Ua hoʻomaka ka wehe ʻana o ka Lombok International Airport hou e hoʻoikaika i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o Lombok mokupuni me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o 150 mau mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini ma o ka mokulele hoʻolimalima ʻo Nordwind Airline i ka Pōʻakolu, Nowemapa 16, 2011.
ʻO ka hōʻea ʻana ʻo ia ka mea mua o nā huakaʻi hoʻolimalima i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Pegas Touristik ma Rusia a mālama ʻia e Go Vacation Indonesia (GVI), kahi mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Bali, e lawe pololei mai i nā poʻe holo mai Rusia i Lombok ma kahi Airbus 767-300ER me he 304 mau noho, mai Nowemapa 2011 a Mei 2012.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Marika Gloeckler, ka luna hoʻokō o Go Vacation Indonesia no ka huahana a me ka ʻaelike: "He mau mokulele pololei kēia mai Novosibirsk/Russia i Lombok i kēlā me kēia manawa, me ka hoʻololi ʻana o 13 pō mai hope, i ka mokupuni a hiki i Mei 2012." Ua hoʻohui ʻo Gloeckler e hiki ke loaʻa kahi papahana hoʻolimalima lua mai kekahi kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma Rūsia.
A hiki i Mei 2012, 4,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini e manaʻo ʻia e kipa iā Lombok. Manaʻo ʻia e piʻi kēia helu i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Putu Arya, ka lunamakaʻāinana no GVI, e hele mai ana nā hui mākaʻikaʻi ma nā mokulele 284 noho i kēlā me kēia mahina. ua hoʻohui ʻo ia.
Hāʻawi nui ʻo GVI i nā pūʻolo hoʻokipa no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Lūkini, ʻoiai he koho nā pūʻolo huakaʻi. ʻO kekahi mau pūʻolo huakaʻi i hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e komo i kahi kipa ka mokupuni o Gili, ka pūʻolo hoʻokipa ʻo Mandalika, nā huakaʻi i nā kikowaena hana lima, a me nā mea hou aku.
I kēia manawa, manaʻo ʻia ka axis Lombok-Moscow e ulu ma ke ʻano he laina hoʻokele waiwai. ʻAʻole wale ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, nā mea hoʻomohala ʻoihana mai Rūsia e hōʻea ana i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma West Nusa Tenggar Province. Ma kahi o 18 mau mea hoʻopukapuka Lūkini i kipa aku iā Lombok ma mua o kēia pule. ʻO ka huakaʻi he pane ia i nā luna o West Nusa Tenggara Province e kipa aku ana iā Rusia ma mua. “Ua kipa aku na kanaka kalepa o Rusia i kekahi o na wahi huakai ma Nusa Tenggara Komohana; ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā mea hiki iā West Nusa Tenggara Tourism,” wahi a Bayu Winindiya, ke poʻo o ka West Nusa Tenggara Investment Board (BPM).
