Hoʻolālā ka mokulele mokulele HOU e lawe pololei i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻea mai ana mai Honiara International Airport i ko lākou mau hōkele - a hoʻihoʻi iā lākou e hopu i nā mokulele i ka home.
Ua noi aku ʻo Solomon Islands Seaplanes Limited e hana i kahi amphibian Grumman Goose, e lawe ana ma kahi o ʻeiwa mau ohua, ma ʻaneʻi mai Dekemaba.
Makemake ʻo ia e hoʻohana i ʻelua Beechcraft 18, e lawe ana ma kahi o ʻewalu mau ohua, ma ke ʻano he mokulele ʻāina.
Manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa ke kākoʻo koke mai nā mea hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi o Western Province i hōʻino i ka hiki o nā mokulele mokulele ʻo Solomon Airlines.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi mea hoʻokele i ka pule i hala aku nei ua nalowale nā mea hoʻokele o Gizo ma kahi o 300 mau moe moe i nā mahina ʻelua i hala aku nei no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā Solomon Airlines ke hāʻawi i nā noho kūpono.
Ua hui pū ʻia nā hoʻolālā lawelawe hoʻolimalima me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lawelawe ma ʻaneʻi ma Dekemaba e ka mokulele mokulele ʻo Virgin Blue o ka honua ʻo Pacific Blue.
Manaʻo ʻia kēia e hoʻonui i ka mākaʻikaʻi. Akā, ua manaʻo ʻia e kū i nā pilikia noho ma Honiara, ke ʻole hiki ke hoʻoneʻe koke ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi ma waho o Honiara.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Air Transport Licensing Authority ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia i ka manaʻo ʻo Solomon Islands Seaplanes Limited. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia he kūpono a ke hoʻolaha nei ia, e like me ke koi ʻana, no nā mea kūʻē.
E lele ana ka Grumman Goose mai Honiara International Airport. A laila e pae a lele mai ke kai ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā hōkele e like me nā mea ma ke Komohana Komohana a me Marau Sound.
ʻO ia ka mea e hiki ai i nā mākaʻikaʻi ke hele wikiwiki i ko lākou mau hōkele ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohui me kā lākou mau huakaʻi hoʻi i ka honua me ka maʻalahi a me ka maopopo.
E holo ana ka Beechcraft 18s i nā mokulele mokulele e like me Munda a me Gizo.
Manaʻo ʻia ua loaʻa nā kūkākūkā ʻo Solomon Islands Seaplanes me Brisbane-based SkyAirWorld e pili ana i kēia mau mea āpau.
Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo SkyAirWorld i nā pūʻolo hoʻomaha mai Australia a i Sanbis Resort ma Gizo a me ka Gizo Hotel ma Gizo.
Ua ʻōlelo ka palapala noi ʻo Solomon Islands Seaplanes e hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mokulele mokulele. ʻAʻole ia e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa mau a kūʻai aku i nā noho ma kahi noho ma kahi noho.
Akā naʻe ke kumu paha ia i ka hopohopo a me nā mea kūʻē mai Solomon Airlines. Ke hoʻohana nei ka mokulele mokuʻāina i nā lawelawe lewa kūloko wale nō o ka ʻāina, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻauwaʻa ʻekolu Twin Otters a me kahi Britten Norman Islander.
Ke holo nei ʻo ia i ke ahiahi o nā huakaʻi ʻo Twin Otter i ke Komohana a me ka pō i ka mokulele ma Gizo i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hālāwai me nā pilina mākaʻikaʻi.
Ua kūkulu hou ʻo Solomon Airlines i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa mai hoʻokahi a ʻekolu Twin Otters.
Akā, pono ia e hoʻokele i nā mokulele i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina. Loaʻa iā ia nā mokulele ma waho o ka lawelawe e kali ana i ka hōʻea ʻana o nā ʻāpana e hoʻihoʻi i nā mokulele.
Ua alakaʻi kēia i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻohewa ʻana mai nā mea hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi, e nīnau ana i ka hiki o Solomon Airlines ke hāʻawi i nā noho a me ka hilinaʻi i nā ala mākaʻikaʻi kūloko.
ʻO kahi leka uila mai ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo Sanbis Resort ʻo Hans Mergozzi iā Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau i hōʻike ʻia i kēia pule i hala, e ʻōlelo ana:
"Ma muli o ka hiki ʻole o Solomon Airlines (a me ka makemake ʻole e hoʻonui i kā lākou hana kūloko), ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kiʻi i nā poʻe i ke Komohana! Manaʻo mākou ua nalowale mākou i kēia manawa (i nā mahina 2 i hala) ma kahi o 60 mau puke ma waena o mākou.
“E unuhi ʻia i loko o 300 mau pō moe! I kēia manawa ke noʻonoʻo nei au e kāpae i kā mākou hoʻolaha āpau no ka mea he pau wale ke kālā i ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā nīnau a laila haʻi ʻia e ka mokulele ʻaneʻane pau nā lele ma waena o kēia manawa a me ka Kalikimaka.
"Ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hiki koke mai kahi mea lawelawe kūloko (ma mua paha o ka Kalikimaka) e kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i nā poʻe i ke Komohana.
“He manaʻo maikaʻi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Virgin Pacific ma ʻaneʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi ka leo ma ka ʻaoʻao akā he mea maikaʻi ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā moena a pau ma Honiara a ʻaʻole hiki i ka hana kūloko o SolAir ke hoʻoneʻe i nā poʻe mai Honiara.
“Pono mākou ma ke Komohana e kali me ka huhū a ʻike ... ʻoiai ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o kā mākou noho ʻana (hiki ke maikaʻi i kēia manawa)!
"No laila, mahalo nui ʻia nā kōkua a me nā lobbying mai ka SIVB a me ka Ministry of Tourism e paipai iā Solomon Airlines e hoʻonui i kā lākou hana kūloko!"
Ke alo nei ʻo Solomon Airlines i ka hoʻokūkū kūloko mai SkyAirWorld, ka mea i loaʻa i ka ʻae ʻia ʻo Air Transport Licensing Authority.
Makemake ʻo SkyAirWorld e lele i kāna mokulele Embraer E76 he 170 mau pahū i loko o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Munda ke hoʻonui ʻia kēia. Manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka ka hana ma kēia manawa ke hoʻopau nā mea hana ʻaelike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Seghe.
Ke nānā nei ʻo SkyAirWorld i ka hoʻohana ʻana i Cessna Caravans no nā mokulele kūloko. Hiki iā lākou ke lawe a hiki i 12 mau mea kaʻa a hana pū me nā amphibians.
Mai ka lā 2 Dekemaba e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻonui ʻia ke koʻikoʻi nui o nā lawelawe ea kūloko i nā wahi e like me Gizo.
ʻO ia ka manawa i hui pū ai nā mokulele ʻelua Boeing 737-800 o Pacific Blue i ka Solomon Airlines (hoʻokahi Boeing 737-800, ʻekolu Boeing 737-300) a me SkyAirWorld (ʻekolu E170/190) ma ke ala Brisbane-Honiara-Brisbane.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “He manaʻo maikaʻi loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Virgin Pacific ma ʻaneʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi ka leo ma ka ʻaoʻao akā he mea maikaʻi ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā moena a pau ma Honiara a ʻaʻole hiki i ka hana kūloko o SolAir ke hoʻoneʻe i nā poʻe mai Honiara.
- I am now actually considering to cancel all our advertising as it is a complete waste of money to generate the enquiries and then be told by the airline that almost every flight between now and Christmas is booked out.
- Ke holo nei ʻo ia i ke ahiahi o nā huakaʻi ʻo Twin Otter i ke Komohana a me ka pō i ka mokulele ma Gizo i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hālāwai me nā pilina mākaʻikaʻi.
