I kēia lā, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Vancouver Airport Authority e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Interjet i ka lawelawe a puni ka makahiki ma Vancouver International Airport (YVR) i kēia hāʻule. E hāʻawi aku ʻo Interjet i nā poʻe kaʻa i ke ala kū ʻole ma waena o YVR a me Mexico City International Airport (MEX) a me Cancún International Airport (CUN). E hoʻohana ana kēia mau lawelawe hou i ʻehā manawa i kēlā me kēia pule e hoʻomaka ana ma ʻOkakopa 26, 2017.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā Interjet i ka ʻohana YVR - he mea hoʻohui maikaʻi lākou i kā mākou mau hoa mokulele," wahi a Craig Richmond, Pelekikena a Luna Nui, Vancouver Airport Authority. "Ke hāʻawi nei kēia mau lawelawe hou i nā mea kūʻai aku e ʻimi nei i nā manawa ʻoihana a i ʻole nā huakaʻi hoʻomaha i nā koho ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i Mexico a me ke komo maʻalahi i ʻAmelika Latin ma o ka pūnaewele nui o Interjet."
Ua hana ʻo Interjet no nā makahiki he ʻumi me nā hub ma Mexico City, Toluca a me Cancún. Hoʻohana ka hui i kahi kokoke i 4,500 poʻe ma kāna pūnaewele, a hāʻawi i kahi kokoke i 270 mau huakaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻopili ana ma mua o 50 miliona mau kaʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki i 55 mau wahi ma Mexico, United States, Canada, Latin America a me ka Caribbean.
“ʻOliʻoli mākou e hoʻohui iā Vancouver i ko mākou huakaʻi ʻekolu i Kanada. Manaʻo mākou he hana kūlohelohe kēia kūlanakauhale nani i loko o kā mākou uhi i kēia mākeke koʻikoʻi. Mahalo i ka nui o ka hoihoi i ka pilina ma waena o nā ʻāina ʻelua, hāʻawi mākou i kēia koho kaʻa hou i nā mākaʻikaʻi Kanada a me nā Mekiko e huakaʻi ana no ka ʻoihana, leʻaleʻa a i ʻole ke aʻo ʻana i kēlā ʻāina, "wahi a José Luis Garza, Luna Hoʻokele o Interjet.
E hāʻawi ka lawelawe hou i $ 16.3 miliona i ka huina hoʻokele waiwai, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā hana 106 i ka ʻoihana BC a me $ 8.6 miliona ma Gross Domestic Product i ka mokuʻāina. Hāʻawi ia i nā manawa no nā ʻoihana BC e hiki i nā mea kūʻai aku, nā mea hoʻolako a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka ma Mexico a me Latin America.
E hoʻohana ʻo Interjet i kahi mokulele Airbus A320 ma kēia mau ala me kahi noho no 150 mau kaʻa.
