Hoʻomaka ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lawelawe ʻana ʻo 'Smiling China'

BEIJING, Kina – ʻO ka mokulele ʻo Air China "Smiling China", e hoʻohauʻoli ana i ke ʻano o nā helehelena ʻakaʻaka, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kennedy International ma New York ma 10:40 ma Malaki 31, 2013. ʻO ka B-2035, kekahi o nā mokulele ma Air China's. ʻO nā moku B777-300ER, ʻo ia ka prelude i kahi hana hou e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hana ʻo Beijing-New York.

Ua hele mai ke Kanikela Nui o ka Lepupalika Lahui o Kina ma New York, Mr. Sun Guoxiang, Luna Nui o Air China North America, Mr. Chi Zhihang, Luna Hookele o ka National Tourist Office o Kina ma New York, Mr. Xue Yaping, a me ka Hope Luna Nui o JFK International Airport, ka Port Authority o New York a me New Jersey, Mr. Jeff Pearse, a me na ohua o ka lele hoomaka ana.

ʻO ke alahele ʻo Air China ʻo Beijing-New York - ʻo ka mea koʻikoʻi a paʻa loa ma waena o Kina a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - ua hoʻonui ʻia mai ʻehiku a 11 mau manawa o ka pule e hoʻomaka ana i Malaki 31. ʻO nā mokulele hou i hoʻohui ʻia ʻo CA989/990. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka mokulele i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ala i B777-300ER, kahi ʻano kaulana i nā poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana.

I ka makahiki 2012, ʻo Kina ka lua o ka mākeke kumu kūʻai nui loa o ka honua no nā huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i waho, a ʻo ʻAmelika ka wahi kaulana loa no nā huakaʻi Kina. Ua ʻae ke kulekele hou o Beijing i ka poʻe huakaʻi mai 45 mau ʻāina, me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e noho ma Beijing no 72 mau hola i ka wā o ka lele ʻana me ka ʻole o ka visa. Ma hope o ka noiʻi ʻana i ka mākeke hohonu a ma muli o kona ʻike hohonu ʻana i nā pono o ka poʻe huakaʻi ʻoihana, ua hoʻohui ʻo Air China i ʻehā mau pule ma Beijing-New York ma ka Pōʻakahi, Pōʻakolu, Pōʻalima a me ka Lāpule.

Maikaʻi a hilinaʻi hoʻi, ʻo ka B777-300ER ka mokulele mokulele lōʻihi i makemake ʻia e Air China. Hōʻike ia i ka hale kaʻa maikaʻi loa i loko o ka moʻolelo o Air China, e paipai ana i kahi ʻike huakaʻi hoʻomaha a me ke kaumaha ʻole. Loaʻa nā papa mua a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana i nā noho lie-flat, a loaʻa nā puka mana pilikino a me AVOD i nā papa hana āpau no ka leʻaleʻa o ka poʻe kaʻa.

I kēia manawa, hana ʻo Air China i ʻehā mau ala i ʻAmelika ʻĀkau me Beijing a New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco a me Vancouver. No ka hoʻopaʻa hou ʻana i kona paepae ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, hoʻolālā pū ʻo Air China e hoʻomaka pololei i nā mokulele Beijing–Houston ma Iulai 11, 2013, ʻo ia ka lawelawe mua loa e hoʻopili ai iā Beijing me ka ʻāina hema o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.