ʻO ke Kuhina Kaʻikaʻi o Jamaica, Hon. Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Edmund Bartlett i kahi hoʻoholo nui a American Airlines e hoʻolauna i ʻelua mau huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻole i kēlā me kēia pule mai nā ʻīpuka ʻo USA Miami i ka Ian Fleming International Airport ma Boscobel, e hoʻomaka ana i Nowemapa i kēia makahiki.
I ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻolaha i kēia lā, ua hōʻike ka mea lawe "ʻoliʻoli ʻo American Airlines e hoʻolaha kūhelu i ka lawelawe hou iā Ocho Rios - Ian Fleming International Airport (OCJ)! Hoʻolālā mākou e hana ʻelua manawa i kēlā me kēia pule mai Miami me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi mokulele Envoy E-175.
"He mea hoʻololi pāʻani kēia no ʻO ko Jamaica mākaʻikaʻi akā, no ka wahi ʻo Ocho Rios i kakali mua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana no kekahi manawa," wahi a Kuhina Bartlett. "He mea kūpono hoʻi ia i ka ʻike i loaʻa iā mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kahua mokulele," wahi āna.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Mr. Bartlett i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka American Airlines ma hope o kahi hālāwai hou ma waena o nā luna hoʻokele o ka moku lawe moku US a me kekahi mau luna aupuni a pilikino ma Montego Bay. Ma waena o ka poʻe i komo, ʻo ia ke Kuhina Bartlett, ke Kuhina o ka Transport a me ka Mining, Hon Audley Shaw; Luna Hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo Donovan White; ʻO Delano Seiveright, Luna Hoʻonaʻauao Kūkākūkā Nui, Ke Kuhina o ka Mākaʻikaʻi; Lunahoomalu o Sandals Resorts International (SRI), Adam Stewart a me SRI executive, Gary Sadler.
ʻO nā mokulele ʻo Miami-Ocho Rios, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka Pōʻakolu a me ka Pōʻaono, e hoʻokipa ʻia ma waena o 76 a me 88 mau mea kaʻa i ka papa ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana.
Hoʻonui i ka hōʻea ʻana a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka huakaʻi
"ʻO kēia lawelawe paʻa ʻole ma waena o ʻAmelika a me kā mākou kahua mokulele honua ʻekolu he mea waiwai nui ia e kōkua ai i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pono mokulele o Jamaica, a ʻaʻohe kānalua e paipai. nā mokulele ʻē aʻe me ka nui o ka mokulele e lele aku i loko o ia kahua mokulele a lawe i ke ala," wahi a Mr. Bartlett.
"ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kolu o ka mokulele e kōkua pū i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka huakaʻi hele a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke kāʻei komohana komohana o St Mary a me Portland me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā lālā o ka Jamaican Diaspora i ka home," wahi āna.
He pilina lōʻihi ko American Airlines me Jamaica me nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha ʻole i hoʻopaʻa mau ʻia ma waho o kekahi mau ʻīpuka US, me Miami, Philadelphia, New York, JFK (John F. Kennedy) Dallas, Charlotte, Chicago a me Boston, i Kingston a Kawa Montego.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett: "Ma ke ʻano o ka nui o nā ʻauwaʻa, nā mokulele, nā ukana a me nā loaʻa kālā, ʻo American Airlines ka mea hoʻoneʻe nui loa o ka poʻe i loko a i waho o Jamaica a ke hele mai nei nā mokulele hou i kahi manawa kūpono ke hoʻōla wikiwiki nei ʻo Jamaica i ka ʻāina nalo. hiki mai nā malihini ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19.