DUBAI - Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Emirates Airline i ka Pōʻakolu e hoʻopaneʻe ʻia kekahi o kāna mau mokulele Airbus A380 pālua no ka lawe ʻana i ka makahiki 2010 a hiki ke lawe i nā kauoha mokulele mai nā mea lawe hoʻokūkū.
"Ua lohi iki mākou i ka lawe ʻana akā ʻaʻole i nā makahiki," i haʻi aku ai ka luna o Emirates Airline Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum i nā mea hoʻolaha ma kahi hālāwai kūkā ma mua o ka Dubai Airshow e hoʻomaka ana i ka Lāpule.
Me ka huina o 58 mau kauoha, ʻo Emirates, ka mokulele nui loa ma ka Hikina Waena, ʻo ia ka mea kūʻai nui loa o Airbus no ka A380. Loaʻa i ka mea lawe kaʻa ma Dubai e loaʻa i ʻeono o nā superjumbos i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, e lohi ana i ka ʻelima ma 2011. Manaʻo ʻia e piʻi nā hoʻouna i 12 i 2012 a me 11 i 2013.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheikh Ahmed e lawe ka mea lawe i ʻelua mau A380 i Dekemaba a me Ianuali, akā ʻaʻole ia i kikoʻī i ka nui o nā mokulele e hoʻopilikia ʻia a pehea ka lōʻihi.
“He manawa pōkole kēia. E hāʻawi ʻia kekahi mau mokulele i loko o hoʻokahi mahina a ʻelua paha o ka lā kumu, "wahi āna. "ʻAʻole mākou hauʻoli no ia mea no ka mea makemake mākou e hāʻawi ʻia ka mokulele i ka manawa."
Eia naʻe, hōʻole ʻo Sheikh Ahmed e ʻōlelo inā e ʻimi ana ka mokulele i ka uku no ka lohi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana: "He mea pilikino ia."
Ke nānā nei ʻo Emirates i ka lawe ʻana i nā kauoha i hana ʻia e nā mokulele ʻē aʻe e makemake ana e hoʻopaneʻe i ka lawe ʻana i nā mokulele hou ma waena o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka honua.
"Ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou," wahi a Sheikh Ahmed. "ʻO mākou kekahi o nā mea hoʻokele mua e hoʻohana pono i ka mākeke. He mea maikaʻi loa iā mākou.
ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Emirates i kāna hapa hapa mua o ka loaʻa kālā he ʻekolu ʻekolu mai ka makahiki ma mua i 752 miliona UAE dirhams ($205 miliona) ma nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa a me nā kumukūʻai wahie.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sheikh Ahmed i ka Pōʻakolu ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ka loaʻa kālā o ka mokulele i ka hapa lua e "ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi" ma mua o ka hāʻule ʻana o 13.5% i kau ʻia ma ka hapa mua. "Ke ʻike nei ʻo Emirates i nā helu ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i mua," wahi āna.
