Ma kahi lā e hōʻailona ai i ka hōʻemi nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ea mai ka ʻāina nui o ʻAmelika i Puerto Rico a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka Caribbean, ke hoʻolauleʻa nei ka ʻāina i ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā mokulele hou a me ka mālama ʻana i nā ala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ke kāpae ʻana. Ma o ke ʻano o nā kūkākūkā a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi papahana hoʻoulu mokulele e ka Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), ke nānā hou nei ka ʻoihana mokulele i ka Caribbean ma ke ʻano he ʻāina me ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā. No nā ʻoihana kūloko, ʻoi aku ka poʻe i pili i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, he koho hilinaʻi nui kēia.
"ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i kēia mau mokulele ʻaʻole ia he pilikia wale no Puerto Rico, akā no ka Caribbean holoʻokoʻa," wahi a Terestella Gonzalez-Denton, ka luna hoʻokele o PRTC. “Ma ke ʻano he ʻīpuka i ka Caribbean, ʻo Puerto Rico kahi ala no nā huakaʻi e kipa ana i nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe. He mea koʻikoʻi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ea i ka ʻāina i kā mākou hōkele a me nā ʻoihana holo moku, a ʻo nā hopena o ka liʻiliʻi ʻana o ka ea e loaʻa nā hopena pōʻino. Eia naʻe, ʻo kā mākou hana me ke aupuni o Puerto Rico a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana o kā mākou mau hoa i ka ʻoihana mokulele ke hāʻawi nei i ka Caribbean i nā mea hana e pono ai ke hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana i ʻike ʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, "wahi a Gonzalez-Denton.
I ka pane ʻana i ka hoʻoweliweli o ka nalowale ʻana o nā ala nui i Puerto Rico, ua hoʻomaka ka PRTC, me ke aupuni o Puerto Rico, e hana i nā papahana e hoʻowalewale i nā mokulele e mālama a hoʻonui i kā lākou lawelawe i ka mokupuni. Ua hoʻomaka pū ʻo PRTC i kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha hoʻolaha e hoʻomau i ka noi no nā mokulele i Puerto Rico a hoʻomanaʻo i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mau ana ka mokupuni. Eia hou, e hoʻohālikelike ka papahana kālepa co-op i hana ʻia e ka PRTC i kēlā me kēia kālā, a hiki i $3 miliona, a ka ʻoihana mokulele e hoʻolilo i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka huakaʻi i Puerto Rico. Ke hoʻomau nei ka PRTC i kāna kūkākūkā me nā mokulele e hoʻonui i ka hiki ke noho no nā mākeke mua.
ʻO ka lawelawe ea hou a hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia i Puerto Rico me:
- E hoʻomau ka American Airlines i ka lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole mai Los Angeles (LAX) a me Baltimore (BWI) i San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU).
- Ua hoʻolaha ʻo JetBlue Airways e hoʻohui ʻo ia i ʻehā mau mokulele i San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) mai John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Kepakemapa 2008. Eia hou, e hoʻohui lākou i ka lele ʻelima i kēlā me kēia lā mai SJU a JFK i Nowemapa. ʻElua mau mokulele hou (SJU - JFK) e hoʻohui ʻia i Dekemaba no ka huina o ʻehiku mau mokulele.
- E hoʻohui pū ʻo JetBlue i ʻelua mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule i San Juan San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) mai Logan International Airport (BOS) ma Boston. Mai Kekemapa 2008-Ianuari 2009 e hoʻohui ka mokulele i ka lua o kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o BOS a me SJU.
- Eia hou, e hāʻawi ʻo JetBlue i nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Orlando's International Airport (MCO) a me San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport e hoʻomaka ana i ka hāʻule o 2008.
- Ua hoʻomaka ʻo AirTran Airways e lele ma waena o Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) a me San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) ma Malaki 5, 2008.
– Ke hāʻawi nei ʻo AirTran i ʻelua mau huakaʻi kū ʻole ma waena o Orlando International Airport (MCO) a me San Juan, Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU).
– Ma ka lā 20 o Kekemapa, 2008 e hoʻolauna ʻo Air Tran Airways i ka lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole mai Baltimore Washington International Airport (BWI) a i San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Airport (SJU).
Ma waho aʻe o ka piʻi ʻana o ke ea i Puerto Rico, ʻo ka mea hoʻoulu hou ʻia no nā huakaʻi US ʻaʻole pono kahi passport no nā kamaʻāina US e hele ana ma waena o US a me Puerto Rico.
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