Ke hui pū nei ʻo United Airlines me Virgin Australia e hoʻopili i ka poʻe huakaʻi US i ka hoʻolauleʻa nui loa o ka honua ʻo Pride ma Sydney me kahi mokulele kūikawā i lawelawe ʻia e nā lālā a me nā hoa pili o ka LGBTQ+ kaiāulu.
E haʻalele ana i ka Pōʻakolu, Pepeluali 22 mai Kapalakiko International Airport, e hoʻomaka ka ʻahaʻaina me ka hoʻolauleʻa ma ka puka pā, e hoʻomau i nā makana a me nā hana ma luna o ka mokulele a hoʻopau ʻia me kahi pāʻina hoʻokipa i ka hōʻea ʻana i Sydney.
ʻOiai ua hāʻawi ʻo Virgin Australia i nā mokulele kūloko kūikawā ma Australia no Pride mai 2021, ʻo ia ka manawa mua e hui pū ai ʻo United i kēia hana.
“Ma ke ʻano he hoa haʻaheo o ka LGBTQ + kaiāulu a me ke alakaʻi alakaʻi mai ka US a Australia, ua hauʻoli ʻo United e hui pū me ka pāʻina a kōkua i nā poʻe e hoʻolauleʻa i nā hanana Pride e hiki mai ana ma Sydney, "wahi a Lori Augustine, Hope Pelekikena o Operations for Hawaiian Airlines ma Kapalakiko.
"Ma United, ʻike mākou, apo a hoʻolauleʻa i nā ʻokoʻa e hoʻohālikelike ai kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a me nā limahana. Hoʻopaʻa mākou i ka hana ʻana i kahi kaiapuni hana me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā kaiāulu like ʻole a mākou e lawelawe nei. ʻO kā mākou Pride Flight kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o ka United, Good Leads the Way. "
"Virgin Australia ua hoʻokumu i kā mākou Pride Flight mua i waenakonu o ka maʻi maʻi a hiki i kēia lā, loaʻa iā mākou nā mokulele a puni ʻo Australia, a ʻo kā mākou mokulele mua loa Pride Flight mai Kapalakiko me kā mākou hoa maikaʻi, ʻo United Airlines, "wahi a Jayne Hrdlicka, Luna Nui no Virgin Pūʻulu Australia.
“He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻohana ʻana i ko mākou leo e hāpai i ka ʻokoʻa a me ke komo ʻana i loko o nā kaiāulu kahi a mākou e noho ai, hana a lele. He mea koʻikoʻi ko mākou hui pū ʻana me United Airlines a nani loa ka ʻike ʻana i ka hui pū ʻana ma waena o nā mokulele, a me ka hauʻoli a mākou i lawe mai ai i kā mākou mau malihini i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka haʻaheo ma waena o ka Pākīpika a ma Australia.
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo United i ka kūlike LGBTQ +, me ka moʻolelo haʻaheo o nā mea mua. ʻO United ka mokulele US mua i ʻike piha i ka hui ʻana i ka home i ka makahiki 1999 a ʻo ia ka mokulele US mua e hāʻawi i nā koho kāne kāne ʻole binary i loko o kāna mau papa kuhikuhi i ka makahiki 2019.
I ka makahiki 2019, ua lilo ka mokulele i hui aupuni mua i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka Pride Live's Stonewall Ambassador program no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka mokulele i ke kaulike LGBTQ +. Ma o EQUAL, ka LGBTQ+ Business Resource Group o ka mokulele, ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,500 mau lālā e hana pū ana e kākoʻo ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kaiāulu LGBTQ+, e hana pū ana me nā lālā a me nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa e hoʻomohala i nā ala e hoʻopuka ai i nā kumuwaiwai, hoʻonaʻauao a me ke kākoʻo.
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo United i ka hoʻokomo ʻana a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā limahana e lilo i mea piha i ka hana, ʻo ia ke kumu i ka makahiki 2021, ua hoʻonui ka mokulele i kona mau hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona, e neʻe aku ana mai ke alakaʻi ʻana i ke kāne a me ka ʻae ʻana i nā limahana e kū pono ana i nā mea kūʻai aku e hōʻike maoli iā lākou iho ma o ka ʻike ʻia. nā peʻa, ʻō i ka ihu, ka lauoho, ka make-up, nā kui a me nā mea hou aku.
ʻO United ka mokulele honua holoʻokoʻa o ka Bay Area, me nā huakaʻi hou aku i nā wahi ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe ma Northern California. Hoʻohana ʻo United ma mua o 200 mau haʻalele i kēlā me kēia lā mai San Francisco International Airport, e lawe ana i nā mea kūʻai aku ma mua o 100 mau wahi a puni ka honua, e komo pū ana me ka lawelawe honua loa me nā mokulele i 26 mau kūlanakauhale ʻokoʻa honua.
ʻO United ke alakaʻi alakaʻi o ka ʻāina i Australia a hoʻokele i nā mokulele i ʻekolu mau wahi ma Australia ma o SFO me Sydney, Melbourne a me Brisbane. Hāʻawi ʻo United i ka lawelawe ʻoi aku i Australia ma mua o ka wā ma mua a hāʻawi i nā noho hou aʻe mai US a Australia ma mua o nā mokulele ʻē aʻe.
