Ua hāʻawi ʻo Bruno Matheu, ka pelekikena hoʻokō o ke kūʻai aku, loaʻa, a me ka hoʻokele pūnaewele no Air France-KLM i kahi ninaninau kūʻokoʻa iā eTurboNews e wehewehe ana i ke kumu o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi papa Premium Economy no kāna mokulele.
eTN: E kōkua anei kāu huahana hou “Premium Voyageur” e hoʻōki i ka emi ʻana o kāu mākeke kaʻa kaʻa?
Bruno Matheu: No nā makahiki he nui, ua ʻike mākou i ka ʻokoʻa ākea ma waena o nā papa hoʻokele waiwai a me nā ʻoihana, ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka nani o ka hope, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā noho e hoʻololi ʻia i nā moena. Ma Air France, ua ʻike mākou aia kahi āpau ma ke ʻano o nā huahana ʻelua a me ke kumu kūʻai. ʻO ia ke kumu i hana ai mākou i ka "Premium Voyageur." E hāʻawi ka papa hou i kahi huahana ʻoluʻolu ma mua o ka papa hoʻokele waiwai maʻamau i nā kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū loa. Makemake mākou e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻimi ana i ka hōʻoluʻolu hou me ka ʻole o ka makemake e uku i nā kumukūʻai papa ʻoihana. He huahana kūpono ia no nā SMEs, ʻaʻohe [kahi] aelike [me] Air France a ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa i nā kumukūʻai kūkākūkā.
eTN: ʻAʻole naʻe kēia huahana i ka pilikia o ka hoʻohuli mau ʻana i nā huakaʻi ʻoihana mai nā huahana kiʻekiʻe e like me ka ʻoihana a me ka papa mua?
Matheu: Me ka pilikia, ua ʻike mākou i nā hui e neʻe nei mai ka papa ʻoihana e hoʻemi i kā lākou kumukūʻai. ʻO kā mākou "Premium Voyageur" he mea pale, he mea kaua anti-crisis maoli, e kōkua iā mākou e pale i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ʻoihana ma hope o kā mākou mokulele. ʻIke maoli mākou i kahi pilikia i hiki ʻole i kekahi o kēlā mau mea kūʻai ke hoʻi koke i ka papa ʻoihana. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia kēia kaʻa i ka papa hoʻokele waiwai he mea maikaʻi loa ia!
eTN: Loaʻa ka Premium Voyageur ma ka hapa nui o nā mokulele lōʻihi? He aha ka kalena e hoʻolako i nā mokulele i 2009 a me 2010? ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā hiʻohiʻona no Premium Voyageur ma Asia ma mua o kekahi mau mākeke ʻē aʻe?
Matheu: A hiki i ka hopena o 2010, e hoʻolako ʻo Premium Voyageur i nā mokulele lōʻihi a pau, koe wale no [ka] Boeing B747 - e haʻalele koke i nā ʻauwaʻa - a me [ka] Boeing B777 i ka lawelawe ma kā mākou pūnaewele Caribbean/Indian Ocean. Hiki ke kūʻai aku i kā mākou huahana "Premium Voyageur" i Beirut, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Beijing, a me Hong Kong. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻo ka nui o nā wahi ʻAsia i waena o nā mea mua e hauʻoli i ka huahana hou. Ua ʻike ʻo ʻAsia i kēia manaʻo "Premium Economy" no nā makahiki ʻelua, a ke manaʻo nei mākou ua oʻo ka mākeke no kēia ʻano papa waena o ka lawelawe.
eTN: Inā loaʻa ka hoʻokele waiwai ikaika a me ka hoʻi ʻana mai o nā poʻe kaʻa Premium, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i ka helu o nā noho ma "Premium Voyageur" i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka papa ʻoihana?
Matheu: ʻO ka "Premium Voyageur" kahi huahana maʻalahi e pili ana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka pane i ka manaʻo o nā mākeke i nā wā pilikia, a me nā manawa o ka ulu waiwai. I loko o kahi pilikia, lilo ia i mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻoihana papa pāʻoihana e ʻimi nei inā pono lākou e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kā lākou mau huakaʻi hele; i nā manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻo kā mākou huahana kahi ala kūpono e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i nā hana huakaʻi. Ke nānā nei ʻo Air France i ka huki ʻana i nā SME akā ʻo nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa e ʻimi nei i ka hōʻoluʻolu hou aku. I ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia papahana i ka makahiki 2007, ua kiʻekiʻe loa ka noi no nā huahana premium i mua o ka mokulele. A laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e hoʻololi ma ka awelika 40 mau noho ma ka papa hoʻokele waiwai e nā noho 22 ma "Premium Voyageur." ʻO ka hāʻawi "Premium travel" i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ma mua. A laila e loiloi mākou inā pono mākou e hoʻoponopono hou i nā mana i kā mākou mau ʻāpana cabin like ʻole, ke hoʻi mākou i kahi hana ma mua o ka pilikia. Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i kā mākou hoʻopaʻa mua ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui no ka hoʻomaha Kalikimaka / Makahiki Hou.
eTN: E lako anei ka Airbus A380 me "Premium Voyageur?"
Matheu: Hoʻokomo wale mākou i kā mākou Airbus A380 mua, a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hoʻohui i ʻelua mau mokulele hou a hiki i ke kauwela 2010. Eia naʻe, he mau mokulele kēia me ka ʻole o ka papa "Premium Voyageur" no ka mea ʻaʻole lawa nā kumu waiwai o Airbus e hoʻomau i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i ka mokulele. Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻonohonoho ʻia lākou me kā mākou huahana hou ma kahi pae hope. Hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻokomo i nā noho 38 ma "Premium Voyageur" no ka Airbus A380. ʻO kā mākou mau mokulele ʻē aʻe ma ka awelika ma waena o 21 a me 28 mau noho.
eTN: Hāʻawi anei ʻo "Premium Voyageur" i ka lawelawe ma ka mokulele?
ʻO Matheu: ʻO ka waiwai nui o "Premium Voyageur" he hoʻomaikaʻi maoli i ka hōʻoluʻolu ma muli o kahi hoʻonohonoho noho lokomaikaʻi e hāʻawi ana i 40 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahi pilikino ma mua o ka papa Economy kuʻuna. Mālama ʻia ka noho e ka pūpū no ka pilina a me ka hōʻoluʻolu a hoʻohui i kahi plug no [a] PC, kahi pā papaʻaina nui aʻe, nā poʻo poʻo me ka maikaʻi o ka lohe ʻana, a me nā pale wikiō nui aʻe. Hāʻawi pū mākou i [a] pahu lole lumi papa ʻoihana, uluna, a me ka pākeʻe. Ua like ka lawelawe me ka papa Economy. ʻO ia hoʻi he papa kuhikuhi i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e kā mākou Chef Michel Nugues, champagne no ka mea hoʻomaka, a ʻo kekahi o nā hale waina maikaʻi loa o nā mokulele. Ma ka ʻāina, ʻoliʻoli nā poʻe kaʻa ʻo "Premium Voyageur" i ka nānā mua ʻana a me ka lawe ʻana i nā ukana, kahi franchise ukana ʻoi aku ka nui, a me ka hiki ke komo i nā lumi papa ʻoihana ʻo Air France a puni ka honua no 35 Euro ma ka awelika. A hāʻawi pū mākou i nā makana mileage kiʻekiʻe!
