Ua hana hou ʻo SriLankan Airlines i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna pūnaewele ala me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lawelawe nonstop i kēlā me kēia lā i Melbourne ma ka 29th ʻOkakopa 2017, e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi honua i kahi koho kūpono e kipa aku ai iā Australia a me nā huakaʻi mai Down Under ka manawa kūpono e huakaʻi i ka honua ma o ka wikiwiki. nā pilina ma Colombo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ajith Dias, ka luna hoʻomalu o Sri Lanka's National Carrier: "Ua hauʻoli mākou ma SriLankan Airlines i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia lawelawe hou, ʻaʻohe o mākou kānalua e lilo ia i mea ʻoluʻolu loa i nā ʻāpana huakaʻi a pau, me ka nui o nā Sri Lankans e noho ana i loko. ʻO Australia, ʻo ka nui o nā Australia e makemake nei e huakaʻi i nā ʻāina ʻē a me nā poʻe a puni ʻo Asia e kipa aku ana i lalo.
Hoʻokumu ka poʻe malihini a me nā haumāna o Sri Lanka i kahi kaiāulu nui a koʻikoʻi ma Australia, a hoʻi pinepine i ko lākou ʻāina hānau. Noho ka hapa nui o lākou ma Melbourne, a me nā kūlanakauhale ʻē aʻe ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Victoria a me New South Wales e pili kokoke ana, me nā helu liʻiliʻi ma ke koena o Australia a me New Zealand.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kāpena Suren Ratwatte, Luna Hoʻokele o SriLankan Airlines: "Ua hoʻonui mākou i kā mākou ʻoihana alahele ma ke ʻano ʻōnaehana ma Asia - mai ka Middle East a hiki i ka Hikina Hikina - a hiki i kēia manawa ke hāʻawi i nā huakaʻi Australia i nā koho maikaʻi loa i ka pilina, me kahi hoʻokahi. nā huakaʻi i nā wahi kaulana loa ma Colombo.
He lālā o ka hui mokulele honua oneworld hanohano, hāʻawi ʻo SriLankan i nā pilina kūpono i 14 mau kūlanakauhale ma India, ʻeiwa ma ka Middle East a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e like me Male a me Gan Island ma Maldives, a me Seychelles. Hoʻohana pū ʻo SriLankan i nā lawelawe ʻelua ʻelua o kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o Sri Lanka a me Australia me kāna mau hoa codeshare ʻo Qantas a me Malaysia Airlines.
E hauʻoli nā poʻe holo i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka mokulele Airbus A330 hou o ka mokulele ma waena o Melbourne a me Colombo, me nā papa pālahalaha ma ka Papa Pāʻoihana, nā ʻoliʻoli i loko o ka mokulele a me ka lawelawe papa honua i hāʻawi ʻia e ka poʻe holo kaʻa lanakila lanakila o SriLankan.
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