I-US Airways icela igunya lendiza yokuqala engami Isuka eWashington, DC Reagan National Airport iya e-Akron-Canton Airport

GREEN, OH – Isikhumulo Sezindiza sase-Akron-Canton (CAK) sinethuba kanye empilweni yonke lokuthola isevisi engami e-Washington, DC's Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), amandla aso akhawulelwe uhulumeni wase-US. I-US Airways icele ukuthi inikezwe izikhala ezimbili ezivumela indiza eyodwa, nokubuya. Izikhala zizonikezwa uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-US ekupheleni konyaka. Leli yithuba elibalulekile lesikhumulo sezindiza kanye nesifunda, elinye isikhumulo sezindiza osekuyiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi sisebenza kulo. Izikhala ze-DCA azivamile ukutholakala futhi ukuncintisana kwazo kuvame ukushuba.

"Asikaze sisondele ngale ndlela," kusho uRichard B. McQueen, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Akron-Canton Airport. “IWashington DC iyindawo yethu yokuqala esiyicelile futhi i-US Airways inguzakwethu okahle kakhulu wokundiza umzila. I-US Airways inikeza isevisi enhle kakhulu emphakathini wethu, futhi siyajabula ukuthi bakhethe i-Akron-Canton kuleli thuba elibaluleke kakhulu. Uma siklonyeliswa sizokwenza konke esingakwenza ukuseseka.” I-US Airways okwamanje inikeza amakhasimende e-CAK izindiza ezinhlanu, eziya nokubuya eziya esikhungweni sazo sase-Charlotte, eNorth Carolina nezimbili eziya esikhungweni sazo sase-Philadelphia, ePennsylvania.

Izikhala zatholakala ekuqaleni ngaphansi kweziqondiso ze-AIR-21/ vision 100, umthethosivivinywa ophelele wezokuthutha emoyeni owaphasiswa ngo-2000. Ngokuka-Howard Kass, umqondisi ophethe kanye nomqondisi jikelele we-US Airways, Inc., “imiklomelo ye-AIR-21 ikakhulukazi mayelana nokuncane, ukufinyelela komphakathi ku-DCA, kanye nomphakathi omncane njenge-Akron-Canton, imayelana nokufinyelela kokuqala, okungami ku-DCA.”

I-US Airways inomlando omude (ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-40) nesikhumulo sezindiza. Abahambi base-Akron-Canton bazozuza ngomzila ongami oya e-Washington DC futhi bakwazi ukusebenzisa amathuba amahle kakhulu okuxhumana ahlinzekwa yi-US Airways e-DCA. Inkampani yezindiza izondiza i-CRJ-200 enethezekile emzileni.

Njengamanje, ayikho indiza engami eya kunoma yisiphi isikhumulo sezindiza sedolobha elikhulu lase-Washington DC ukusuka e-CAK. Le ndiza ibalulekile kubaholi abaningi bamabhizinisi nomphakathi abadinga ukufinyelela inhloko-dolobha yezwe lethu kodwa abakwazi ngenxa yokuthi alikho indiza elinikezwa i-CAK, isikhumulo sezindiza esincane somphakathi.

U-Dan Colatone, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Greater Akron Chamber wengeze, “Le nkonzo ibalulekile emizamweni yethu yokuqhubekisela phambili i-Greater Akron. Amandla ethu okuxhumana ngokuqondile nangokushelelayo nabaholi baseWashington DC kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili njengoba sidinga ukuhlolisisa izindaba ezibalulekile ezithinta ukuthuthukiswa kwebhizinisi futhi ekugcineni amandla omnotho esifundeni sethu.”

Ukwengeza, u-Dennis Saunier, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-Canton Regional Chamber uthe, "Lolu hlobo lwenkonzo yomoya yamasu futhi efiselekayo lusiza amabhizinisi ethu akhulayo ahehe abasebenzi abanamakhono emphakathini wethu. Ukwengezwa kwesikhumulo sezindiza i-Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport kungaba yinzuzo enkulu, okusisiza ukuthi sibuthe abantu abasha abaningi nakakhulu ukuthi babuyele esifundeni saseCanton.”