, i-VP yoPhuhliso lwezoShishino lweWCAA. “Sikwadlulise amawaka emiyalezo saza saqesha abantu abanomdla kubahlali baseDetroit naseWindsor, eOntario. Sikholelwa ukuba indibaniselwano yomdla wasekuhlaleni inamandla kakhulu. ”
Uqoqosho olucothayo luzise utshintsho kwinkonzo yomoya yaseDetroit kwezi nyanga zimbalwa zidlulileyo, kodwa uhambe kakuhle xa kuthelekiswa nezinye izikhululo zeenqwelomoya. Ukusukela kwihlobo elidlulileyo iinqwelomoya zeDetroit ziye zabonisa izicwangciso zokusebenzisa i-3.2% yokuhamba okumbalwa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya seMetro, xa kuthelekiswa nokuncipha komndilili phakathi kwezikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezinkulu ezingama-300 zelizwe ze-8.9% ngokweshedyuli yoshishino ebonelelwe yi-APGDAT.
Phakathi kwezikhululo zeenqwelomoya ezili-12 ezinkulu zase-US, iDetroit ikwindawo yesibini kwezona nqwelomoya zimbalwa zilahlekileyo ngexesha lokuthotywa kweenqwelo moya zakutsha nje.
“Ngelixa singakuthandi ukuphulukana nazo naziphi na iinqwelomoya, kuyathuthuzela ukwazi ukuba iDetroit imela isaqhwithi ngcono kunezinye izikhululo zeenqwelomoya-ifumana indawo entsha, ekudala ifunwa endleleni,” utshilo uVogel.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The addition of non-stop service to Rome to Detroit Metro’s already impressive list of Asian, European and Middle Eastern destinations confirms to us that Detroit will be a vital component of the new Delta network,”.
- Ukulandela ukudityaniswa kwayo neNorthwest Airlines ngo-Okthobha, iDelta Air Lines kunye nabancedisi bayo yeyona nqwelomoya ibalaseleyo eDetroit Metro, apho iDelta isebenza kwindawo yesibini ngobukhulu kunye nesango eliphambili laseAsia.
- Prior to the start of Delta’s new Rome and Shanghai flights, Italy and China rank as the second and third largest markets without non-stop flights from Detroit, respectively.
