Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Lufthansa e hoʻomaka hou i nā huakaʻi ma ke ala Tel Aviv a me Munich mai ʻApelila 26. Aia ʻehā mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule ma luna o ka Airbus A340-330 ākea ākea e hiki ai ke lawe i 221 mau kaʻa. Ma ka huina he 18 mau mokulele Lufthansa i hoʻokahi pule ma waena o Kelemānia a me Israel.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lufthansa e hoʻomaka hou ana i nā mokulele mai Tel Aviv a i Munich ma hope o ka hoʻomaha ʻeono makahiki. E haʻalele ana ka mokulele i nā lā Sābati, Poalua, Pōʻakolu a me nā Pōʻalima. Haʻalele ka helu lele LH688 i Munich ma 09:45 CET, hōʻea i Tel Aviv ma 14:20. ʻO ka lele hoʻi, haʻalele ʻo LH689 iā Tel Aviv ma 15:45 a hōʻea i Munich ma 18:45 CET.
Hiki i nā poʻe kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa waiwai ke hauʻoli i ka ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa pilikino hou o Lufthansa, aʻo ka poʻe huakaʻi papa ʻoihana e pōmaikaʻi mai ka hōʻoluʻolu o nā noho moe ʻelua mika.
Wahi a Ofer Kisch, ka luna nui o Lufthansa i ka ʻIseraʻela, ʻike ka hui i ka ʻIseraʻela ʻo ia kekahi o ko lākou mau wahi koʻikoʻi ma muli o ka neʻe ʻana o nā malihini i ka ʻāina Hemolele mai Kelemania a me ʻEulopa. E ulu ana paha kēia i nā mahina e hiki mai ana ma mua o ke kipa ʻana o Pope Benedict i Mei. Ua hoʻohui ʻo Kisch he mea nui kēia no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ma ʻIseraʻela.
ʻO ka ʻaelike mokulele hou i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waena o ʻIseraʻela i Kelemania i ka mahina i hala aku nei e hiki ai i nā ʻāina ʻelua ke hana a hiki i 30 mau mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i kēlā me kēia pule i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 18 mau mokulele a hiki i kēia manawa. Ua ʻae ka ʻaelike hou i ka holo ʻana o nā mokulele i nā wahi hou i Kelemānia.
Eia hou, no ka manawa mua, e holo mau nā mokulele ukana ma waena o nā ʻāina. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻae ʻia nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua e hana i ʻehiku mau mokulele ukana i ka pule.
I ka pane ʻana i ka hana hou ʻana o nā mokulele, ua hoʻolaha ʻo El Al i ka ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻoholo i ka hoʻolaha mua ʻana mai ka Ministry of Transportation a ua hoʻoholo ka Israel Aviation Authority ʻaʻole e ʻae i ka hoʻokūkū like no nā hui ʻIseraʻela.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- I ka pane ʻana i ka hana hou ʻana o nā mokulele, ua hoʻolaha ʻo El Al i ka ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻoholo i ka hoʻolaha mua ʻana mai ka Ministry of Transportation a ua hoʻoholo ka Israel Aviation Authority ʻaʻole e ʻae i ka hoʻokūkū like no nā hui ʻIseraʻela.
- According to Ofer Kisch, general manager of Lufthansa in Israel, the company sees Israel as one of their most important destinations because of the movement of pilgrims to the Holy Land from Germany and Europe.
- At the beginning both sides will be allowed to operate up to seven cargo flights a week.
