Phakathi kwesasasa lokudansa kwe-flamenco, ukudla kwaseSpain, nomculo, i-American Airlines namuhla yethula isevisi entsha yansuku zonke engami kusukela e-Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) kuya eMadrid, Spain (MAD). I-American indiza umzila ngendiza yayo ye-Boeing 225-767 enezihlalo ezingu-300 esezingeni eliphansi.
Ukuhamba kokuqala, iFlight 36, isuka e-DFW ngo-5:30 ntambama futhi ifike eMadrid ngo-9:55 ekuseni ngosuku olulandelayo - indiza ethatha cishe amahora angu-9, imizuzu engu-25. Uhambo lokuqala olusuka eSpain, iFlight 37, luzosuka eMadrid ngo-1:10 pm ngoMgqibelo futhi lufike e-DFW ngo-4:45 pm ngalo lolo suku - indiza ethatha cishe amahora ayi-10, imizuzu engama-35. Zonke izikhathi ezendawo.
"Siyajabula ukwethula le nkonzo entsha phakathi kwe-DFW neMadrid," kusho uDan Garton, iphini likamongameli omkhulu waseMelika - ukumaketha. “Le ndiza imayelana nokuvula izindawo ezintsha zamabhizinisi, izindawo ezintsha zokungcebeleka, ukuxhumanisa amasiko kanye nokuveza amathuba amasha ezomnotho abengekho ngaphambilini.”
UGarton waphawula ukuthi i-American itshale imali kulo mzila omusha ngenxa yenkolelo yokuthi Isivumelwano Sebhizinisi Esihlangene SaseMelika kanye nesicelo sokugomela i-antitrust neBritish Airways kanye ne-Iberia sizovunywa ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka. Uma isigunyaziwe, uGarton uthe ukholelwa ukuthi kuzoba ngelokuqala kwamanye amathuba amaningi okuthuthukisa nokwandisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-United States ne-Europe, okuhlanganisa i-DFW neNyakatho Texas.
IMadrid izoba indawo yama-34 yamazwe ngamazwe ehlinzekwa yi-American and American Eagle kusukela kuhabhu yayo yase-Dallas/Fort Worth, kuye ngesizini. Ngozakwethu be-oneworld(R) Alliance, le sevisi entsha izohlinzeka ngohambo olulula nolungenazihibe oluya ezindaweni ezingu-87 ezihlinzekwa ngokungami ngale kweMadrid ziye e-Europe, e-Afrika nase-Asia.
Kusuka kwa-DFW, i-American and American Eagle isebenza cishe ukuhamba kwansuku zonke okungu-740 ukuya ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwezingu-150 ezingami. Phakathi kwezindawo zamazwe ngamazwe ezingami zaseMelika ezivela ku-DFW kukhona amadolobha ase-Argentina, i-Bahamas, i-Belize, i-Brazil, i-Canada, i-Chile, i-Costa Rica, i-France, i-Germany, i-Guatemala, i-Jamaica, i-Japan, i-Mexico, i-Panama, i-United Kingdom, ne-Venezuela.
"Siyishayela ihlombe i-American Airlines ngokwengeza le ndawo ebalulekile yamazwe ngamazwe kwiphothifoliyo ye-DFW," kusho uJeff Fegan, oyi-CEO ye-DFW International Airport. “Le ndiza entsha izokwengeza ngaphezu kuka-US$130 million emnothweni wasenyakatho yeTexas minyaka yonke futhi inikeze abagibeli bethu amakhulukhulu okuxhumana okusha esikhumulweni sezindiza iMadrid Barajas International Airport.”
U-American, oyilungu elisungula i-Global oneworld(R) Alliance, usiza i-Spain ngezinye izindiza ezimbili zansuku zonke ezingami - eziya e-Madrid zisuka e-Miami International Airport futhi ziya e-Barcelona zisuka ku-John F. Kennedy International Airport eNew York.
"Lezi yizindaba ezimbi ezakhamizini zaseDallas nakuyo yonke iNorth Texas," kusho uTom Leppert, iMeya yaseDallas. "Le ndiza nakanjani izokhulisa ibhizinisi nezokuvakasha phakathi kweSpain neDallas futhi ijulise ubudlelwano bethu nalo mlingani obalulekile wezohwebo."
“Lesi ngesinye isibonelo esicacile sokubaluleka kwe-DFW Airport lapha ekhaya naphesheya,” kusho iMeya uMike Moncrief waseFort Worth. “IMadrid iyidolobha elihle kakhulu, futhi thina enyakatho yeTexas siyaziqhenya ngalokhu kuxhumana okubalulekile. Kuzothuthukisa umnotho wethu wasekhaya futhi kuvule amathuba omhlaba wonke anomthelela ohlala njalo kulabo abasezinhlangothini zombili ze-Atlantic. "
