Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Cathay Pacific i nā hoʻolālā no ka lele mokulele lōʻihi loa ma ka honua e uhi ʻia ma lalo o 9,000 mau mile nautical (16,668km, a i ʻole 10,357 mau mile) i 16 a 17 mau hola.
E hoʻohuli hou ana ka mokulele i kāna huakaʻi trans-Pacific New York City i Hong Kong ma luna o ka Moana ʻAkelanika.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka koho transatlantic ma mua o ke ala maʻamau o ka Pākīpika ma muli o "ka ikaika o nā huelo kau i kēia manawa o ka makahiki", wahi a Cathay Pacific.
Ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi, ua hana ʻo Cathay Pacific i ʻekolu huakaʻi kaʻapuni ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua i kēlā me kēia lā.
Cathay Pacific papa inoa i kahi lele hou ʻia ʻo New York-Hong Kong i hoʻonohonoho ʻia no ʻApelila 3, 2022, ma kāna pūnaewele kūhelu. Wahi a ka ʻike i hoʻopuka ʻia e ka mokulele, e hoʻomau ka lele ʻole i ka lewa no 17 mau hola a me 50 mau minuke.
ʻOi aku ka lele ʻana o ka New Cathay Pacific a Kēkēmapa Airlines lele mai Singapore a hiki i New York City, e hele ana i kahi mamao pōkole i ka manawa lōʻihi - ma kahi o 15,343km (9,534 mau mile) i nā hola 18.
ʻO ke ala hou o Cathay Pacific ke hoʻokele aku nei iā Rusia. Ua hoʻopau ka nui o nā mokulele mokulele honua i nā ala i nā wahi Lūkini a i ʻole e hoʻokele hou ana i kā lākou mau huakaʻi lōʻihi i mea e pale aku ai i ka mokulele o Rūsia i pani ʻia ma luna o ka hoʻomau ʻana o Moscow ma Ukraine kokoke.
Ua pani ʻo Rūsia i kona lewa i ka mahina i hala aku nei i kekahi mau ʻāina ʻEulopa a me nā mokulele pili i UK ma kahi pane tit-for-tat i kahi pāpā like i kau ʻia ma luna o lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cathay Pacific, ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i palapala ʻae lele no ka huakaʻi e lele ana ma waena o ka Atlantika, ʻEulopa a me Central Asia.
E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 1 ʻApelila, e ʻae ʻia nā mokulele mai US a me ʻewalu mau ʻāina ʻē aʻe e pae hou i Hong Kong, ʻoiai ke hoʻomaha nei ke aupuni i kekahi o nā mea paʻa loa o ka honua COVID-19.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- New Cathay Pacific’s flight will surpass a Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore to New York City, which travels a shorter distance in a longer time – about 15,343km (9,534 miles) in 18 hours.
- Starting on April 1, flights from the US and eight other countries will be allowed to land in Hong Kong again, as the government relaxes some of the world's toughest COVID-19 restrictions.
- Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Cathay Pacific i nā hoʻolālā no ka lele mokulele lōʻihi loa ma ka honua e uhi ʻia ma lalo o 9,000 mau mile nautical (16,668km, a i ʻole 10,357 mau mile) i 16 a 17 mau hola.
