ʻOiai ʻaʻohe mokulele mokulele ʻo AirAsia ma Singapore, ke huli nei ka Moku'āina ʻo City State i kekahi o nā ʻīpuka paʻa loa no ka mea lawe ʻulaʻula a me ke keʻokeʻo. "Ua loli nui ke kūlana o Singapore i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei me ka ʻike pū ʻana o nā luna i nā pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻomohala ikaika ʻana no nā mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa," wehewehe ʻo Azran Osman-Rani, Luna Hoʻokele o AirAsia X, ka hui lōʻihi o AirAsia.
No nā makahiki, ua lawelawe ʻia ʻo Singapore ma waho o Bangkok e Thai AirAsia ma muli o kahi kuʻikahi bilateral maikaʻi loa ma waena o Singapore a me Thailand, i hāʻawi i nā mana manuahi ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua i kekahi mea lawe Singaporean a Thai paha. A laila ua ukali ʻia e kahi hoʻomaha iki o nā lula ma waena o Indonesia a me Singapore, e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa no Indonesia AirAsia e hoʻopili iā Singapore i Pekanbaru. Ua hiki mai ka boom nui, me ka hoʻoholo o Malaysia a me Singapore e hoʻokuʻu i nā mana ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua. Ke lele nei ʻo AirAsia i ʻewalu manawa i ka lā mai Kuala Lumpur a i Singapore, e hoʻohuli ana i kēia ala i ke ala ʻoi loa o ka hui. Hāʻawi ka hui ʻo AirAsia i kēia lā i nā mokulele mai Singapore i 14 mau wahi - 2 i Thailand, 5 i Indonesia, a me 7 i Malaysia - kahi helu e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me Jakarta, ke kolu o ka mokulele mokulele nui loa o AirAsia, me nā mokulele i 16 mau wahi…
ʻO nā mea hou loa i ka pūnaewele Singapore ʻo Miri (Sarawak) a me Tawau (Sabah), ka mea i loaʻa, no ka manawa mua, kahi lele honua ʻole. ʻO ka huina, hāʻawi ka AirAsia Group i ka huina o 400 mau alapine pule mai Singapore, ka like me 13 mau hoʻi i kēlā me kēia lā. Ma Malaki i hala, ua haʻi ka Luna Nui o ka hui ʻo AirAsia ʻo Tony Fernandes, i kāna manaʻo e hāʻawi i nā alapine hoʻi he 50 i ka lā ma Changi Airport. I kēia manawa, manaʻo ʻo AirAsia i kēia makahiki e lawe i ʻelua miliona mau kaʻa mai a i Singapore. "ʻO ko mākou ikaika i kēia manawa ma Singapore e hilinaʻi nui aʻe i ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana e hoʻololi nei i kā lākou mau huakaʻi hele ma muli o ke kaʻe ʻana. A hiki i ka 30 pakeneka o kā mākou poʻe kaʻa ma kā mākou pūnaewele puni honua he mau huakaʻi ʻoihana, "wahi a Osman-Rani.
Hiki paha i ka hana nui a AirAsia ke hoʻonohonoho i kāna ʻoihana ponoʻī ma ka mokuʻāina o ke kūlanakauhale? Ua hikiwawe loa ke kamaʻilio ʻana no ia mea. "Akā, ua maʻalahi nā luna o Singapore," wahi a Osman-Rani. Ma waho aʻe o Singapore, e hoʻomau ka AirAsia Group e hoʻoikaika i kāna pūnaewele kūloko ma Indonesia a hoʻohui i nā wahi hou aku i India a me Kina mai Malaysia a me Thailand. "He manaʻo kā mākou e lawelawe ma kahi o 9 mau kūlanakauhale ma India a me 5 mau kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma Kina," wahi a AirAsia X CEO. I ka wā lōʻihi, e hoʻonui paha ʻo AirAsia X i ke kahawai ma mua o ka wehe ʻana i kahi huakaʻi hou ma ʻEulopa.
