Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ʻelua mau makahiki, ʻike ʻo Hat Yai International Airport i kēia hoʻoilo i ka hoʻi ʻana o nā mokulele honua ma ke kumu i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻopau ʻo AirAsia i kāna lele ʻana i Kuala Lumpur me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā kumu haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. ʻEono mau mahina ma hope mai, ua hoʻōki ʻo Tiger Airways i ka lawelawe ʻana iā Singapore ʻoiai ʻo ke kūlana politika koʻikoʻi ma ke kūkulu hema o Thailand a me ka paʻa ʻole o Bangkok i kaohi i nā huakaʻi kūloko e lele i laila. Eia nō naʻe, me ka hoʻi hou ʻana i Thailand mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia makahiki, ke piʻi hou nei ka noi no nā mokulele i ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o Thailand.
Hoʻomaka ʻo Tiger Airways i kāna mau huakaʻi mai Nov 3rd me ʻekolu mau manawa o ka pule ma ka Pōʻalua, Pōʻalima a me ka Pōʻaono.
ʻO kahi mea lawe moku Thai hou, ʻo Happy Air, e hoʻomaka i ka lele i kēlā me kēia lā i Phuket a me Langkawi. He lele "triangle" ia e pili ana iā Phuket-Hat Yai-Langkawi a me Langkawi-Phuket-Hat Yai no ka hoʻi. Wahi a ka Luna Hoʻokele ʻo Phatcharapon Sontipun, e kūʻai ʻia nā huakaʻi mai 2,100 baht a i 3,500 baht i hoʻokahi ala me ke komo ʻana i kahi lumi VIP. Nui nā mokulele e hoʻāʻo nei e lele i Phuket-Hat Yai i ka wā ma mua me ka ʻole o ka holomua. Pehea e holomua ai ʻo Happy Air? “ Ma mua, ua lele nā mokulele me nā mokulele nui e like me 70 a 110 mau noho. Eia nō naʻe, hōʻike nā haʻawina mākeke a hiki i ka 40 poʻe i kēlā me kēia lā e makemake ana e huakaʻi mai Hat Yai a i Phuket a i ʻole. ʻOiai mākou e hoʻohana wale nei i kahi mokulele 34-noho a hiki ke haki me 26 mau kaʻa, manaʻo mākou ua loaʻa iā mākou ka huahana kūpono, "wahi a Sontipun. Ma Langkawi, ʻike ʻo Happy Air i kahi koi mai Phuket mai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hana yachting no ka mea he nui nā marinas o nā mokupuni ʻelua. Loaʻa iā Happy Air kāna pūnaewele
mākaukau no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana no nā keʻena ma ka waena o ʻOkakopa a no
kanaka mai Dekemaba.
Ke ʻimi nei ʻo Hat Yai e kiʻi hou i nā mokulele mai a i Kuala Lumpur ʻoiai ʻo Malaysia ka mākeke nui. Ua hoʻolaha mua ʻo Firefly, ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa mai Malaysia Airlines, i kona manaʻo e lawelawe iā Hat Yai ma waho o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Subang ma KL. I Iune e ka luna hoʻomalu o Firefly, ʻo EddyLeong, ua haʻi ʻia nā ala hou mai Subang a hiki i ke kūkulu hema o Thailand (Krabi a me Hat Yai) e hilinaʻi ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka politika.
kūlana ma ka ʻāina.
ʻO Malaysia a me Singapore ke kumu nui o nā malihini e hele mai ana. He poʻe Pākē lākou e hele mai ana no ka meaʻai haʻahaʻa a me ka "ʻoliʻoli". I ka makahiki 2008, ua hōʻea nā huakaʻi Malaysian i Hat Yai (ma kahi noho i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia) i 416,446 (-3%) aʻo Singaporean.
huakaʻi hele a hiki i 82,966 mau huakaʻi (-20.7%). ʻO Malaysia a me Singapore ka 91% o nā mea mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe i nā hale kūʻai. ʻO ka nui o ka hōʻea ʻana o Hat Yai ma nā hale kūʻai kālepa i hōʻea i ka 1.54 miliona i ka makahiki 2008, i lalo e 5.6% ma mua o 2007.
