LOS ANGELES, CA - Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Air Tahiti Nui i kāna hoʻoholo i kēia lā e kāpae i kāna mau huakaʻi mai John F. Kennedy International Airport a Tahiti no kāna hoʻoilo haʻahaʻa, Nowemapa - ʻApelila, kau ma muli o ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka piʻina o nā kumukūʻai wahie.
"ʻAʻole ia he mea huna i ka ʻoihana mokulele i ka hopena me ka piʻi mau ʻana o nā kumukūʻai o ka wahie mokulele," wahi a Nick Panza, ka hope pelekikena o Air Tahiti Nui, ʻAmelika. “Eia naʻe, e like me nā mea lawe ʻē aʻe he nui, ua koi ʻia mākou e hōʻoki i ka lawelawe ʻoiai ua kaulana loa kā mākou mau huakaʻi New York, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā o ke kauwela kiʻekiʻe, e hoʻolilo iā Tahiti i wahi hoʻomaha maʻalahi a makemake nui ʻia no East Coasters. ”
"ʻO ka mōʻaukala," i hoʻomau ʻo Panza, "ua hoʻokō mākou i nā hopena paʻa ma kā mākou ala JFK-Tahiti me nā kumu ukana i ʻoi aku ma mua o 70% i nā mahina kau wela me ka papa kuhikuhi o ʻekolu mau mokulele i hoʻokahi pule."
ʻO ka lele pau ʻole hope loa o kēia kau mai Tahiti a New York ma ʻOkakopa 16, 2008 me ka lele hope ʻole o Tahiti i New York ma ʻOkakopa 17, 2008. ʻO ka lele pololei hope loa mai Tahiti a New York ma Los Angeles. ma ʻOkakopa 23, 2008 me ka lele hoʻi mai New York i Tahiti ma LAX ma ʻOkakopa 24, 2008.
ʻOiai ua hoʻomaka ka nui o nā mea lawe i ka nickel-and-diming ohua, ʻaʻole uku ʻo Air Tahiti Nui no nā ʻeke i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, nā meaʻai ma luna o ka moku, nā meaʻai, nā mea inu a me nā ʻoliʻoli. ʻIke ʻia ka hoʻokipa kaulana o ka mokulele Polenekia ma ke kau ʻana i ka wā e hāʻawi lokomaikaʻi ʻia ai nā uluna, nā pākeʻe a me nā pua tiare ʻala e ka “Best Cabin Staff – Pacific Region” (e like me Skytrax). ʻEono kiʻiʻoniʻoni, ʻewalu mele mele a me kahi koho o nā pāʻani wikiō i loaʻa i nā poʻe holo kaʻa a pau ma kā lākou ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa pilikino. Hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu i kēlā me kēia papa o ka lawelawe, ʻoiai ʻo nā noho papa ʻo Moana (economy) ʻo Air Tahiti Nui he poʻo, kahi wāwae a me ke kākoʻo hope haʻahaʻa hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The final direct flight from Tahiti to New York via Los Angeles will be on October 23, 2008 with a return flight from New York to Tahiti via LAX on October 24, 2008.
- This season's last non-stop flight from Tahiti to New York will be on October 16, 2008 with the last non-stop Tahiti to New York flight on October 17, 2008.
- “Historically,” Panza continued, “we've achieved solid results on our JFK-Tahiti route with load factors in excess of 70% in peak summer months with a schedule of three flights a week.
