DALLAS, TX - Southwest Airlines Co lero yalengeza kuti anthu opitilira 25,000 asayina pempho ku US department of Transportation (DOT), kulembetsa thandizo lawo pa pempho la wonyamula katunduyo kuti atumikire Cuba.
Kumwera chakumadzulo kwapereka ntchito pakati pa ma eyapoti atatu apadziko lonse ku Cuba, kuphatikiza Havana, ndi ma eyapoti atatu aku Florida: Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL); Tampa Bay International Airport (TPA); ndi Orlando International Airport (MCO). Monga chonyamulira chachikulu kwambiri cha anthu apanyumba ku United States, maulendo apandege osayimayima omwe akufuna kuti apereke mwayi wolumikizana ndi Cuba m'mizinda yambiri kudutsa United States pa network ya Southwest Airlines.
Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno, Kumwera chakumadzulo kunapereka chikalata ku DOT kupempha chivomerezo cha boma kuti itumikire dziko la Cuba ndi maulendo apandege osayimitsa tsiku lililonse kuchokera ku eyapoti atatu otanganidwa kwambiri ku Florida. Chiyambireni ntchito yoyambayo pa Marichi 2, 2016, Kumwera chakumadzulo kwalandira makalata 120+ othandizira kuchokera kumabungwe am'deralo, madera, ndi mayiko, kuphatikiza Orlando, Inc., South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Tampa Bay Partnership, United States Black Chamber of Commerce , United States Business Leaders Network, ndi United States Hispanic Leadership Institute.
Patsiku lomaliza, otsatira 25,083 adavomereza kumwera chakumadzulo kwa DOT poyendera Southwest.com/Cuba kuti akadandaule mlembi wa US Transportation Anthony Foxx. Anthuwa ali ndi mawu osiyanasiyana a nzika zikwizikwi kudera lonselo zomwe zimathandizira mpikisano wotsika mtengo wakumwera chakumadzulo komanso njira zokomera Makasitomala kupita ku Cuba.
Pambuyo povomerezedwa ndi njira zogawira mafupipafupi a DOT, Kumwera chakumadzulo kudzasindikiza mitengo yake yotsika ndi maulendo oyendetsa ndege ku Cuba ndipo akufuna kuyamba ntchito ku Cuba kumapeto kwa chaka chino.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- As the largest carrier of domestic passengers in the United States, the proposed nonstop flights would provide convenient connecting access to Cuba for dozens of cities across the United States on the Southwest Airlines network.
- Pambuyo povomerezedwa ndi njira zogawira mafupipafupi a DOT, Kumwera chakumadzulo kudzasindikiza mitengo yake yotsika ndi maulendo oyendetsa ndege ku Cuba ndipo akufuna kuyamba ntchito ku Cuba kumapeto kwa chaka chino.
- Earlier this month, Southwest filed an application with the DOT requesting governmental approval to serve Cuba with daily nonstop flights from the carrier’s three busiest airports in Florida.
