Hiki i nā hana he 400 ke hele i ka mokulele mokulele nui ʻelua o Australia, ʻo Virgin Blue, ma hope o kona hōʻike ʻana i ka hoʻolālā e pae i ʻelima mau mokulele i ka pane ʻana i ka hāʻule waiwai o ka honua.
Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Qantas i ka hōʻoki ʻana i kāna mau lawelawe kūwaho, a ua aʻo ʻia nā Australians no ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā uku hoʻolimalima kūloko nui ʻia e like me ke kū ʻana o ka ʻoihana mokulele i kahi hāʻule nui.
I loko o kahi ʻōlelo i ka Australian Securities Exchange i nehinei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Virgin Blue e lawe ʻia i ʻelima mau mokulele mai ka lawelawe i ka makahiki kālā 2009-10 a hoʻohana iā lākou ma ke ʻano he kaʻina hana. E hoʻemi ka neʻe ʻana i ka hiki o ka mokulele ma kahi o 8 kenetene a hoʻololi a 400 mau kūlana like. Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo Virgin e noʻonoʻo ia i ka hoʻohuli ʻana i nā limahana i kāna mea lawe lōʻihi lōʻihi, ʻo V Australia, e hāʻawi nei i kahi hana hapa manawa, kaʻana like i ka hana a haʻalele me ka uku ʻole ʻia.
Ke noi ʻia nei nā luna e nānā i ka laulā no ka ʻoki ʻana o nā limahana. Akā manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole e haʻalele loa ʻo Virgin i nā ala āpau.
I loko o kahi memo i nā limahana i nehinei, ua ʻōlelo ke aliʻi nui ʻo Virgin Blue Brett Godfrey ua neʻe ka mokulele i "mode palekana a palekana" no nā makahiki ʻelua e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻole ia i pessimistic akā pragmatic e pili ana i ka hāʻule o ka haʻahaʻa.
I Kēkēmapa, ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Mr. Godfrey i nā limahana e hāpai ana ka mokulele i nā limahana he nui akā ua ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e kūʻē i ka hoʻolohe ʻana i ka "speculate media" e pili ana i ka ʻoki ʻana i ka hana.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ma nehinei i ukali ʻia e ka ʻōlelo aʻo a Mr. Godfrey i ka Pōʻakahi e ʻike ana ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka hiki ke ʻike i ka hopena o nā uku hōʻemi nui ʻia. "I kēia manawa hauʻoli loa mākou i ka hoʻēmi, akā ʻo ka uku hōʻemi i laila e paʻakikī e kākoʻo me ka pae o ka hiki iā mākou."
Hoʻohui kūpono i kāna mau ʻino, e lawe aku ana ʻo Virgin's international international carrier, ʻo V Australia, i kāna lele kalepa mua ma kēia pule aʻe.
ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana i ka huakaʻi ʻoihana i alakaʻi iā Qantas e ʻoki i kāna mau lawelawe i Kina a hoʻolauna hou i kāna mau hana kūloko ma New Zealand me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna mea lawe kālā Jetstar.
E hoʻopau ʻia nā lawelawe ʻo Qantas 'Melbourne-to-Shanghai a me Sydney-to-Beijing i loko o nā mahina ma hope o ka emi ʻana o 20 kenetene o ka huakaʻi ʻoihana mai ʻOkakopa. ʻO kahi lawelawe hou i kēlā me kēia lā mai Sydney a Shanghai, e hoʻomaka ana mai Malaki 31, e ʻimi e ʻae i nā koena i koe. Ua kāpae pū ʻo Qantas i nā mokulele pololei mai Australia a i Mumbai mai Mei, me nā mokulele India i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia manawa e haʻalele mai Singapore.
Ua haʻi aku ke alakaʻi nui o Qantas ʻo Alan Joyce iā The Age e hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā lawelawe kūloko o ka hui ʻo New Zealand i Jetstar mai Iune 10 i ke kauoha e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā kumukūʻai a hāʻawi i nā uku.
"Ke ʻike nei mākou i kā mākou hana e like me ka hana make-hana ma ka mākeke kūloko o New Zealand," wahi a Mr Joyce.
"Aia kekahi mau manawa kahi mākou e luʻu ai i ka waiwai e hoʻomau i ka holo. Ua manaʻo mākou i ke ala ʻoi loa o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a ʻo ke ala ʻoi loa o ka hoʻokūkū ma kēlā mākeke e kia iā Jetstar ma kahi e kaʻana like i ka mākeke me Qantas. Ua hana ka ʻike Jetstar ma Christchurch i Australia. Ke hana maikaʻi ʻole nei ʻo Qantas ma kēlā ala a ke hana maikaʻi nei ʻo Jetstar ma luna o ia ala. "
Ua hiki mai ka nūhou mai nā mokulele mokulele Australia ma kekahi lā ma hope o ka hōʻoia ʻana o Singapore Airlines e ʻoki ana i ka hiki iā 11 kenetene mai ʻApelila. E hoʻopau hoʻi ia i nā mokulele he 17.
