UMnyango WezokuThutha waseMaryland ukhiphe i-oda elisha lamabhasi ahamba ngodizili angu-15 namafidi angamashumi ayisithupha namashumi ayisithupha e-Xcelsior ahlanzekile.
La mabhasi, azobe esetshenziswa uMnyango Wezokuthutha Kwezindiza eMnyangweni waseMaryland, azosetshenziswa e-Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport ukuze ashintshe izimoto ezindala emizileni eqhubekayo phakathi kwamatheminali, izindawo zokupaka zezindiza, kanye nesiteshi sikaloliwe i-BWI. Izinsiza ezintsha ezifana nezimbobo zokushaja ze-USB, i-Wi-Fi, izihlalo ezithuthukisiwe, izindawo zokubeka imithwalo, izicabha ezibanzi, namawindi amakhulu zizofakwa ukuze kuthuthukiswe umuzwa wamakhasimende.
"I-New Flyer iyaziqhenya ngokuthi iphinde yakhethwa yi-BWI Marshall Airport ngamabhasi ezokuthutha e-Xcelsior azosiza ukuhambisa izigidi zabagibeli ngokuphepha eduze kwesikhumulo sezindiza sase-BWI unyaka ngamunye," kusho uChris Stoddart, uMongameli, i-New Flyer. “I-New Flyer ilethe amabhasi angaphezu kuka-150 Ezikhumulweni Zezindiza kulo lonke elaseNyakatho Melika, igxile ekuthuthukiseni ukuhamba okuphumelelayo, okuphephile, nokuthembekile ezindaweni ezimatasa kakhulu zezwe. Ukusekela uMnyango Wezokuthutha eMaryland kwakhela phezu kwalokhu kugxilwe kuwo futhi kuyaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa ulwazi lwabagibeli esikhumulweni sezindiza i-BWI Marshall.
Lawa mabhasi amamitha angamashumi ayisithupha azophinde ahlinzeke ngokukhuphuka okungamaphesenti angama-50 komthamo wabagibeli uma kuqhathaniswa namabhasi amancane esitayela sokuhamba asebenzayo njengamanje.
Itholakala eduze kwedolobha i-Baltimore futhi cishe amamayela angu-30 ukusuka e-Washington, DC, i-BWI Marshall Airport iyisikhumulo sezindiza sama-22 esimatasa kakhulu eMelika, esikhonza abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-25 ngonyaka. Indawo yokupaka yamanje yesikhumulo sezindiza kanye nemikhumbi yesiteshi sesitimela inamabhasi angu-40 aqale ukusebenza ngo-2005.
