Nā Alanui ʻApelika Hema (SAA), hoʻihoʻi ʻia ma luna o 300 mau kamaʻāina ʻApelika Hema ma ʻApelila 14, 2020 ma luna o kahi mokulele mokulele i hoʻolālā ʻia kūikawā ʻia mai ka Miami International Airport (MIA) a i ʻApelika Hema. ʻO kēia lele, i hoʻolālā ʻia e Workaway International, i lawelawe ʻia me ka mokulele mokuʻāina ʻo SAA ʻo Airbus A350-900, ua haʻalele iā Miami i ke ahiahi Pōʻalua e hele ana i Johannesburg, Cape Town a me Durban. ʻO Workaway International kahi ʻoihana loiloi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma USA, ma ke keʻena nui ma Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, nona ka nuʻukia e hoʻolako i ka ʻōpio Hema.
ʻO nā poʻe ʻApelika me ka manawa kūpono no ka hana ma ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma South Florida i ka wā
wā kuʻuna kiʻekiʻe kuʻuna o Nowemapa a Mei.
Ma muli o ka hoʻomaka o ka Covid-19 virus, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kahua kolepa a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa nāna i hoʻohana i kēia mau ʻōpio makua ua pani pani ʻia, e koi ana i ka poʻe ʻApelika Hema e hoʻi i ka home.
"Ua hauʻoli ka SAA a me ka Workaway International i kahi hui lōʻihi a mahalo ʻia mākou e hana pū ana me lākou i kēia lele hoʻihoʻi kūikawā e lawe i kēia hui o nā ʻōpio ʻApelika Hema i ka home e hui hou me ka ʻohana a me nā mea aloha," wahi a Todd Neuman, ka hope hope. pelekikena, ʻAmelika ʻĀkau no ʻAmelika ʻApelika Hema. "Ua haʻaheo loa mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka pīhoihoi o kēia hui i ko lākou kau ʻana i kā mākou mokulele A350-900 me nā kala nani o ka hae ʻApelika Hema i kau ʻia ma ka huelo a me nā aloha pumehana a nā limahana SAA i ko lākou hoʻomaka ʻana i kā lākou huakaʻi
home. ”
"Haʻaheo ʻo MIA i ka hāmama a me ka hana, i hiki ai iā mākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o kēia mau kamaʻāina ʻApelika Hema i ko lākou ʻāina hānau i kēia mau manawa paʻakikī," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Lester Sola, Luna Hoʻokele a me Luna Nui ʻo International Airport.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “SAA and Workaway International have enjoyed a long-standing partnership and we are honored to be working with them on this special repatriation flight to carry this group of young South Africans home to reunite with family and loved ones,” said Todd Neuman, executive vice president, North America for South African Airways.
- “We felt a great sense of pride in seeing the excitement from this group as they boarded our A350-900 aircraft with the beautiful colors of the South African flag emblazoned on the tail and the warm greetings from SAA staff as they embarked on their journey.
- Due to the onset of the COVID-19 virus, many of the golf resorts and other business in the hospitality industry that employed these young adults have temporarily closed, requiring the South Africans to return home.
