Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Harare International Airport e kapa hou ʻia ʻo Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport ma kahi hanana waihoʻoluʻu e mālama ʻia ma ke kahua e hoʻomaka ana i kēia kakahiaka.
Ua hōʻoia ʻo Kauka Joram Gumbo ʻo Kauka Kauka Joram Gumbo ua ʻae ka International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) i ke kaʻina hana hou ʻana no ka mea he koi ia, ʻoiai he mau code nā mokulele honua āpau e pono e hoʻonui i ka honua. Ma hope o ka inoa hou ʻana, e hōʻano hou ʻia ke code ma lalo o ka inoa hou ma ka honua.
No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kanaka Ka Mea Hanohano, ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Gumbo e hana ka ʻoihana i kekahi mau hana hou o ka mokulele. Eia kekahi, ke hoʻomaka nei ke Kuhina i kahi hoʻolālā hoʻomohala mokulele a ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Gumbo e kaʻana like ʻo ia i ka papahana me nā hoa hana ʻē aʻe o ke aupuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Mugabe: "E hiki iaʻu ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke aupuni, ka poʻe o Zimbabwe, a me koʻu inoa ponoʻī, e hoʻomaikaʻi nui aku i ka Ministry of Transport no ka hanohano i hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka Harare International Airport iā Robert Mugabe International Airport.
"Ua ʻike koʻu aupuni he mea koʻikoʻi ka lawe ʻana i ka ea i ka ulu waiwai. ʻOiai ʻo ka lawe ʻana ma ke ʻano maʻamau e hoʻoikaika i ka neʻe ʻana o nā waiwai a me nā kānaka ma ke ʻano nui, hoʻolaha ka halihali ea i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā. Hoʻolaha ia i ke kālepa honua. "
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “May I on behalf of government, the people of Zimbabwe, and my own behalf, thank most sincerely the Ministry of Transport for the honor bestowed in me by renaming the Harare International Airport to Robert Mugabe International Airport.
- Joram Gumbo confirmed that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) had recently approved the renaming process since it is a requirement, as all international airports have codes which have to be globally updated.
- Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Harare International Airport e kapa hou ʻia ʻo Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport ma kahi hanana waihoʻoluʻu e mālama ʻia ma ke kahua e hoʻomaka ana i kēia kakahiaka.
