No ka manawa mua mai ka makahiki 1980, e maʻalahi loa ke komo ʻana i ka British Virgin Islands (BVI) me ka lawelawe ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā mai Miami a i Beef Island/Tortola, ma o American Airlines e hoʻomaka ana i Iune 1.
ʻO ka lele ʻana i ʻekolu hola e hoʻololi ai i ka pāʻani e hoʻopau i ka pono o ka poʻe huakaʻi e hoʻohui i Puerto Rico a i St. , a i ʻole ka mahuka moku kūʻokoʻa.
"Ma ke ʻano he holo mua ʻole mai ʻAmelika i nā makahiki he mau makahiki, he manawa nui kēia e lawe mai i nā mea huakaʻi ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika i nā wai aniani o kā mākou mokupuni punahele," wahi a Clive McCoy, Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi. Beritania Virgin Islands Papa Kaahele a me ke Komisina Kiʻiʻoniʻoni.
"Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi o nā hōʻiliʻili nani loa o nā mokupuni a me nā kahakai ma nā wahi a pau o ka honua a ke kakali nei i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kā mākou mau malihini hou a hoʻi mai i kahi ʻano o nā ʻike ma The Sailing Capital of the World."
ʻOihana Hoʻokele Nonstop Hou
Ma kahi hoʻoholo i manaʻo nui ʻia e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe ea ma waena o ka US a me ka BVI, American Airlines e hoʻomaka i nā huakaʻi holo ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā mai Ke kahua mokulele ʻo Miami International (MIA) i Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (EIS) ma ka la 1 o Iune.
E holo ana ka mokulele a hiki i ʻAukake 14 a hoʻomaka hou i Nowemapa ma hope o ke kau haʻahaʻa hāʻule. Manaʻo ʻia ka lawelawe ea hou e lawe mai i kahi 2,128 mau mea kaʻa i kēlā me kēia mahina i ka BVI.
E haʻalele ana nā huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā mai Miami a i Beef Island i ka hola 10:07 am a hōʻea i ka hola 1:06 pm E haʻalele nā mokulele hoʻi i ka hola 1:47 pm a hōʻea i ka hola 4:25 pm
