FORT WORTH, Texas - Ua patipati le kamupani vaalele a Amerika i le aso nei i le Poloaiga o le Show Cause na fofogaina e le US Department of Transportation (DOT), ma le faʻamoemoe e tuʻuina atu ia Amerika le pule o le auala ma ala e amata ai le tautua i lenei tautoulu mai Los Angeles i Sao Paulo.

“O se tala fiafia lenei mo Amerika ma a tatou tagata faatau,” o le tala lea a Will Ris, le Sui Peresetene Sinia Amerika - Malo ma Tulafono Faafoe. “Matou te talisapaia na faia e le DOT se iloiloga maeʻaeʻa o talosaga uma ma malilie e tuʻuina mai ia i matou faʻatagaga manaʻomia ina ia mafai ai ona matou amata lele mai le matou nofoaga i Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) i Sao Paulo. LAX i le taimi nei e leai se tautua e le tu'ua i Pasila e se kamupani va'alele a Amerika ma e mana'o Amerika e fa'alautele lana auaunaga i Pasila e fa'amalieina mana'oga o tagata i lenei maketi sili ona taua ma fa'atupulaia. Matou te toe fia faafetai atu foi i le toatele o le au lagolago, e aofia ai le US Senators Barbara Boxer ma Dianne Feinstein o Kalefonia ma sui o le tele o sui o le konekeresi a le eria o Los Angeles; Pulenuu o Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa; ma tagata faigaluega Amerika na tuʻuina atu tusi mo i matou i le DOT. E le gata i lea, matou te fia faafetai atu i Los Angeles World Airports mo le tuuina atu o se pepa i le DOT e lagolago ai la matou talosaga.

"Na faʻamoemoe Amerika e tuʻuina atu foʻi le faʻatagaga e lele mai Chicago i Sao Paulo i le tautoulu o le 2014," o le faʻaopoopo mai lea a Ris. "Mo le taimi nei, e mafai e a matou tagata faʻatau Chicago ona oʻo atu i Sao Paulo e ala i fesoʻotaʻiga faigofie i nofoaga Amerika i Niu Ioka (JFK), Miami ma Dallas / Fort Worth."

O Amerika o loo tautua nei i Pasila mai Miami i Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Manaus, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador ma Sao Paulo; mai Niu Ioka i Rio de Janeiro ma Sao Paulo; ma mai Dallas/Fort Worth i Rio de Janeiro ma Sao Paulo.

Ua ofoina atu e Amerika le sili atu ma le 800 malaga i vaiaso taitasi i 49 aai i Amerika Latina, e aofia ai Mekisiko, Central ma Amerika i Saute.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

“We appreciate that the DOT conducted a thorough review of all applications and agreed to tentatively grant us the needed approvals so we may begin flying from our hub at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Sao Paulo.
carrier and American wants to expand its service to Brazil to meet customer demand in this extremely important and growing market.
“American had hoped to also be granted approval to fly from Chicago to Sao Paulo in the fall of 2014,”.