UMnyango wezokuThutha e-United States (DOT) namuhla umemezele ukuthi i-United Airlines yanikezwa ithuba lokuthatha izindiza ezine ezingami nsuku zonke eziya eTokyo Haneda Airport (HND). Izikhala zizokwabiwa izindiza ezivela ezikhungweni ze-United eNewark Liberty International Airport (EWR), eChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), eWashington Dulles International Airport (IAD) naseLos Angeles International Airport (LAX). Njengoba kusalindwe ukuphothulwa kwesivumelwano sezindiza phakathi kohulumeni baseMelika nabaseJapan ngokuhamba konyaka, izindiza kulindeleke ukuthi ziqale ukusebenza ngehlobo lika-2020.
"Njengomthuthi omkhulu wase-US oya e-Asia, sijabule ukubona ukuthi sinikezwe ezinye izikhala eHaneda ukusiza abaseMelika abaningi ukuhamba phakathi kwesizwe sethu nenhloko-dolobha yaseJapan, okuzonikeza amakhasimende ethu isipiliyoni esingenakuqhathaniswa ngenkathi kukhulisa ukukhetha," kusho i-United Airlines UMongameli Scott Kirby. “Sithanda ukubonga uMnyango Wezokuthutha waseMelika ngomsebenzi wawo wokubuyekeza isiphakamiso sethu nokukhuthaza lokho okulungele umphakathi waseMelika kanye nomnotho wethu. Siyayibona futhi imizamo yokusebenza koMnyango Wezwe wase-US ne-DOT ukwenza kube nokwesekwa okwengeziwe eHaneda. ”
Ngokubambisana, izindiza ezisuka kulawa madolobha amakhulu e-US zizoxhuma iTokyo Haneda ne:
• Idolobha elikhulu laseMelika kanye nesikhungo sezezimali nezentengiselwano, eNewark / New York;
• Ihabhu ebaluleke kakhulu yezimpahla nezokuthutha eMidwest, eChicago;
• Isihlalo sikahulumeni wobumbano waseMelika, eWashington, DC; futhi
• Insizakalo eyengeziwe yenethiwekhi yase-US ezweni elikhulu kunawo wonke e-US - imakethe yaseTokyo eLos Angeles.
Lesi simemezelo sizoqinisa inethiwekhi ye-United ebanzi futhi yokuphela kokugcina phakathi kwe-United States ne-Japan.
Izindiza ezihlongozwayo ze-United eziya eHaneda zizovumela abathengi baseMelika ukuthi benze ukuxhumana namaphuzu angama-37 eJapan ngophathina we-United ohlanganyele ne-All Nippon Airways (ANA), nokuqinisa inethiwekhi ephelele yase-United. Kukho konke lokhu kuqhubeka i-United kube ukuphela kwendiza yezindiza yase-US ukubona izinzuzo eziyingqayizivele ezinikezwa yiTokyo Haneda neTokyo Narita emphakathini ojikelezayo.
