Ua hoʻolaha ʻo WestJet i kēia lā i kahi ʻaelike me Indigenous Tourism Alberta (ITA) e hoʻoikaika i ke kākoʻo no nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana ʻōiwi a hana i nā manawa hana kūpono no nā ʻōiwi Kanada i ka ulu ʻana o ka mokulele i kona alo honua. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka hoʻolaha ma ke kau inoa ʻana i kahi memo o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ma ka hui makahiki ʻo ITA ma mua o 300 mau hoa huakaʻi a me nā mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻelele aupuni ma ka Treaty 6, Métis Region 4, Edmonton Alberta.
"Mahalo nui mākou i ke kūkulu ʻana ma luna o kā mākou hui like ʻana a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hui pū ʻana me ITA ke hana pū nei mākou e hoʻoulu i nā manawa koʻikoʻi no nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā ʻoihana ma ʻaneʻi ma ko mākou ʻāina home," wahi a Angela Avery, WestJet Group Executive Vice-President a Poʻe Nui, Luna Hui Pūʻali a Hoʻomau. “Ma ke ʻano he mea lawe hale ʻo Alberta, hāʻawi mākou i ka lawelawe i nā kaiāulu ʻehiku a puni ka panalāʻau a ua kūkulu mākou i kā mākou kikowaena honua ma Calgary, e pōmaikaʻi ana iā Western Canada a pau. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻōiwi a me ka mōʻaukala, nā moʻolelo a me ka moʻomeheu e pili pū ana me ia, he mea nui ia i ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻoihana malihini kipa o Alberta a hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono e holomua i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka moʻomeheu.
ʻO ka ʻaelike hui pū me ITA e hahai koke ana i ka wehe ʻana o ka WestJet's 787 Dreamliner summer schedule (link) ma waho o Calgary, e komo pū ana me ka lawelawe pololei ʻole ʻole i Tokyo, Iapana a me ka hoʻonui ākea o ka lawelawe ʻEulopa o ka mokulele, me nā ala pololei hou i a. mai Sekotia a me Sepania. Ke ulu nei ʻo Alberta i kona noho ʻana ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ua kūpaʻa ka mokulele a me ITA i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā manawa hana no ka poʻe Kanada maoli e hoʻokipa ai no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi.
"ʻO kā mākou ʻoihana honua ākea ma waho o Calgary e hāʻawi i ka manawa kūpono e hōʻike i kahi ʻano like ʻole o nā ʻoihana huakaʻi a me nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma Alberta. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻōiwi he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai o Alberta e hoʻonoho kūʻokoʻa i ko mākou panalāʻau ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi honua no nā malihini kipa honua," wahi a Avery.
"ʻO ka ʻaelike o kēia lā me WestJet he manawa kūpono ia e hana pū ai no ka hōʻoia ʻana ʻaʻole ʻike wale ʻia nā huakaʻi a me nā lālā o ka hui i nā moʻomeheu ʻōiwi like ʻole i loaʻa ma Alberta, akā e hoʻolauleʻa pū ana iā lākou," wahi a Shae Bird, Luna Nui o nā ʻōiwi. Mākaʻikaʻi Alberta. "I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hōʻike ʻo WestJet i ke kākoʻo nui o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻōiwi Kanada a ke manaʻo nei mākou e hahai nā mokulele ʻē aʻe i kā lākou hoʻohālike i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kēia mau hui e ulu hou i ka ʻoihana."
E pili ana iā WestJet
I nā makahiki 26 o ka lawelawe ʻana i nā Canadians, ua ʻoki ʻo WestJet i nā mokulele i ka hapalua a hoʻonui i ka heluna lele lele ma Kanada i ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 pākēneka. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo WestJet ma 1996 me ʻekolu mokulele, 250 mau limahana a me ʻelima mau wahi, e ulu ana i nā makahiki i ʻoi aku ma mua o 180 mokulele, 14,000 limahana a ʻoi aku ma mua o 110 mau wahi ma 24 mau ʻāina.
