Ua hui pū kekahi mokulele Kina i ka nui o nā mea lawe e lele pololei ana mai Asia a Melbourne.
ʻO Sichuan Airlines, ka hapa nui o ke aupuni panalāʻau ʻo Sichuan, e lele pololei mai Chengdu ʻekolu manawa o ka pule a hoʻokumu i kāna keʻena nui o Australia ma Melbourne.
I ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka ʻaelike i ka wā o kahi misionari kālepa i Kina, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu he hana koʻikoʻi ia i ka hoʻonoho ʻana i ka mokuʻāina ma ke ʻano he ʻīpuka o Australia i Kina.
"ʻO nā lawelawe ea pololei ma waena o Melbourne a me Chengdu e hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana, ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka pilina ma waena o Victoria a me Kina," wahi āna.
ʻO Chengdu kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ke komohana o Kina, me ka heluna kanaka he 14.7 miliona, a ua hōʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi nui o ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai o Kina i nā makahiki i hala iho nei.
Holo pololei ʻo Kina Hikina, Kina Hema a me Air China mai Kina a Melbourne.
He 27 pākēneka ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi Kina i ka pō i ka makahiki 2011/12, e like me nā helu Tourism Victoria.
Manaʻo ka luna alakaʻi ʻo Tourism and Transport Forum ʻo John Lee i ke ala hou i Chengdu e alakaʻi i ka ulu ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi Kina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO ʻo Melbourne Airport ʻo Chris Woodruff e kōkua ka mokulele iā Melbourne e lilo i kahua mokulele mua o Australia no nā huakaʻi Kina.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo Sichuan Airlines i ka hopena o 1980s a ua hoʻohui i kāna ala mua honua ma Iune 2012.
