ORLANDO, FL - Hiki i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o Central Florida ke nānā i mua i ka hauʻoli ʻana i ka United Kingdom. Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Virgin Atlantic e hoʻonui i kāna lawelawe ma waena o UK a me Orlando me nā mokulele pololei hou mai Belfast, Northern Ireland i Orlando International Airport.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Virgin Atlantic i kēia ala hou e hoʻokō i nā koi kiʻekiʻe i kekahi o kāna mau wahi leʻaleʻa. ʻO kēia ka manawa mua i holo ai ʻo Virgin ma waho o Northern Ireland a ʻo ia wale nō ka mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e lele i kēia ala.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo UK i kekahi o kā mākou mau wahi kaulana loa a mahalo mākou iā Belfast i kā mākou mākeke honua hou loa," wahi a Phil Brown, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Greater Orlando Aviation Authority. "He mea nui ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā koho huakaʻi huakaʻi i Orlando International Airport no ka mea hāʻawi i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku i nā manawa hou no ka ʻoihana a me ka leʻaleʻa."
E hoʻohana ʻia ka lawelawe Belfast hou i Orlando i kēlā me kēia pule ma Iune a me Iulai o 2015 a e hoʻohui i nā noho 3,600 i a mai Central Florida i ke kau. E lele ʻo Virgin Atlantic i ka mokulele Boeing 747-400 i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me 14 mau noho papa kiʻekiʻe, 66 mau noho hoʻokele waiwai a me 375 mau noho hoʻokele waiwai.
Mai ka makahiki 1988, ua lawe ʻo Virgin Atlantic ma kahi o 15 miliona mau kaʻa i a mai Orlando International Airport a ke hoʻohana nei i kēia manawa he 2,500 mau mokulele i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma waena o Orlando a me London/Gatwick, Manchester a me Glasgow.
