Hoʻonui hou aku ʻo Hong Kong Airlines i kāna uhi pūnaewele ma ka ʻāina ʻo Kyushu o Iapana me kāna lele hoʻomaka i Kumamoto i kēia lā.

Kumamoto, me ʻekolu mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia pule, ʻo ia ka hiku o ka huakaʻi ʻo Iapana, ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lawelawe i Fukuoka a me Nagoya ma mua o kēia makahiki.

No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Mokulele Hong Kong' ʻO ke ala ʻo Kumamoto, ua hoʻouna kūikawā ʻo Kumamoto Prefecture i kāna mascot kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ʻo Kumamon, ma kahi "huakaʻi ʻoihana" i Hong Kong ma Nowemapa 30. Ua kipa ʻo Kumamon i ka HKA Training Academy e pāʻani i nā pāʻani me nā limahana a ma hope mai ua hōʻike ʻia ma Central Harbourfront e launa pū me ka lehulehu a paipai i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Kumamoto Prefecture.

I ka lā o ka lele hoʻomaka ʻana, ua mālama ʻia kahi hanana maʻalahi a koʻikoʻi ma ka puka komo o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Hong Kong International Airport kahi o ka hui hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe o HKA, ka Luna Nui o Kumamoto Prefectural Government Hong Kong Representative Office a me nā ʻelele mai ka Airport Authority Hong Kong. Ua launa pū ʻo Kong, a me Kumamon me nā poʻe holo o ka lele mua a hāʻawi i nā pūʻulu makana.

I ka hōʻea ʻana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Aso Kumamoto, ua hoʻokipa ʻia ka mokulele e ka puʻuwai wai maʻamau. Ua ukali ʻia e kahi hui hoʻolauleʻa ma ke kahua mokulele, i hele ʻia e Mr Jevey Zhang, ka luna hoʻomalu o HKA, ʻo Mr Yamakawa, Pelekikena o Kumamoto Airport, Mr Tajima, Hope Kiaʻāina o Kumamoto Prefecture, nā lālā Diet kūloko a me nā malihini hanohano.

Ma ka hui, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Jevey Zhang: "Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hoʻohui hou ʻana i kēia wahi kaulana i loko o kā mākou ʻoihana ala Kepani e hoʻonui nei ma hope o nā makahiki he nui. ʻO Kumamoto ko mākou huakaʻi hou ʻelua ma ka ʻāina ʻo Kyushu, kahi e hoʻokō ai i kā mākou mau huakaʻi hoʻi i kēlā me kēia lā i Fukuoka, e hoʻopili ana i nā ʻāpana ʻākau a me waena o Kyushu a hāʻawi i nā poʻe kaʻa me nā koho huakaʻi like ʻole. Manaʻo mākou i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana me Kumamoto, nā aupuni prefecture ma Iapana, nā luna mokulele, a me nā hoa ʻoihana e hoʻolauna i nā mokulele i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Iapana.

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Mr Yamakawa: "Ua hauʻoli mākou e hoʻomaka hou i nā mokulele i Hong Kong ma hope o ka pōʻino ōlaʻi hope loa. Manaʻo mākou ʻaʻole e lawelawe wale kēia i nā poʻe holo kaʻa e haʻalele ana mai Kumamoto, akā e hoʻonui pū i ka nui o nā kaʻa ukana o ka honua a hoʻonui i ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko ma waena o Kumamoto a me Hong Kong. E hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kā mākou hui like ʻana a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo no ka huki ʻana i nā malihini hou aʻe a hoʻonui i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma waena o nā wahi ʻelua.

Me ka lele ʻana i kēlā me kēia lā ma ke ala Fukuoka, e holo ana ʻo Hong Kong Airlines i 10 mau mokulele i ka pule i ka ʻāina ʻo Kyushu, e hoʻokumu ana i nā manawa haʻalele a me ka hōʻea ʻana i Kyushu.

Penei ka papa kuhikuhi holo ana o Hong Kong Airlines ma waena o Hong Kong a me Kumamoto (Nā manawa āpau):