Ma hope o ka hiatus o nā makahiki he 15 a ʻoi aku, lawelawe hou ʻia ʻo Barbados e Hawaiian Airlines mai Ladana Heathrow me kahi lawelawe pololei o kēlā me kēia makahiki e hoʻomaka ana i ʻOkakopa 17, 2020.
Kuhina Hoʻolālā a me International Transport, ʻo Senator ka Hon. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Lisa Cummins i ka Pōʻalua. "No nā makahiki he 15 a ʻoi aku, ua hana ʻo Barbados i nā British Airways i ka hoʻokumu hou ʻana o London Heathrow ma ke ʻano he ʻīpuka i Barbados, ma hope o ka hoʻomaha loa ʻana o kāna lawelawe Concorde. No laila ʻoliʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i kēia hua i ka hua ʻana i ka wehe ʻana i ka puka no mākou, no ka ulu pono ʻana i nā manawa ulu i nā kūlanakauhale a me nā ʻāina ʻo ʻAmelika i hiki ʻole ai iā mākou, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
E hoʻonui ʻo Barbados i ka pilina kūloko mai nā wahi āpau o UK, e like me nā kūlanakauhale e like me Edinburgh, Glasgow a me Newcastle, a me ke kī nui o Northwest England o Manchester, a me nā wahi Chester a me Cheadle waiwai. ʻO ka haʻalele ʻana o ka lele ma ke awakea mai UK mai e hāʻawi pū i nā pilina pili pono ʻole i ka pūnaewele ʻEulopa o British Airways, e kī ana i nā kūlanakauhale nui o ʻAmekona, Palisa, Frankfurt, Berlin, Madrid, Stockholm a me Vienna.
Ke hele nei i kahi mamao, hāʻawi ia iā Barbados i ka manawa kūpono e mākaʻikaʻi ai i nā mākeke hou e like me ʻApelika, ka Middle East, South East Asia a me ka Hikina hikina.
"ʻO Post-COVID-19, me British Airways e ʻike nei i ka hōʻemi ʻana o nā ala like ʻole, ua hōʻike ka manawa kūpono iā ia iho no kēia lawelawe a ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻopaʻa iā ia. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia i kū i mua e kā mākou ʻoihana, he mea koʻikoʻi ia no mākou e akamai a hakakā me kā mākou hoʻolālā ulu, a hōʻike kēia i kēlā, "i ʻōlelo ʻo Cummins.
Hoʻopili pū ʻia me ka wā hapalua hana i ka Hāʻule, e lawelawe ʻia ka lawelawe hou i ʻOkakopa e hoʻohana ana i nā mokulele ʻehā papa Boeing 777-200 o British Airways. E hoʻonui ka lawelawe o kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā holo i kēlā me kēia lā mai Ladana Gatwick, e holo ana mai ʻOkakopa 2020 a hiki i ʻApelila 2021.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo UK i kā mākou mākeke kumuwaiwai kumu. I ka 2019, ua hōʻike ʻo Barbados i nā hōʻea hōʻea mai UK mai-234,658 hōʻea o nā wahi i hōʻea ʻia ma 712,945. No laila ke manaʻo nei mākou e lawe mai kēia hoʻohui iā mākou i nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe ke nānā wiwo ʻole mākou i mua i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana, "i ʻōlelo ʻo Cummins.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “For more than 15 years, Barbados has been engaging British Airways on the re-establishment of London Heathrow as the gateway to Barbados, following the retirement of its Concorde service.
- We are thrilled therefore to see this finally come to fruition as it opens the door for us, quite literally, for growth opportunities in cities and continents that were once out of our reach,” she said.
- Coinciding with the busy half-term period in the Fall, the new service commencing in October will be operated using British Airways' four-class Boeing 777-200 aircraft.
