ʻO Etihad Aviation Group, nona ka mokulele mokuʻāina o United Arab Emirates, a Hawaiian Arabia, ʻO ka Middle East a me ʻApelika ʻĀkau ka mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa mua a nui loa, i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha i ke kau inoa ʻana i kahi ʻaelike e hoʻomaka ai i ka 'Air Arabia. Abu Dhabi', ka mea lawe haʻahaʻa mua o ke kapikala.
E hoʻokumu ʻo Etihad a me Air Arabia i kahi hui hui kūʻokoʻa e hana ma ke ʻano he mokulele mokulele haʻahaʻa me kāna hub ma Abu Dhabi International Airport. E hoʻokō ka mea lawe kaʻa hou i nā lawelawe ʻo Etihad Airways mai Abu Dhabi a e hoʻokō i ka ʻāpana mākeke huakaʻi haʻahaʻa e ulu nei ma ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tony Douglas, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka hui, ʻo Etihad Aviation Group: "He wahi moʻomeheu ulu ʻo Abu Dhabi me kahi hiʻohiʻona hoʻokele waiwai i kūkulu ʻia ma luna o ka hoʻomau a me ka hoʻololi ʻana. Me nā hiʻohiʻona like ʻole o ka emirate a me nā makana hoʻokipa, ʻo ka huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ke hana koʻikoʻi i ka ulu waiwai o ke kapikala a me ka UAE. Ma ka hui pū ʻana me Air Arabia a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka mea lawe kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa mua o Abu Dhabi, ke lawelawe nei mākou i kēia ʻike lōʻihi.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "Ke kākoʻo nei kēia hui hoihoi i kā mākou papahana hoʻololi a hāʻawi i kā mākou mau malihini i kahi koho hou no ka huakaʻi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa i a mai Abu Dhabi, e hoʻohui i kā mākou lawelawe ponoʻī. Ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mokulele hou i ka manawa kūpono".
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Adel Al Ali, ka Luna Nui o ka Hui, Air Arabia: "ʻO ka home no ka mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa mua ma ka ʻāina MENA, ua hoʻomohala ʻo UAE i nā makahiki i lilo i alakaʻi alakaʻi honua a me ka huakaʻi huakaʻi. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hui pū ʻana me Etihad e hoʻokumu i ka Air Arabia Abu Dhabi e lawelawe hou ana i ka ʻāpana huakaʻi haʻahaʻa e ulu nei ma ka ʻāina a me ka ʻāina ʻoiai e hoʻonui ana i ka ʻike a Air Arabia a me Etihad e hoʻolako ai.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia: "Ke hōʻike nei kēia ʻanuʻu i ka ikaika o ka ʻoihana mokulele UAE a lawelawe i ka ʻike e alakaʻi nei i kona ulu ʻana. Ke kakali nei mākou i kahi hui kūleʻa a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mea lawe hou.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ma Abu Dhabi, e lawe ka hui hou i ke kumu hoʻohālike haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. ʻO kāna papa alakaʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi nā lālā i koho ʻia e Etihad a me Air Arabia, e alakaʻi i ka hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa o ka hui a me ke kauoha ʻoihana.
Hāʻawi ka ʻāpana huakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi o ka UAE ma luna o 13.3% o ka GDP o ka lāhui a hauʻoli i kahi kūlana koʻikoʻi ma ke ʻano he kikowaena mokulele honua, mahalo i nā ʻōnaehana ultra-modern o UAE, ʻoihana lawelawe holomua a me ka lawe ʻana i ka ea kiʻekiʻe.
Ua hoʻokomo mua ʻia ke kumu hoʻohālike huakaʻi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa MENA ma UAE ma 2003 a ua ulu wikiwiki mai ia manawa. I kēia lā, hauʻoli ka mākeke Middle East i ke kolu o nā loaʻa kiʻekiʻe loa i ka intra-regional low-cost penetration rate. ʻO nā mea lawe haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa he 17% ka māhele o ka noho noho a mai ka Middle East ma 2018, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 8% wale nō i 2009.
E hōʻike ʻia nā ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i ka ʻoihana hui hou i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
