ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana o kahi mokulele ʻelua Airbus A320neo no Air Seychelles i Pepeluali a i ʻole Malaki i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana e hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ai i ka pilina ma waena o ka ʻĀina ʻInikia, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna nui o ka mokulele.
E kamaʻilio ana ʻo Remco Althuis ma Mauritius i ka lele lele mua o ka mokulele Airbus A320neo mua o Air Seychelles i ka Pōʻahā.
"ʻO Airbus A320neo hou aʻe i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana i kēia makahiki e lawe mai i kā mākouʻauwaʻa i nā mokuleleʻehiku e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻohui i nā mokupuni ma ka pae moku ʻo Seychelles a hoʻohui pū i nā mokupuni mokupuni o ka Moana ʻInikia," wahi a Althuis.
ʻO ka Airbus A320neo mua o ka mokulele, i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Veuve,' i hoʻokipa ʻia i kāna mokulele mua loa o Mauritius e kahi hui pū kuni wai i ka pae ʻana ma Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.
Ua mālama ʻia kahi cocktail hoʻolauleʻa ma nā kahua mokulele o Mauritius (AML) me nā luna o ke aupuni kiʻekiʻe, nā hoa hui nui, a me nā kālepa huakaʻi kūloko a me nā ʻelele o ka pāpāho mai Mauritius a me Seychelles.
ʻO ka mokulele i hōʻea i Seychelles, kahi hui o 115 mau mokupuni ma ke komohana o ka Moana ʻInikia, ʻo ka pule mua ka mokulele mua no ka ʻāina a no ʻApelika.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Althuis ke nānā aku nei ʻo Air Seychelles i ka pūnaewele kūloko ma muli o ka ikaika o ka mākeke mokulele honua e hoʻokūkū a lawelawe ʻia e nā mea lawe nui e like me British Airways, Qatar Airways, Air France a me Emirates.
I kēia manawa he mau huakaʻi ko Air Seychelles i Johannesburg, ʻeono mau pule hebedoma i Mumbai, nā mokulele kau i Madagascar a me ʻelima mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule i Mauritius.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o Air Seychelles me kona kūlana 168-noho, e hoʻonui loa ka mokulele hou i ka nui o nā ohua.
"He 320 pakeneka ka nui o nā noho o ka A24neo ma mua o ka A320ceo o kēia manawa ka mea e hiki ai iā mākou ke lawe i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi he nui e huakaʻi ma waena o nā lāhui ʻelua mokupuni a me ka loaʻa kālā hou aʻe."
Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e ʻike koke ʻia ka hopena maoli o ka hōʻea hou i nā lele i kēlā me kēia lā, akā e ʻemi.
"Pono mākou e kali a hiki i ka mokulele ʻelua ma mua o ka puna ma mua o ka hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā ala āpau me kēia mokulele i nā manawa āpau," wahi a Althuis.
Ua ʻōlelo hou aʻe ʻaʻole e kaupalena ʻia ka pōmaikaʻi i ka ʻāina wale nō.
Ma kona ʻaoʻao, ua ʻōlelo ke kuhina hoʻokipa o Mauritius, ʻo Anil Kumarsingh Gayan, he mea nui ka pilina o ka ea no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mokupuni ʻelua a ʻo kēia ka mea nui e kia nui ai nā aupuni āpau.
"Aia kahi koi o ka poʻe i ka ʻāina e loaʻa hou nā mokulele e hana ana ma waena o nā mokupuni. ʻIke wau i nā aupuni ʻehā ma ka Moana ʻInikia e hana nei i loaʻa ka pass Ocean Ocean e hiki ai i nā poʻe ke huakaʻi mai kēlā me kēia mokupuni i kahi mokupuni ʻē aʻe, "wahi a Gayan.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu o ka lōʻihi o kēia akā lana koʻu manaʻo e hiki koke ana kēia a no laila e hoʻonui ai i ke alo o nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe i ka ʻāina a hiki i ka poʻe ke huakaʻi ma waena o nā mokupuni."
Hoʻomau ʻo Air Mauritius i kāna lele he ʻelua pule i Seychelles i Iulai i kēia makahiki.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "He Airbus A320neo hou aku i ka punawai o ka makahiki e hiki mai ana e lawe mai i ko makou mau moku i ehiku mokulele e hiki ai ia makou ke hookui aku i na mokupuni ma ka pae aina o Seychelles a me ka hoopili aku i na aupuni mokupuni o ka moana Inia," wahi a Althuis.
- Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia, "ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu e lōʻihi ai kēia akā ke manaʻo nei wau e hiki koke mai kēia a no laila e hoʻonui ai i ka noho ʻana o nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻāina a hiki i nā poʻe ke hele ma waena o nā mokupuni.
- Ma kona ʻaoʻao, ua ʻōlelo ke kuhina hoʻokipa o Mauritius, ʻo Anil Kumarsingh Gayan, he mea nui ka pilina o ka ea no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mokupuni ʻelua a ʻo kēia ka mea nui e kia nui ai nā aupuni āpau.