E hoʻomaka ana ʻo Hawaiian Airlines i ka lawelawe ʻo Incheon-Honolulu ma Ianuali 14, 2011.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mark Dunkerley, ka pelekikena o ka Hawaiian Airlines, ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia e hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe hou ma waena o Incheon, Korea a me Honolulu, Hawaii.
"Ma ke ʻano he hae hae o nā pae ʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi, ʻo HA nō hoʻi ka lawe hae o ka hula, ka heʻenalu, nā kahakai a me ka lā," wahi a Dunkerley. "Ua mākaukau mākou e lawelawe i nā malihini Korea i ka ʻike Hawaiʻi."
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia, ua hilinaʻi ʻo HA e hauʻoli nā mea kūʻai hou ma Korea i ka ʻike huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa o Hawaiʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mokulele.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Incheon International Airport i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe hou no ka mea ua hauʻoli ʻo Hawaiʻi i ka ulu nui o ka poʻe huakaʻi mai Korea ma hope o ke komo ʻana o ka ʻāina i ka US Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
"Ma mua o ko Korea lilo ʻana i lālā o ka VWP, ua kaulana ke ala ʻo Incheon-Honolulu no nā ʻĀsia Hikina Hikina. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo Iapana a me Kina e lele ana i Hawaiʻi e neʻe ana ma Incheon no 40% o nā mea hoʻohana ala Incheon-Honolulu, "wahi a Yeo Tae-soo, ka Hui Kūʻai Kūʻai ma Incheon International Airport Corporation.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Blaine Miyasato, ka hope pelekikena o HA no ka hoʻomohala huahana, ua hoʻomākaukau ka mokulele i nā kikoʻī āpau no ka poʻe huakaʻi Korea e mahalo ai. "E hāʻawi mākou i kahi ʻike Hawaiʻi maoli i hana ʻia no nā poʻe holo kaʻa Korea," wahi āna.
Ua hoʻohana ʻo HA i ka manawa e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā kahu mokulele a me nā limahana lawelawe lawelawe mokulele no nā mokulele Korea e loaʻa ai ka ʻike maikaʻi aʻe e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu Korea a me nā kuʻuna a me nā manaʻolana lawelawe pili. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi o ʻekolu mau kahu lele e hiki ke ʻōlelo i ka ʻōlelo Korea, ʻoiai e hāʻawi ʻia ana ka makasina in-flight "Hana Hou" ma ka ʻōlelo Korea.
Ua hoʻoikaika nui ka mokulele i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā meaʻai i ka mokulele no ke ala Incheon. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo Chef Chai Chaowasaree, ka mea nona nā hale ʻaina kaulana ʻelua ma Honolulu a he mea kākau puke kuke, i nā meaʻai hou, me ka lawe ʻana mai i nā meaʻai pan-Asia me nā meaʻai hou.
E hauʻoli ka poʻe kūʻai papa pāʻoihana i ʻelima papa ʻai ma luna o ka moku e hōʻike ana i ka ʻuʻipaʻi butternut Hawaiʻi a me ka ʻuala bisque me ka dumpling iʻa iʻa crispy a me ka ʻiʻo pipi kaila Hawaiʻi me Merlot Demiglace, i hui pū ʻia me nā waina i koho ʻia e Master Sommelier Chuck Furuya. Hāʻawi ʻia ka Waikiki High Tea kūikawā o ka mokulele me ka pua kī mohala i hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka pae ʻana i ka lele hoʻi i Seoul.
Na Chaowasaree i hoʻolālā ʻia ka papa ʻaina hoʻokele waiwai a me nā kīʻaha e like me ka moa barbecue kaila Hawaiʻi me ka mango a me ka hua salsa.
E hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Gochujang, a i ʻole ka pepa ʻulaʻula Korean, i nā malihini a pau.
E haʻalele ana ka mokulele i Hawaiʻi iā Incheon i ka hola 10 pm i kēlā me kēia Pōʻakahi, Pōʻakolu, Pōʻalima a me ka Lāpule a hōʻea i Honolulu i ka hola 11 am o ia lā hoʻokahi. Haʻalele ka mokulele hoʻi i ka hola 1:20 i ka Pōʻalua, Pōʻalima, Pōʻaono a me nā Sābati, a hōʻea i Incheon i ka lā aʻe ma ka hola 8:05 pm
"ʻO ka papahana ka mea e hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi i nā mokulele pili i ka ʻāina nui o ʻAmelika a me nā mokupuni ʻo Hawaiʻi e pili ana," wahi a Miyasato.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Incheon International Airport also welcomed the launch of the new service as Hawaii has been enjoying significant growth in the number of travelers from Korea after the country joined the U.
- The airline’s special Waikiki High Tea with a blossoming tea flower will be served an hour before landing on the return flight to Seoul.
- Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia, ua hilinaʻi ʻo HA e hauʻoli nā mea kūʻai hou ma Korea i ka ʻike huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa o Hawaiʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mokulele.
