Ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo Helicopter Seychelles, ka hui helikopa lōʻihi loa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka moana ʻĀina, i nā manaʻo e hoʻomaka hou i nā hana lele kalepa. E hoʻokumu hou ka ʻoihana ma Mahé i nā lawelawe ke loaʻa iā ia ka ʻae mai ka Seychelles Civil Aviation Authority.
Ua loiloi hou kahi hui hoʻokele hou i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā hana o ka hui. Hāʻawi ia i nā lawelawe lele i ke ao a me ka pō i nā mokupuni i loko a me waho, a me nā hana pono e like me ka lawe ʻana i ka ukana, ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me ke kaua ahi.
ʻO ka hiki ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka pō i ka pō e hiki ai i nā poʻe malihini hele mua a i ʻole ka hiki ʻana mai o ka honua ke lawe pololei ʻia mai ke kahua mokulele i ko lākou mau mokupuni ʻaʻole pono e hoʻolilo i kā lākou mua a i ʻole ka pō hope ma Mahé.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, e hoʻokomo hou ka hui i kahi ʻenekini turbine māhoe ʻeono mau noho ʻo Agusta 109C, hiki ke hana palekana i nā pae pae i kaupalena ʻia, a me ʻelua turbine hoʻokahi Bell 206 JetRangers.
E mālama ka mokulele i ka ʻulaʻula a keʻokeʻo kaulana o ka hui a me ka hōʻailona kaulana o ka lā. Ma loko, e hoʻolako ʻia nā kaʻa kaʻa me ka champagne manuahi, a me nā mea hoʻonaninani ʻē aʻe e kūlike me nā manaʻo o nā malihini hanohano o nā mokupuni.
ʻO kahi poʻo o nā hana hou, ʻo Kāpena Shaun Tinkler-Rose, mai UK, e alakaʻi i kahi hui liʻiliʻi o nā ex-patriot a me nā pailaka kūloko, nā ʻenekinia a me nā limahana hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "E maʻalahi kā mākou lawelawe akā ʻo VIP a piha loa - hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo 'ʻae' ke kāhea ʻia mākou. ʻO ia hoʻi ke ao, ka pō, i ka wā ʻino a i ʻole ka maikaʻi.
E hoʻomaka hou ana ʻo Helicopter Seychelles i kāna pūnaewele (www.helicopterseychelles.com) a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā limahana hoʻokele a me nā limahana hana.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The company's night-time operating capability will enable many early or late-arriving international visitors to be transported direct from the airport to their island resorts without the necessity of spending their first or last overnight in Mahé.
- It will offer day and night-time flying services to the inner and outer islands, as well as utility operations such as load-lifting, medical evacuation and fire fighting.
- A new Head of Operations, Captain Shaun Tinkler-Rose, from the UK, will head a small team of ex-patriot and local pilots, engineers and operational staff.
