ʻO kahi ala hou e hoʻomaka ana i kēia kauwela ka lawelawe honua hou mua loa a Suriname i hoʻopaʻa ai i loko o ʻumi mau makahiki.
ʻO ka lālā ʻo Star Alliance ʻo Copa Airlines e hoʻonui hou aku i kāna pūnaewele ma ʻAmelika Hema me kahi lele kū ʻole hou e hoʻopili ana iā Suriname me kāna hub City ʻo Panama.
E hana mua ka mea lawe i ke ala i Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) ma Paramaribo, ke kapikala o Suriname, ʻelua manawa o ka pule ma ka Pōʻakolu a me nā Pōʻalima mai Iulai 10, 2019, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mokulele Boeing 737-700.
ʻO Vijay Chotkan, ka Luna Nui o Airport Management Ltd., ka mea e hana nei iā Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, i ʻōlelo: "ʻO nā hana a kā mākou hui a me nā lawelawe loea o ASM, ua hopena i ka Copa Airlines e hoʻohui i ka PBM i kā lākou ala pūnaewele.
"Pili ʻo Suriname i kēia manawa i ʻAmelika a ke kono aku nei mākou i nā mea āpau e hele mai a e ʻoliʻoli i ko mākou ʻano i hoʻopā ʻole ʻia a e ʻono i kā mākou moʻomeheu like ʻole.
ʻO Suriname, ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma mua ʻo Dutch Guiana, kekahi o nā ʻāina liʻiliʻi loa o ʻAmelika Hema a hāʻawi ʻia ke kūʻokoʻa mai ka Netherlands ma 1975. Me ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 560,000, ʻo ka puka nui o ka ʻāina ʻo Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport e hāʻawi nei i nā huakaʻi i Amsterdam ma o KLM, Lele ʻo TUI i Netherlands a me Surinam Airways.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Omar Hashmi, ke kūkākūkā poʻokela o ASM: .
"He mea hauʻoli ka hana ʻana ma ka inoa o Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport a hōʻoia iā Copa e hoʻopukapuka i ka mākeke ʻo Paramaribo hou."
