SEATTLE, Holoi. – E wehe ana ka Alaska Airlines i ke kahua mokulele ma San Diego i ka la 1 o Aperila. Ma waena o 150 a me 200 mau kahu lele e manaoia ana e lele aku mai San Diego, ke kahua elima o Alaska ma kona pūnaewele, a e hoola i ka mea lawe i oi aku mamua o $1. miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā koina pili i ka huakaʻi.
"He manawa hauʻoli kēia no mākou," wahi a Andy Schneider, ka hope pelekikena o nā lawelawe mokulele ʻo Alaska Airlines. "Ma ke ʻano o kā mākou kūlanakauhale e ulu wikiwiki nei, ua kūpono ka manawa e wehe ai i kahi kahua ma San Diego - kahi kūlanakauhale kahi i noho ai ka nui o kā mākou mau kahu lele."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Schneider e pili ana i ka 15 pakeneka o nā kahu lele e pono ai ma ke kahua hou e noho nei ma San Diego a e holo ana ma mua o ʻelua mau hola i Los Angeles a me nā mokulele ʻē aʻe ma ia wahi. Manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻokomo maʻalahi ka wahi o Kaleponi Hema i nā limahana ʻē aʻe e pono ai nā limahana i ka waihona.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kumukūʻai huakaʻi o ka hui, ua manaʻo ʻia ke kahua hou ʻo San Diego e kōkua i ka hana i ka manawa ma muli o ka noho ʻana o nā kahu mokulele ma ka ʻāina ʻo San Diego ma mua o ka holo ʻana i kahi mokulele ʻē aʻe no ka haʻalele ʻana.
ʻO Carolyn Ward, he kahu mokulele ʻo Alaska Airlines he 20 mau makahiki a he kamaʻāina ʻo ia ma San Diego, e holo ana i 90 mau minuke i kēlā me kēia ala i kona kahua mokulele ma Los Angeles. "ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o koʻu kahua hoʻokele i koʻu kūlanakauhale e hoʻololi maoli i koʻu ola," wahi a Ward. "Ke kakali loa nei au i ka hana ʻana i hoʻokahi holo kaʻapuni i ka lā hoʻokahi, e hiki iaʻu ke haʻalele i ke kakahiaka a hoʻi i ke ahiahi i hiki iaʻu ke hoʻolimalima manawa me koʻu ʻohana."
Ma waho aʻe o San Diego, ʻo Alaska Airlines nā kahua kahu mokulele ma Anchorage, Alaska, Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., a me Seattle.
"ʻO ka wehe ʻana i kahi noho kahu mokulele ma San Diego e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Alaska Airlines e lawelawe i ka ʻāina," wahi a Jeffrey Peterson, ka pelekikena o ka Luna Hoʻokele Nui no ka Association of Flight Attendants ma Alaska Airlines. “ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana i kahi wahi nani. Ke ola maoli nei ʻo San Diego i kona inoa i kapa ʻia ʻo 'America's Finest City.' ”
Ma kēia kauwela, e holo ana ʻo Alaska Airlines i 24 mau haʻalele i ka lā mai San Diego i ka wā kiʻekiʻe. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaka ka mea lawe moku i nā huakaʻi kū ʻole i Fresno, Monterey, a me Santa Rosa, Calif., a i Orlando, Fla. E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Alaska i ka lawelawe hou ʻana ma San Diego-Boston ma Malaki 29 a me nā huakaʻi i Lihue, Kauai, i Iune 7.
