Ua kipa aku ʻo Seychelles Pelekikena James Michel i ke keʻena nui o Air Seychelles ma ka International Airport i kēia kakahiaka, kahi i hui ai ʻo ia me ka Luna Hoʻokele Luna Nui ʻo Maurice Loustau Lalanne a me nā limahana o nā keʻena like ʻole e kamaʻilio me lākou e pili ana i kā lākou hana a me ka hoʻololi e hana nei ma ka mokulele mokuʻāina, a me nā pilikia kālā i kāna hana.
"Ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena o Seychelles, ʻaʻole loa wau e hoʻokuʻu i kā mākou mokulele… He nui nā pilikia i kēia lā, a ua nui nā mea i hala, a ua lanakila mākou ma luna o lākou. I kēia lā, haʻaheo wau iā Air Seychelles, "wahi a Pelekikena Michel i nā limahana o nā ʻāpana like ʻole o Air Seychelles i ka lumi papa.
Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ka Pelekikena i nā limahana o Air Seychelles no kā lākou hana nui a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana a ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hāʻawi iā lākou i ke kākoʻo āpau e pono ai lākou e loaʻa kahi ʻoihana holomua ma ka ʻoihana mokulele.
ʻO nā pilikia kālā o Air Seychelles ka mea i manaʻo ʻia i kēia pule a ua hōʻoia ka Pelekikena i nā limahana o Air Seychelles e hoʻomau ke aupuni i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kā lākou palekana hana.
"ʻO Air Seychelles ke ola o kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi… hiki iaʻu ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe e ola ia. ʻAʻole e nalowale nā limahana Seychellois i kā lākou mau hana, a e hōʻoia mākou e holomua ka ʻoihana me nā hale hoʻokele hou e hiki mai ana… Pono mākou e lele i ko mākou ʻuhane Creole a puni ka honua… Ua maopopo iaʻu e hoʻomau ka Air Seychelles e hana pēlā.
Ma hope o kāna kipa ʻana i ke keʻena nui o Air Seychelles, ua ʻike ka Pelekikena i ka ʻoihana mokulele a puni ka honua e ʻike nei i nā pilikia like me ka mokulele mokulele, a i nā manawa he nui, pono ke komo ʻana o ke aupuni.
"ʻAʻole kēia ka manawa mua i loaʻa ai ʻo Air Seychelles i nā poho a ua kū i nā pilikia kālā. Ua hana ʻia ia i ka wā i hala i ka wā i ulu ai ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka honua, a ua lanakila mākou i kēia mau pilikia… Ke kū nei nā mokulele a puni ka honua i ka ʻoki hana, a me ka hui ʻana o nā ʻoihana ma muli o nā pilikia waiwai, he wā paʻakikī ia no ka ʻoihana mokulele, a ʻo ia ka no ke aha i komo ai nā aupuni he nui, e like me India, Tanzania, a me Mauritius, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua, me ke kōkua kālā e hōʻoia i ka lele ʻana o kā lākou mau mokulele mokulele. Ua hāʻule nā mokulele he nui, akā ʻaʻole e ʻae kēia aupuni. E hoʻomau mākou i ke kākoʻo iā Air Seychelles, "wahi a Pelekikena Michel.
Ma ke kumuhana o ka hoʻokūkū i alo ʻia e Air Seychelles, ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka helu o nā mokulele e Emirates a me Qatar Airways, ua ʻōlelo ka Pelekikena he mea paʻakikī kēia no Air Seychelles a e hana ʻia nā hana e hōʻemi i ka hopena o ka hui.
"I ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokūkū e kū nei ʻo Air Seychelles, pono wau e noʻonoʻo i nā pono o [ka] ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o Seychelles. He nui nā hōkele, hale hoʻokipa, a me nā ʻoihana e pōmaikaʻi ana mai ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. Pono mākou e ʻike maoli; ʻAʻole hiki i Air Seychelles ke lawe mai i nā malihini i Seychelles wale nō, a inā i hana ʻia, nui nā hōkele he ʻekolu hapaha. ʻO ia ke kumu e pono ai mākou i nā huakaʻi pinepine mai nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i mea e hoʻopiha ai i nā hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa. Loaʻa i ka Air Seychelles nā pono hoʻokūkū he nui me kāna mau mokulele pololei mai ʻEulopa e pono ai e hoʻonui.
