ʻO kahi huakaʻi punahele no nā Kalikimaka ʻo Kaleponi Hema, ʻo Tahiti a me nā mokupuni kokoke iā ia kekahi o nā wahi liʻiliʻi o ka honua kahi e hiamoe ai nā kāne ma loko o nā bungalow o ka wai a ala aʻe i nā kani o ka moana laka ma lalo pono o ko lākou mau wāwae.

Akā e kiʻi i laila, pono i ka hapa nui o nā malihini kipa e lele i kahi mokulele liʻiliʻi me nā ʻauwa he ʻelima mau jet ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka ʻoihana a me nā mea i manaʻo ʻia e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ka hana nui ʻana.

I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolauleʻa ka mokulele pouli, Air Tahiti Nui, i ka 10 o ka makahiki, ua pakele i kekahi mau haunaele o nā ʻoihana i koi ʻia he nui nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka nui.

Ma ke ala, ua ʻike ʻia ka moku lawe hae no Tahiti ma ke ʻano he "mokulele mokulele liʻiliʻi hiki" a no nā makahiki i hala aku nei i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i waena o nā mokulele ʻoi loa o ka honua, e hui pū ana me ka lehulehu elite nona nāʻauwaʻa he 50 mau manawa ka nui. ʻO "Nui" i kona inoa ʻo ia hoʻi "nui" ma Tahitian.

"He moʻolelo kūleʻa ia," wahi a Joe Brancatelli, nāna i hoʻokele i ka pūnaewele huakaʻi ʻoihana ʻo JoeSentMe.com. “ʻO ke ola wale ʻana he lanakila no lākou. He ʻumi mau makahiki ma ke ʻano he mokulele i mahalo ʻia, palekana a makemake ʻia e hoʻokomo iā ia i loko o kahi ʻāpana iā ia iho.

Akā i kēia manawa ke kū nei paha ka ʻoihana mokulele i kāna hoʻokolohua paʻakikī loa akā i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka honua e kū nei i nā mokulele nui loa.

ʻO ka pule i hala, ka International Air Transport Assn. Ua ʻōlelo ʻoiai ʻo ka hōʻemi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai wahie ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi "hōʻoluʻolu hoʻokipa" no nā mokulele, ke hoʻomau nei ka "pōʻele a me ke kūlana o ka ʻoihana."

A he mea kupaianaha paha ka hāʻule no Tahiti a me nā mokupuni e pili ana ma Polinesia Palani i lilo i mau puʻuwai tropical no nā mea aloha meli a me nā mea hoʻomaha hoʻomaha kiʻekiʻe. No 70% o ka poʻe kipa i nā mokupuni ʻo ka Pākīpika ke kuleana o ka mokulele. ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Los Angeles International Airport ke kikowaena nui no nā huakaʻi ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa.

"He makahiki paʻakikī kēia na mākou," i ʻōlelo ʻo Nicholas Panza, ka pelekikena hope o Air Tahiti Nui no ʻAmelika. "Pono mākou a pau e hoʻokala i nā penikala."

Akā hiki i ka slump ke hoʻolilo i ka huakaʻi i Tahiti a me nā mokupuni e pili ana e like me Bora Bora a me Moorea.

I mea e piha ai kona mau mokulele, ua hoʻomaka ka mea lawe i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā uku no ka "pōkole" e kiʻi i nā mea huakaʻi hou mai Kaleponi Hema a me ke Komohana Komohana e hoʻolilo i kahi "hopena pule lōʻihi" ma Tahiti. ʻO ka mokupuni aia ma kahi o ʻewalu hola lele mai Los Angeles a aia i ka manawa like me Hawaii.

ʻO ke kumukūʻai o $765 huakaʻi kaʻapuni ma kahi o 25% haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i hāʻawi ʻia. ʻO kahi pūʻolo lā ʻelima e loaʻa ana kahi tiketi mokulele holo kaʻa a me ka hōkele e hoʻomaka ana ma $1,665 no kēlā me kēia kanaka. Ua ʻōlelo ka mokulele ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hāʻawi i kahi hoʻolaha ʻohana kahi e lele manuahi ai nā keiki ʻelua ma lalo o 12 mau makahiki me ʻelua mau mākua uku.

ʻO nā uku hou loa he nūhou hoʻokipa ia no nā ʻāpana huakaʻi e ʻōlelo nei he kumukūʻai nui ke kūʻai aku ʻana iā Tahiti.

"He mea hilahila maoli ka iho ʻana o ka ʻoihana i Tahiti no ka mea he wahi maikaʻi loa ia," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Diane Embree, he kākāʻōlelo huakaʻi no Michael's Travel Center ma Westlake Village. "Akā ua nui ke kumu kūʻai no nā poʻe - ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā wahi ʻē aʻe. A me ka hoʻokele waiwai e like me kēia manawa, ke nānā nei ka poʻe e mālama i kā lākou huakaʻi huakaʻi. ”

He mea hou nā makana ʻelua no ka mokulele a ua manaʻo ʻia e huki i nā mea kaʻa mai kahi ʻāpana mākeke āna i kau ʻole ai ma mua. Ua nānā nui ka mokulele i ka "ʻoihana aloha" - nā kāne ma kā lākou mau mele meli a hoʻolauleʻa ʻana paha i kā lākou mau lā makahiki male.

"Manaʻo mākou hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka noi hou me kā mākou hopena pule lōʻihi, hāʻawi wikiwiki," wahi a Yves Wauthy, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka mokulele.

Ua hana maikaʻi ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mākeke hou no ka mokulele, i hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe ma 1998 me ka nui o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa. ʻO Tahiti kahi panalāʻau Farani me ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 200,000. Loaʻa iā ia kona aupuni ponoʻī, nāna i hoʻoholo i ka waena o ka makahiki 1990 e pono ka mokupuni i kahi mokulele e hoʻolako iā ia iho a hoʻokele i ka mākaʻikaʻi. Ma kahi o 60% ka mea lawe i ke aupuni Tahiti a me 40% na nā mea hoʻopukapuka pilikino.

"Ke ʻōlelo nei nā kamaʻāina ua pupule ke aupuni," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Panza, he 25 makahiki o ka ʻoihana mokulele ʻo ia ka mea i hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana me Trans World Airlines i hala iho nei a ma 1998 i kiʻi ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawe Tahiti

No nā makahiki mua ʻekolu, ua holo ka mokulele me hoʻokahi mokulele, he kino ākea ʻo Airbus A340 i hoʻolimalima mua ʻia mai kahi lawe ʻē aʻe, a ua lele nā mākaʻikaʻi US mai LAX a Papeete, Tahiti.

Ua hele mai ka hoʻonui nui ʻana o ka mokulele ma hope koke iho o 9/11 i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe i ka lele ʻana i nā mokulele, ʻo ia hoʻi ka poʻe i puka mai nei mai ka hale hana. Ua hopu koke ka mokulele i ʻekolu mau mokulele hou i ka mana o ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku ahi a i kēia manawa kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻōpio loa o ka ʻoihana. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mokulele hoʻomaka mua he mau ʻauwaʻa kahiko mai ka liʻiliʻi o nā mokulele i hoʻohana ʻia.

Me nā mokulele hou, ua hoʻomaka ka mokulele e hoʻonui i ka pūnaewele i Iapana a me Palani. Akā ʻo ka lele ʻana i Palani e koi i kahi kū ma LAX, nāna i hoʻokumu i kahi mākeke hou no nā huakaʻi ʻoihana e lele ana mai ke Komohana Komohana i ʻEulopa.

Ma kahi hopena maikaʻi loa o ka ʻaelike ʻelua ma waena o ka US a me Palani, ʻo Air Tahiti Nui wale nō kekahi o nā mokulele ʻelua i kū lele ʻole mai LAX a i Palisa. ʻO Air France kekahi.

Ma kahi o ka hapalua o nā ohua e lele ana iā Air Tahiti Nui ma waena o LAX a me Paris he poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana, me ke koena e hoʻomaha ana i ka poʻe ʻEulopa i hele i Tahiti. Ua ʻike kekahi o ko Kaleponi Hema he mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ʻEulopa.

ʻO Bob Kazam, kahi hoʻolālā kālā a me kahi kamaʻāina o Agoura Hills, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia i lure mua ʻia e nā kumukūʻai o ka mokulele, 30% a 40% ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o Air France. Ua ʻōlelo aku kahi mākaʻi huakaʻi i ka mea lawe i kahi huakaʻi i ʻEulopa, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kazam ua hōʻole ʻo ia a me kāna wahine ma mua o ka lohe ʻole o ka mokulele ma mua.

"Ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻāʻo a loaʻa ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe a hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa nā limahana," i ʻōlelo ʻo Kazam, ka mea e kali ana ma LAX i ka hebedoma i hala e lele ai i kahi lele ʻo Tah Tah Nui Nui i Palisa. E lele ana ʻo ia i ka mokulele i ʻEulopa ma kahi o ʻehā mau makahiki i kēia manawa. "I ka manawa a mākou i ʻike ai i ka lawelawe, ua ʻōlelo mākou no ke aha?" a ke lele nei iā lākou mai ia manawa mai. ”