ʻO kekahi o nā mokulele nui loa o Asia e ʻōlelo ana e hōʻemi ia i nā mokulele honua a noi i nā limahana e lawe i ka hoʻomaha uku ʻole.
E ʻoki ʻo Cathay Pacific Airways o Hong Kong i ka hiki, e hoʻopaneʻe i ka hoʻopuka mokulele a noi i nā limahana e piʻi i ʻehā pule me ka uku ʻole i kēia makahiki.
ʻO ia ka pōʻino hou loa, ʻoiai ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mokulele honua e lilo i mau piliona kālā i ka makahiki 2009.
Ua ʻōlelo ka luna nui o Cathay Pacific, ʻo Tony Tyler, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka pilikia o kēia manawa ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi SARS o 2003, ka mea i hoʻopiʻi i ka huakaʻi mokulele ma Asia.
"SARS, ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻole ia e mau loa," wahi a Tyler. “Ua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī i ka wā e hana ana. Akā, ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻole ia e mau loa. He mea weliweli ia i ke olakino. A, i ka wā i hala aku ai ka makaʻu olakino, ʻike ka ikaika o ka ʻoihana i lalo i ke ala hou ʻana.
Ua haʻi ʻo Tyler i nā mea hoʻolaha "ʻilihune ka ʻike" i ka wā pilikia o kēia manawa a maopopo ʻole ka ʻoihana i ka wā e ola ai.
Ua lilo ʻo Cathay Pacific i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻewalu helu-ʻeono miliona kālā i ka makahiki 2008 - he moʻolelo poho makahiki no ka mokulele. I kēia makahiki, ua emi iho ka loaʻa kālā o ka hapaha mua ma mua o 22 pakeneka, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala.
Hoʻopiʻi ka hui i nā poho ma ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ka wahie i ka hapa mua o ka makahiki a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā koi ʻelua a me nā ukana i ka hapa ʻelua.
Hoʻolālā ʻo Cathay Pacific e hōʻemi i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā noho a i ʻole nā lele i Ladana, Paris, Frankfurt, Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, Mumbai a me Dubai. ʻO kona kaikuahine mokulele ʻo Dragonair, e hōʻemi i nā lawelawe i Shanghai, Bengaluru ma India a me Busan ma South Korea a hoʻokuʻu i nā mokulele i kekahi mau kūlanakauhale Kina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tyler ua ʻae ka hui o nā pailaka a me nā hui limahana kūloko i ka hoʻolālā haʻalele uku ʻole.
"Maopopo iā lākou ka pilikia," wahi a Tyler. "Maopopo lākou i ke kūlana e kū nei ka ʻoihana a makemake lākou e kōkua."
Ua ʻōlelo ka International Air Transport Association e kū nei ka ʻoihana mokulele i kekahi o kāna mau makahiki paʻakikī loa a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā mea lawe kaʻa ma Asia-Pacific.
I ka pule i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike ka mea lawe hae ʻo Air China i ka nalowale o hoʻokahi helu-ʻehā-piliona kālā i ka makahiki 2008. ʻO China Eastern, ke kolu o ka mokulele nui loa ma Kina, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua nalowale $2.2 biliona, i ka makahiki i hala. Hoʻolālā ʻo Qantas o Australia e ʻoki i nā hana hou 1,750, ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka 1,500 o Iulai i hala.
