Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Sangster International (SIA) i kēia kakahiaka (Dekemaba 15), ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett: “ʻO ia ka manawa mākaʻikaʻi nui loa i ka hoʻoilo ma ka mōʻaukala o Iāmeka. Ua loaʻa iā mākou he 1.5 miliona mau noho ma nā mākeke o ka honua a me ka manaʻo he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa 75% mai nā mokulele e hele mai ana e komo mākou. ʻoi aku o hoʻokahi miliona ka hōʻea ʻana mai no ka wā.
Eia kekahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Shane Munroe, Luna Nui o MBJ Airports, nāna e hoʻokele i ka hale, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo SIA e hōʻea i ka milestone o 5 miliona mau kaʻa e hele ana i loko o hoʻokahi makahiki no ka manawa mua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett e hāʻawi ʻia ana ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā hopena o ka boom e pili ana i ke kahe kālā i loko o ka ʻāina, nā hana paʻa a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai e like me:
"Ke hoʻomau nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma mua o kēlā me 10 mau hapaha o ka ulu ʻana."
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka wā mākaʻikaʻi hoʻoilo maʻamau i hōʻailona ʻia e ka Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) e hōʻike ana i ka mahalo i nā ʻāpana āpau o nā limahana ma ka SIA me ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā makana.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka makana a ka Luna Hoʻokele o Jamaica Tourist Board no ka lawelawe hiʻona iā Tracey Ann Patterson, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i loaʻa iā Shelly Ann Fung King, ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia no kāna haʻawina koʻikoʻi; Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo MBJ Airports no kāna 20th makahiki ma ke ʻano he concessionaire no ke kahua mokulele a ua koho ʻia ʻo Port Security i kāna lawelawe koʻikoʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka wā mākaʻikaʻi hoʻoilo maʻamau i hōʻailona ʻia e ka Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) e hōʻike ana i ka mahalo i nā ʻāpana āpau o nā limahana ma ka SIA me ka ʻaina kakahiaka a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā makana.
- Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Bartlett e hāʻawi ʻia ana ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā hopena o ka boom e pili ana i ke kahe o ka loaʻa kālā i loko o ka ʻāina, nā hana paʻa a me ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai.
- 5 miliona mau noho ma nā mākeke o ka honua a manaʻo ʻia he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa 75% mai nā mokulele e hele mai ana e ʻoi aku mākou ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona mau huakaʻi hoʻomaha no ke kau.