ka Kāna Lukia Ua hōʻoia ʻo Tourism Authority i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā mokulele mokulele ʻē aʻe o British Airways mai UK a Saint Lucia.
ʻO nā huakaʻi hou ʻelua o kēlā me kēia pule mai London Gatwick (LGW) i Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) i ka Pōʻakolu a me ka Pōʻaono e hoʻonui i ka maʻalahi o ke komo ʻana i kekahi o nā wahi kaulana loa o ka Caribbean e lawe ana i ka huina i ʻeiwa mau mokulele British Airways i kēlā me kēia pule ma ka papa hoʻoilo. .
E hoʻomaka ana nā lawelawe hou aku ma ʻOkakopa 28, 2020 a holo a hiki i Malaki 27, 2021 me ka ʻole o ka hōʻailona.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo a Hawaiian Airlines e hoʻonui i nā huakaʻi hele mai i ka wā i pani ʻia ai ʻo Saint Lucia 2019 me ka 400,000 o ka noho ʻana. No ka manawa o Ianuali a Dekemaba 2019, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Saint Lucia i 423,736 mau malihini kipa; ka mea kiekie loa ma ka moolelo o ka mokupuni.
ʻO nā helu UK no ka makahiki he 6.2% ka huina o 83,677 mau malihini kipa. Ke alakaʻi nei ka poʻe hoʻomaha hoʻomaha UK ma ke ʻano o ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana ma 10.76 pō i kēlā me kēia kipa.
ʻO ke Kuhina Kūʻai Kūʻai, Hanohano Dominic Fedee e haʻi ana i nā lawelawe i hoʻohui ʻia; "ʻO nā lawelawe i hoʻonui ʻia mai ka mākeke UK e hāʻawi i nā mea huakaʻi me nā koho hou aʻe e hele ai i Saint Lucia. ʻO British Airways kekahi o nā mokulele nui loa i ka Caribbean mai Ladana a ke hoʻolauleʻa nei mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o kēia lawelawe hou iā Saint Lucia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Patricia Charlery-Leon ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Saint Lucia Tourism Authority UK & Europe: "Ua hauʻoli loa mākou i ka hoʻohui ʻana o British Airways i kēia mau mokulele. He pilina lōʻihi ko mākou me ka mokulele a me ka hui UK a makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou no kā lākou kākoʻo iā Saint Lucia. Ua hoʻohui hou ʻo British Airways i nā mokulele hou i kēia kauwela no laila e kōkua kēia mau huakaʻi hoʻoilo hou iā mākou e hoʻomau i kā mākou manawa i ka wā kiʻekiʻe.
E lele ana nā mokulele ʻo Boing 777, e haʻalele ana nā mokulele BA lōʻihi iā London Gatwick (LGW) ma 12:20 (GMT) e hōʻea i Hewanorra International (UVF) ma 17:15 i ka Pōʻakolu a laila hou i ka Pōʻaono e ʻae i nā pilina maikaʻi aʻe.
