Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Star Flyer, kahi mokulele Kepani e ulu wikiwiki ana, e pili ana i ka waiwai, i kēia lā i kahi ʻaelike paʻa me Airbus no ke kūʻai ʻana i ʻelua A320. Ke hana nei ka mokulele Iapana i ʻelima mau A320 i hoʻolimalima ʻia, me ʻehā mau mea e hoʻouna ʻia.
ʻO kēia kauoha ka mea kūʻai mua loa o ka mokulele Kepani. E hōʻike ana ka mokulele hou i 144 a 150 mau noho i kahi papa hoʻokahi papa a hoʻohana ʻia e nā mīkini CFM56-5B4/P. Manaʻo ʻo Star Flyer e hoʻohana i nā mokulele hou e hoʻonui i nā alapine a wehe i nā ala hou ma Iapana a me Korea.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Star Flyer Pelekikena a me CEO Shinichi Yonehara, "Ua hana mākou i nā A320 mai Malaki 2006, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai kā mākou lawelawe mai New Kita Kyushu Airport. He koʻikoʻi ko ka mokulele Airbus i kā mākou holomua, e hāʻawi ana i ka maikaʻi o ke kumukūʻai maikaʻi i hui pū ʻia me ka hilinaʻi o ka hana. ʻO kona hale noho ʻoluʻolu i hoʻolako ʻia me nā noho ʻili a me kahi ʻōnaehana leʻaleʻa i loko o ka mokulele e mahalo nui ʻia e kā mākou poʻe holo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo John Leahy, Luna Nui o Airbus - Nā mea kūʻai aku, "Hoʻohanohano nui ʻia mākou ua koho ʻo Star Flyer i nā A320s e hoʻonui i kā lākou pūnaewele. I loko o ʻelima mau makahiki, ua hoʻokumu ka mokulele i kahi kūlana kupaianaha i ka mākeke Iapana paʻakikī. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokele waiwai o kā mākou ʻohana alakaʻi hoʻokahi-aisle i kōkua ikaika i ko lākou kūleʻa.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻohana A320 (A318, A319, A320 a me A321) ma ke ʻano he ʻohana mokulele mokulele hoʻokahi. Hōʻike ka mokulele i ka ʻenehana hou loa i loaʻa i kēia lā, ka hale ākea a ʻoluʻolu loa, a me ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hana maʻamau. Me ka 99.7 pākēneka hilinaʻi a me nā manawa lawelawe lōʻihi, ʻo ka ʻohana A320 nō hoʻi nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa o kēlā me kēia mokulele aisle i kēia lā.
Me kahi kokoke i 7,000 mau mokulele i kūʻai ʻia, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,600 mau mokulele i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻohana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka A330 Family ka ʻohana mokulele kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma ka honua i kēia lā.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Me kahi kokoke i 7,000 mau mokulele i kūʻai ʻia, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,600 mau mokulele i hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻohana ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ka A330 Family ka ʻohana mokulele kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma ka honua i kēia lā.
- Manaʻo ʻo Star Flyer e hoʻohana i nā mokulele hou e hoʻonui i nā alapine a wehe i nā ala hou ma Iapana a me Korea.
- Hōʻike ka mokulele i ka ʻenehana hou loa i loaʻa i kēia lā, ka hale ākea a ʻoluʻolu loa, a me ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hana maʻamau.
