Kona International Airport (SJC) ua ʻae ʻia e ka ʻAha Kūkā o San Jose City e hoʻonui i kāna hana kaʻa kaʻa lehulehu. ʻAe kēia ʻae i ka SJC e hoʻohui i ka palena iki o 900 mau wahi kaʻa i Economy Lot 1, i ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he wahi kaʻa "wā lōʻihi", aia ma ka ʻākau hikina o ke kahua mokulele. Me ka helu moʻohelu o ka poʻe ohua e hele ana ma waena o SJC i kēlā me kēia lā, he uku ke kaʻa ma ke ʻano e hoʻomau mau ana nā wahi. I kēia makahiki, ua hōʻea ka Economy Lot 1 i ka 100 pākēneka hiki i 36 mau manawa ma kahi o ʻekolu mau mahina, e like me ka pani ʻana o nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa āpau no ʻehiku mau hola ma hope o ka hopena pule ʻo Columbus Day.
"ʻO kā mākou mea nui ka maʻalahi a me ka maʻalahi no kā mākou huakaʻi. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i kahi kaʻa kaʻa lehulehu i ka papa helu o SJC e kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka nui o ka noi no ke kaʻa kaʻa ma ke kahua ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi no nā mea kaʻa e hele i kā lākou huakaʻi i ka manawa kūpono, "i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻokele o SJC ʻo Judy Ross.
ʻO SJC kekahi o nā kahua mokulele e ulu wikiwiki ana ma ka US ma loko o nā makahiki ʻehā i hala. Ua ʻike ke kahua mokulele i ka ulu ʻana o nā ohua ma kahi o 15 pakeneka o kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka manawa 12-mahina e pau ana iā Sept. 30, 2019.
Eia kekahi, ua wānana ʻia ka huakaʻi kaʻahele e hoʻomau i ka wāwahi i nā moʻolelo, ʻoi aku ma mua o 15 miliona mau ohua i lawelawe ʻia e ka hopena o ka makahiki, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 14.3 miliona mau ohua i lawelawe ʻia i ka makahiki kalena 2018. ʻO kēia hopena ma muli o ka ulu ʻana o nā mokulele, nā mokulele a me nā wahi hoʻomaha ʻole i pane i nā koi a ka poʻe huakaʻi Silicon Valley.
Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Hensel Phelps i ka ʻaelike hoʻolālā kūkulu $ 30 miliona ʻaʻole e ʻoi aku ka nui e hoʻonui i kahi hale kaʻa he nui loa i Economy Lot 1, a he wahi nui ia i kēia manawa. E hoʻomaka ana ke kūkulu ʻana ma hope o ka wā huakaʻi lā hoʻomaha o ka makahiki Thanksgiving a ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia e ka mua-2021.
Ma kahi o 770 mau ākea ma Economy Lot e hoʻopili ʻia a loaʻa ʻole no ke kaʻa kaʻa i ke kūkulu ʻana. No ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kēia nalowale iki ʻana o ke kaʻa kaʻa, e hāʻawi ana ke kahua mokulele i kahi mau wahi kaʻa hou he 1 ma Lot 900 / Terminal A Garage e hoʻomaka ana ma Nowemapa 2, 20. E hiki ke hana ʻia kēia ma ka neʻe ʻana i nā limahana o nā hoa o SJC i nā wahi kaʻe komohana o ke kahua mokulele. ʻO kēia kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o ka nānā mau ʻana o ka Airport i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻike o ka poʻe ohua a me ko lākou pono āpau.
Ke hele wikiwiki nei ka wā huakaʻi ʻoi loa o ka makahiki, e like me ka lā ʻo Veterans Day, noi ʻia nā mea huakaʻi e loaʻa kahi hoʻolālā kaʻa ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana i SJC. Hiki paha i nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa mokulele ke hiki i ka lā ʻo Veterans Day i ka hopena pule a i ka wā hoʻomaha Thanksgiving.
