LONDON, ʻEnelani – Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo AirAsia X, ka hui ʻo AirAsia ma Malaysia no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka lā 24 ʻOkakopa, 2011, e hoʻomaka ana ʻo AirAsia X i nā mokulele mai Gatwick Airport a i Kuala Lumpur Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT). Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke kahua hou no ka mokulele e hoʻonui hou i nā kaʻa kaʻa mai Ladana a i South East Asia me ʻeono mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia pule mai Gatwick Airport ma ka waena o Dekemaba.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo a AirAsia X e hoʻololi mai Stansted a i Gatwick Airport, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻonui ai i nā manawa kūʻai ma Gatwick, i mea e alakaʻi ai i ka piʻi ʻana o ka holo kaʻa ma waena o UK a me Malaysia, a me nā mākeke hānai kī like ʻole i loko o ka pūnaewele AirAsia ma Asia Pacific i hōʻike ʻia e ka mokulele ma Stansted airport. . E hāʻawi ʻia nā malihini AirAsia X i kahi koho ākea e huakaʻi i mua a hoʻopili i ka home a me ka honua ma o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Gatwick. Hiki ke loaʻa maʻalahi nā hale kaʻa a me nā hale noho ma Gatwick no ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā malihini a i ʻole no ka poʻe e hele ana i ke kikowaena o Lākana a me nā wahi a puni.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo AirAsia X i kāna lele mua i Stansted International Airport (London) i Malaki 2009. Ke hana nei ka mokulele haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa lōʻihi i ʻeono manawa o ka pule ma waena o Stansted a me Kuala Lumpur. Ua hoʻohuli wikiwiki ke ala iā Kuala Lumpur i ʻāpana kūloko e hoʻopili ana i ʻekolu mau ʻāina, me nā huakaʻi hele ma UK e lele ana i ke kapikala ʻo Malaysia a hoʻohui ʻia aku i nā wahi kaulana o Asia Hema Hikina e like me Vietnam, Indonesia a me Thailand.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Nui o AirAsia X, ʻo Azran Osman-Rani, "ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu e wehe mau i nā huakaʻi no nā mea āpau. ʻO ke kaulana o ke ala ʻo London-KL kahi hōʻike hou i ka noi pent-up no ka huakaʻi lōʻihi, inā he haʻahaʻa nā uku a he kiʻekiʻe ka maikaʻi. ʻO ia ka hui ʻana a mākou ma AirAsia X e hāʻawi nei i kā mākou mau malihini.
"Ua koho ʻia ʻo Gatwick Airport ma muli o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka makemake e hana pū me mākou i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou mau pahuhopu e ulu i nā kaʻa kaʻa ma waena o kā mākou hubs ma Lākana a me Asia Pacific. Me ko mākou kahua home hou ma Gatwick, hiki i nā malihini ke hoʻopōmaikaʻi hou aʻe mai ke komo ʻana o ke kahua mokulele a me ka hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia ma ka mākeke me ka hoʻohui ʻana o ke kaʻa kaʻa i ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki a me ka haʻahaʻa i ke kūlanakauhale e like me Stansted. ʻIke ʻo AirAsia X i ka mana ikaika no ka mokulele ʻoiai ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei kā mākou komo ʻana e kamaʻilio i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i mālama nui ʻia nā lawelawe pololei i Asia mai Gatwick," wahi a Azran.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gatwick Airport Luna Nui, ʻo Stewart Wingate, "Ke ʻike nei mākou i ka nui o nā poʻe Pelekania e koho ana e huakaʻi lōʻihi, a ʻo ia hoʻi e makaʻala i nā ʻāina ma Asia Hikina Hema. Ua helu ʻia ʻo Malaysia ma ke ʻano he ʻumi o nā wahi leʻaleʻa kiʻekiʻe o ka honua a ʻo kona kapikala ʻo Kuala Lumpur, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale i kipa ʻia ma ka honua. Ua hauʻoli loa mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o AirAsia X ma luna o ka moku e hoʻopili iā Gatwick i kēia ʻāina kaulana a hāʻawi i ka 450,000 Britons e holo ana i Malaysia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ka manawa e lele pū me kahi mokulele e hāʻawi ana i kahi lawelawe kūlana kiʻekiʻe ma nā kumukūʻai hiki i nā kānaka ke loaʻa.
"Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hana pū ʻana me AirAsia X e kōkua iā lākou e hoʻokō i ko lākou hiki ke ulu a hōʻoia pū i kā mākou kahua mokulele e hoʻomau i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā wahi e makemake ai nā poʻe holo kaʻa UK e huakaʻi, no ka leʻaleʻa a ʻoihana paha."
E lawelawe ʻia ke ala e ka AirAsia X's Airbus A340-300, nona nā noho 327 me 18 mau noho moe Premium Fly Flat. ʻO nā moena lele lele Premium o AirAsia X he mau kikoʻī o ka papa pāʻoihana maʻamau o 20” laula, 60” pitch a kikoo a hiki i 77” ma ke kūlana hoʻomaha piha. Aia nā noho i nā kumu mana āpau, nā poʻo hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia a me nā pono pilikino i kūkulu ʻia e like me ka papa pākaukau, ka mea inu inu, ke kukui heluhelu a me ka pale pilikino. E leʻaleʻa nā poʻe noho noho maikaʻi i kēia huahana a me nā lawelawe hoʻomaikaʻi: E koho i kahi noho, ka nānā mua ʻana, ka noho mua ʻana, ka ʻeke mua, ka ʻae ʻeke, ka ʻai hui, ka uluna a me ka pale.
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Hoʻopau ka lawelawe i ka pono e nānā hou i nā ukana i ka wā e hoʻopili ai i ka lele aʻe i ka hopena hope.
