ʻO Qatar Airways i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Doha, ke hoʻonui nei ʻo Qatar i kāna Doha- Melbourne e like me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kēia lā. Ke hoʻokūkū nei kēia mokulele me Emirates e kiʻi ana i nā mea kaʻa ma Dubai, pili ʻo Etihad Airways ma Abu Dhabi. ʻO Turkish Airlines paha ka mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū no Qatar Airways me kona pilina ma Istanbul.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kaʻa e Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, a i ʻole Turkish Airlines ke kaʻa. Hoʻopili ʻia nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa a me nā ʻoihana mai ʻEulopa, India, ʻApelika, a me ʻAmelika ma o Turkey a i ʻole ke kahawai ʻo Gulf e hiki ai i nā wahi e like me Australia.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka mokulele kekahi kuleana a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi ka pae lawelawe i manaʻo ʻia. Ua kākau ʻia ka lawelawe ma ka wiwo ʻole no nā mokulele mokulele āpau. ʻO ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai i ka A380 aia ma ka papa kuhikuhi, akā ʻo ka Boening 777-300 ka mea i makemake nui ʻia i waena o nā poʻe kaʻa ma nā mokulele lōʻihi.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ma ka Bosporus ke kūlanakauhale kaʻahele maikaʻi loa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe makemake e noho i hoʻokahi lā a ʻelua paha ma ke kūlanakauhale nui loa o Turkey. ʻO Dubai ka nani like. ʻAʻole ʻike iki ʻia ʻo Abu Dhabi a me Doha, akā loaʻa pū kekahi i ka nani.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Qatar Airways i kēia lā, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o kāna lele i Melbourne me ke kākoʻo o ke Aupuni Victorian ma Australia. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka mokulele a me ke Aupuni Victoria i kahi kuʻikahi hoʻolālā e hoʻonui i ka pilina ma Melbourne e hoʻonui hou i ke kālepa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi.
ʻO Qatar Airways Group Luna Nui, ʻO Mr. Akbar Al Baker kahi kanaka hauʻoli e pane ana i kēia piʻi pinepine. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻO Melbourne ka home kumu no Qatar Airways ma Australia, a hauʻoli mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou hana ma laila, i mea hōʻike no ka koi ikaika a me kā mākou kūpaʻa hohonu iā Australia.
Manaʻo mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā poʻe kaʻa hou aʻe e ʻike i kā mākou hoʻokipa ʻelima-hōkū, i ka huakaʻi ʻana a mai Melbourne i nā kūlanakauhale he nui o ka honua ma o kā mākou Doha hub ma Qatar. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lele ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā i Melbourne ma mua o ka FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ e ʻae i nā mea pāʻani pôpeku e hele e hele i kā lākou pāʻani.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina no ke kākoʻo ʻoihana a me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, ʻo Ben Carroll: "Ke kākoʻo nei ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka mokulele honua i kā mākou ʻoihana a e hoʻomau mākou e hana pū me nā mokulele e like me Qatar Airways e hoʻokumu a hoʻonui i nā ala i Melbourne e hoʻoikaika i nā hana kūloko."
Ua ʻōlelo ka Luna Hoʻokele o Melbourne Airport, ʻo Lorie Argus: "He koi nui no ka huakaʻi huakaʻi honua mai Melbourne, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hele mai kēia mau lawelawe ʻoi aku i ka manawa maikaʻi loa me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pôpeku honua i Nowemapa.
He mea hauʻoli ka ʻike ʻana i nā mokulele e like me Qatar Airways e hoʻonui ana i ka hiki iā Melbourne, no ka mea he mokulele honua lākou a hiki ke hoʻouna i kā lākou mokulele ma nā wahi āpau he koho hilinaʻi nui i ko mākou kūlanakauhale. He mea punahele ʻo Qatar Airways me nā poʻe holo e hele ana i ka Middle East a i ʻEulopa a hāʻawi ʻia i kā lākou hui pū ʻana me Virgin Australia a me Qantas, manaʻo mākou e kaulana loa kēia mau mokulele hou.
Aia i loko o ka papa kuhikuhi Melbourne hou kahi wāwae i Canberra, e hoʻomaka hou ana i hoʻokahi lā i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Doha a me Canberra e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 1 ʻOkakopa.
E hoʻohana ʻia ka papa hana i kēlā me kēia lā e Boeing 777-300ER. E holo ana ka mokulele i ka huina o 40 mau mokulele mai Doha a Australia me kēia hoʻonui pūnaewele.
Me ka mea hou loa, ʻo Qatar Airways wale nō e holo i ʻeono mau wahi ma Australia me Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, a me Sydney. E ʻoi aku kēia ma mua o ka wāwae maʻi mua o Qatar Airways o ʻelima mau puka ma Australia, ma hope o ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā lawelawe Brisbane i hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2020 i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi honua.
Ua hoʻolaha hou ʻo Qatar Airways i kāna hui hoʻolālā me Virgin Australia, e hāʻawi i nā koho huakaʻi hoʻonui a me nā pōmaikaʻi ma waena o 35 mau wahi i loko o kāna ʻupena kūloko ākea, a me kāna mau mākeke honua pōkole i hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia, me Fiji a me Queenstown, New Zealand.
Ua mālama ʻo Qatar Airways i kāna mau lawelawe Australia i ka wā maʻi maʻi, ʻoiai e hoʻolaha ana i nā lawelawe i Brisbane i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2020 e hāʻawi i ka pilina pili.
Ua lawe ia ma luna o 330,000 mau kaʻa i loko a i waho o Australia i ka wā maʻi maʻi ma waena o Malaki 2020 a hiki i Dekemaba 2021 ma o nā mokulele kalepa a me nā lawelawe hoʻolimalima kūikawā.
Ua hana koʻikoʻi ʻo Qatar Airways Cargo i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana hoʻopuka a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka o Australia i ka wā maʻi maʻi, ma o ka lilo ʻana i kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele honua ʻaʻole i pau i ka lele. I kēia manawa, lawe ʻo Qatar Airways Cargo ma luna o 1,900 tonnes o ka ukana i a mai Australia i kēlā me kēia pule.
ʻO Melbourne ke kapikala kahakai o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Victoria ma ka hikina hema o Australia. Aia ma ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o Federation Square, me nā plaza, nā kaola, a me nā hale ʻaina ma ka muliwai ʻo Yarra. Ma ka ʻāpana o Southbank, ʻo ka Melbourne Arts Precinct kahi kahua o Arts Center Melbourne - he hale hana hana hoʻokani - a me ka National Gallery of Victoria, me nā kiʻi Australia a me nā ʻōiwi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Melbourne is the original home for Qatar Airways in Australia, and we are excited to enhance our operations there, as a testament to both strong demand and our deep commitment to Australia.
- Qatar Airways is already a favorite with passengers heading to the Middle East or Europe and given their partnerships with both Virgin Australia and Qantas, we expect these new flights will prove very popular.
- It's exciting to see airlines like Qatar Airways adding more capacity to Melbourne, given they are a global airline and could send their aircraft anywhere it's a huge vote of confidence in our city.
