Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Boracay Island e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā malihini ma muli o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka mea lawe moku kūloko ʻo Cebu Pacific (CEB) i ka Pōʻalima i ka lawelawe mokulele ʻo Cebu-Boracay ma o Caticlan.
"Ua maikaʻi kā mākou ʻoihana e like me ka holo ʻana o nā mea holo. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ka ʻoihana iwi kuamoʻo o Boracay. ʻO kēia huakaʻi hou he nūhou maikaʻi ia no mākou, "i haʻi aku ai ka pelekikena o Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Boracay Charlie Uy i nā mea hoʻolaha nūhou a me nā poʻe kaʻa i nehinei ma Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
Hoʻohana ʻo CEB i kāna mea hoʻokele turboprop ATR72-500 hou loa, hiki ke hoʻokipa i 70 mau ohua, no ka lele.
“ʻO kēia ka pae mua loa o nā mokulele mokulele i Boracay (ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Caticlan). ʻO CEB nō hoʻi ka pae mua o ka moku lawe hae ma Caticlan, "wahi a Uy, me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke komo ʻana o ka mokulele i Caticlan, ka ʻīpuka i Boracay.
ʻO nā wahi komo i Boracay, ʻo ia ʻo Caticlan a me Kalibo ma Aklan, me ka mea hope i kēia manawa e mālama ana i nā mokulele 40 i kēlā me kēia lā mai nā mea lawe mokulele ʻē aʻe.
“Aia ʻo Boracay kekahi o nā kahakai maikaʻi loa o ka honua. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā Pilipino a me nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe e hiki ke hoʻolilo liʻiliʻi i kā lākou huakaʻi ea a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana leʻaleʻa a me nā hana hoihoi a ka mokupuni e hāʻawi ai, "wahi a Candice Iyog, ʻōlelo a CEB.
Ma kahi ʻōlelo paʻi, ua hōʻike ʻo Kakauolelo Tourism Joseph Ace Durano i kona mahalo no ka hoʻonui ʻana o CEB. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he hōʻailona ia i ke kākoʻo o ka hui mokulele no ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko o ka ʻāina.
"He pane koke ia i ka noi i manaʻo ʻia no nā pilina lele hou aku i Boracay, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kau kauwela," wahi āna.
Ma kahi ninaninau me Sun.Star Cebu, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Yu ʻo Boracay, nona nā mākaʻikaʻi e ulu nei "lele a palena," ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ma kahi o 600,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ke manaʻo nei ka poʻe e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi kūloko e huki i hoʻokahi miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana.
Ke helu nui nei ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi kūloko i ka huina o ka poʻe malihini i hōʻea i ka mokupuni aʻo ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi haole - ʻEulopa, ʻAmelika, Kina a me Korea - ke ulu nui nei i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
ʻO kahi makana, aia ʻo Boracay ma kahi o 4,000 mau lumi, wahi a Yu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pelekikena o Patio Pacific Boracay, kahi hōkele 66 lumi kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Yu i nā kamaʻilio e hoʻokūkū ana ʻo Boracay me nā kahakai kahakai honua o Cebu.
"Aia ʻo Cebu i kona nani pono'ī e like me Badian, Bantayan a me Malapascua, i ʻike ʻia no nā wahi luʻu," wahi āna. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he nui nā hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe o ka ʻāina e hoʻokō ai kekahi i kekahi, no laila e hoʻolilo ai ʻo Philippines i wahi hoʻomaha leʻaleʻa e kū nei ma Asia.
Ma kahi ninaninau e pili ana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Charles Lim, kākāʻōlelo pili lehulehu o CEB, ʻo ka lele mua ʻana o ka mokulele no ka lawelawe ʻo Cebu-Caticlan i lawe i 52 mau poʻe e uku ana, he hōʻailona maopopo o ka koi ikaika.
Manaʻo ʻo Lim e hoʻokumu ʻia nā huakaʻi pololei ma waena o Cebu a me Caticlan i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ʻoiai ʻo ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao e hoʻoikaika nei i kāna hoʻolaha kūʻai ʻana i nā wahi āpana, me Cebu ka hub.
Ua hoʻolaha pū ʻo CEB i ka loaʻa ʻana o 18 ATR72-500 mokulele, ʻeono o ia mau mea e manaʻo ʻia e hāʻawi ʻia i kēia makahiki a ʻehā hou aʻe i ka makahiki 2009. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa e pili ana i $ 330 miliona.
ʻO ATR, i hana ʻia e Avions de Transport Regional, alakaʻi i ka mākeke turboprop 50 a 74 mau noho.
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