Ua hoʻomaka hou ʻo United Airlines (UAL) i kāna lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole mua a mai Hong Kong i ka lā Malaki 6, 2023, e hōʻailona ana i ka lawelawe mokulele mokulele mua ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi. ʻO ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole o United i kēlā me kēia lā mai Hong Kong (HKG) a Kapalakiko (SFO) pili pono Hong Kong nā huakaʻi hele i ke kahua mokulele nui o ka mokulele ma US West Coast, a me nā kūlanakauhale he nui ma US, Canada, Mexico a me Latin America e kipa aku ana i kona hub.
Ma ka lā 6 o Malaki ma ka puka haʻalele o United flight UA862 ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Hong Kong, ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻo Walter Dias, ka luna hoʻomalu o Sales for Greater China a me Asia Hikina Hema, a me Kanikela Nui Gregory May o ka US Consulate i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole o Kapalakiko. i Hong Kong ma ka hana ʻana i nā ʻōlelo ma mua o ka holo ʻana o nā mea holo i ka mokulele.
Walter Dias, Hawaiian Airlines' Ua ʻōlelo ka luna hoʻomalu o ke kūʻai aku no Greater China, Korea a me Asia Hema, "I kēia makahiki ke hoʻolauleʻa nei ʻo United i kāna 40th anniversary ma Hong Kong a hauʻoli mākou i ka hiki ke hoʻi i kēia mākeke koʻikoʻi. Manaʻo nui mākou i ka hoʻokipa hou ʻana i nā mea kūʻai mai Hong Kong ma kā mākou lawelawe HKG-SFO. E loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai mai Hong Kong a i ʻAmelika nā pilina maʻalahi a maʻalahi ma kā mākou kikowaena o Kapalakiko i ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 mau wahi ma ka ʻāina nui ʻo US, Kanada a me Latin America. Ke kakali nei mākou i ka lawe ʻana i kā mākou mea kūʻai kūpaʻa ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i ke kūlanakauhale ikaika o Hong Kong!
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kanikela Gregory May o ka US Consulate, "ʻIke mākou i ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana o ka lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole a United Airlines i Kapalakiko ma ke ʻano he hana nui i mua o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka lawelawe mokulele US i Hong Kong ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki paʻakikī. I nā mahina e hiki mai ana, makemake nui mākou e hoʻokipa hou aku i nā malihini mai Hong Kong a hoʻohui i nā poʻe kaʻa mai ka ʻāina ʻo Asia Pacific a i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ua hōʻoia hou ʻo United i kāna kūpaʻa i ka mākeke Hong Kong kahi e hoʻolauleʻa ai ka mokulele i kāna 40th anniversary i kēia makahiki.
ʻO United's Hong Kong-San Francisco Service
E haʻalele ana ka mokulele UA862 iā HKG i kēlā me kēia lā ma 12:20 pm a hōʻea i SFO i ka hola 8:45 am ia lā hoʻokahi. ʻO ka lele hoʻi, UA877, e haʻalele iā SFO i kēlā me kēia lā ma 10:40 pm a hōʻea i HKG ma 6:00 am ʻelua lā ma hope.
E hoʻohana nā mokulele a pau i ka mokulele Boeing 777-300ER.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ma ka lā 6 o Malaki ma ka puka haʻalele o United flight UA862 ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Hong Kong International, ʻo Walter Dias, ka luna hoʻomalu o Sales for Greater China a me Asia Hikina Hema, a me Kanikela Nui Gregory May o ka US.
- ʻO ka lawelawe hoʻokuʻu ʻole o United i kēlā me kēia lā mai Hong Kong (HKG) a i Kapalakiko (SFO) e hoʻopili pololei i nā huakaʻi Hong Kong i ke kahua mokulele nui loa o ka mokulele ma US.
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Consulate, "ʻIke mākou i ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana o ka lawelawe hoʻomaha ʻole a United Airlines i Kapalakiko ma ke ʻano he hana nui i mua o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o U.
