GREEN, OH – Akron-Canton Airport (CAK) has a once in a lifetime ithuba lokufumana inkonzo engayekiyo eWashington, DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), omandla akhe athintelwe ngurhulumente wase-US. I-US Airways icele iindawo zokubeka ezibini ezivumela inqwelomoya enye, ukuya nokubuya. Iindawo zokubeka ziya kwabelwa liSebe lezoThutho laseMelika ekupheleni konyaka. Eli lithuba elicwangcisiweyo lesikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nommandla, elinye isikhululo seenqwelomoya ebesisebenza kulo ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi. Iindawo zokubeka i-DCA azifane zifumaneke kwaye ukhuphiswano kubo luhlala lubukhali.
"Asizange sisondele ngoku," kusho uRichard B. McQueen, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Akron-Canton Airport. “IWashington DC yeyona ndawo yethu yokuqala esiyicelileyo kwaye i-US Airways liqabane elifanelekileyo lokubhabha endleleni. I-US Airways ibonelela ngenkonzo ebalaseleyo kuluntu lwethu, kwaye siyavuya kuba bekhethe i-Akron-Canton ngeli thuba libaluleke kakhulu. Ukuba siwongwe, siya kwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuyixhasa.” I-US Airways okwangoku ibonelela abathengi beCAK ezintlanu, iinqwelomoya zokuya nokubuya ukuya eCharlotte, North Carolina hub yabo kwaye ezimbini ukuya kwindawo yabo yasePhiladelphia, ePennsylvania.
Iindawo zokubeka zenziwa zafumaneka kuqala phantsi kwezikhokelo ze-AIR-21/ umbono we-100, umthetho oyilwayo obanzi wothutho lomoya owapasiswa ngo-2000. Ngokuka-Howard Kass, umlawuli olawulayo kunye nomcebisi jikelele we-US Airways, Inc., “amabhaso e-AIR-21 Ngokusisiseko malunga nokuncinci, ukufikelela koluntu kwi-DCA, kunye noluntu oluncinci olufana ne-Akron-Canton, imalunga nofikelelo lokuqala, olungayekiyo kwi-DCA.
I-US Airways inembali ende (ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40) kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya. Abahambi baseAkron-Canton baya kuzuza ngendlela engayekiyo eya eWashington DC kwaye bakwazi ukusebenzisa amathuba abalaseleyo onxibelelwano olunikezelwa yi-US Airways e-DCA. I-airline iya kubhabha i-CRJ-200 ekhululekile endleleni.
Ngeli xesha, akukho nqwelomoya engamisiyo ukuya nakwesiphi na isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseWashington DC esisuka eCAK. Le nqwelo-moya ibalulekile kumashishini amaninzi kunye neenkokheli zasekuhlaleni ezifuna ukufikelela kwikomkhulu lelizwe lethu kodwa zingenako ngenxa yokuba akukho nqwelomoya inikezelwayo isuka eCAK, isikhululo seenqwelomoya esincinci soluntu.
UDan Colanton, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Greater Akron Chamber wongeze, "Le nkonzo ibalulekile kwiinzame zethu zokuqhubela phambili i-Greater Akron. Ukukwazi kwethu ukunxibelelana ngokuthe ngqo nangokufanelekileyo kunye neenkokeli zaseWashington DC kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili njengoko kufuneka sithathele ingqalelo imiba ebalulekileyo echaphazela uphuhliso lweshishini kwaye ekugqibeleni amandla ezoqoqosho kummandla wethu. "
Ukongeza, uDennis Saunier, umongameli kunye ne-CEO yeCanton Regional Chamber uthe, "Olu hlobo lwenkonzo yomoya ecwangcisiweyo kunye nenqwenelekayo inceda amashishini ethu akhulayo atsale abasebenzi abanetalente kuluntu lwethu. Ukongezwa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Ronald Reagan Washington kuya kuba lithuba elikhulu, kusinceda sifune abantu abancinci ngakumbi ukuba babuyele kwingingqi yaseCanton. "
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Our ability to directly and conveniently link with leaders in Washington DC is more important than ever as we need to weigh in on the important issues that affect business development and ultimately the economic vitality in our region.
- This is a strategic chance for the airport and the region, one that the airport has been working on for more than a decade.
- Akron-Canton travelers will benefit with the non-stop route to Washington DC and be able to take advantage of the excellent connection opportunities offered by US Airways at DCA.
