Me he mea lā ua loaʻa ʻo Nok Air i kona kūlana a ua mākaukau e hui pū me kāna mea kuleana nui, ʻo Thai Airways, ka Luna Nui o Nok Air, ʻo Patee Sarasin, i haʻi aku iā eTN i kahi nīnauele kūʻokoʻa.
E noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o kahi mokulele no ke kumu hoʻolālā e kūʻē i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻokūkū mokulele haʻahaʻa. ʻO kēia ke kumu o Thai Airways i kona hoʻokuʻu ʻana i kāna ʻoihana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, ʻo Nok Air, i ka makahiki 2005. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻokō maoli ʻo Nok Air i kēia kumu, ʻoiai ʻo ia i loko o nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala e kūʻē me kāna mea kuleana nui. A hiki i kēia kauwela, i ka manawa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai kahi ʻaelike hou ma waena o Nok Air a me Thai Airways i hoʻokaʻawale i ke ala no ka hana hou ʻana a me nā pahuhopu kūʻai maʻamau.
eTN: Pehea ʻoe e wehewehe ai he paʻakikī loa ka hana ʻana o Nok Air me kāna mea kuleana nui ʻo Thai Airways?
Patee Sarasin: Ua kanu maoli mākou i ka hatchet me Thai Airways no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i kūpono e hakakā i kēia kaiapuni. He ʻoiaʻiʻo ua pilikia mākou i ka wā ma mua e launa pū me ka nele i ka ʻike maʻamau. He mokulele ʻo Thai Airways he hui mokuʻāina a he kuleana koʻikoʻi ka politika. ʻO ka pilikia, pono mākou e kūkākūkā i nā manawa āpau me nā hoa hou a laila paʻakikī ke mālama i ke kulekele like. Akā me ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Wallop Bhukkanasut, ka luna o ke komite papa hoʻokō, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoa paʻa ikaika e kūkākūkā a ua ʻae mākou i nā pilikia he nui.
eTN: ʻO ka manaʻo paha e hui pū ʻo Thai Airways a me Nok Air a loaʻa i kahi hoʻolālā maʻamau?
Sarasin: E hana pū mākou a ke kau nei i kahi hui e nānā ana i ka hoʻolālā kūʻai maʻamau. ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻokūkū akā hoʻokō maikaʻi kekahi i kekahi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lele ʻana mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Bangkok Don Muang, ʻoiai ʻo Thai Airways [TG] lele i kona mau ala āpau āpau mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Suvarnabhumi. He laʻana ikaika loa mākou i nā mākeke e like me Nakhon Si Tammarat a i ʻole Trang i lawelawe ʻole ʻia e Thai Airways. Manaʻo mākou ua kōkua ʻo TG iā mākou e kūʻai aku i nā mokulele Nok Air ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma waho. Manaʻo mākou e hui pū me ka papahana lele pinepine ʻo TG Royal Orchid Plus - ʻoi aku paha ma ʻOkakopa-a me Royal Orchid Holidays. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻonohonoho i kā mākou pilina ma ke ʻano like me Jetstar me Qantas Airways.
eTN: Pehea ʻoe e hōʻuluʻulu ai i kāu mau makemake no ka launa pū ʻana me Thai Airways?
Sarasin: Hoʻomaka hou, hoʻoikaika wau i kā mākou hui pū ʻana me kēia mau hana: hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho; ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana; ʻo ka hui pū ʻana o ka polokalamu kūpaʻa; nā lā hoʻomaha pūʻolo maʻamau; kūʻai maʻamau. Manaʻo wau e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokō nui ma o nā pahuhopu liʻiliʻi i hiki ke maʻalahi i nā hui ʻelua.
eTN: Ua lele mua ʻoe i nā huakaʻi honua. Aia i loko o kāu hoʻolālā a pehea ʻoe e hui pū ai me Thai Airways?
Sarasin: Ma mua o kā mākou hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, ua wehe mākou i nā mokulele i Bangalore a me Hanoi. ʻOiai ke kumu o ka ukana nui, ua nalowale mākou i ka nui o ke kālā no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i manaʻo i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai wahie i kēlā manawa. A laila lawe mākou i nā poʻe kaʻa i uku haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa i kaulike ʻole i ke kumukūʻai no ka noho. Eia naʻe, manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke lele hou ma ka honua ma 2011. A laila e kamaʻilio mākou me Thai Airways a ʻike i nā wahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke lawelawe. Hiki iā mākou ke lele i nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma waho o Phuket a i ʻole Chiang Mai. He nui lākou i nā manawa kūpono ma Asia no ka nui o nā kūlanakauhale i nele i nā pilina honua…
eTN: Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻoe iā Nok Air i ka makahiki 2008, pehea ke ʻano o ka mokulele i kēia lā?
Sarasin: ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai wahie i koi iā mākou i kahi hōʻemi nui o kā mākou hana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2008 akā pono wau e haʻi aku ua aʻo nui mākou ma o kēia hoʻoponopono hou ʻana. ʻOi loa aku ko mākou akahele i kēia lā i kā mākou ʻano mākeke. Hoʻokuʻu mākou i nā limahana 1,000, hoʻemi i kā mākou mau moku mai 6 a 3 Boeing 737-400 a ʻoki i ka helu o nā mokulele. Ua loaʻa iā mākou ka waiwai mai ka wā e hoʻonui ai i kā mākou hoʻohana mokulele mai 9 a 12.7 hola. Loaʻa iā mākou ma ka awelika kahi kumu ukana ʻoiai ʻaʻole mākou e hāʻawi i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa loa ma ka mākeke. Loaʻa iā mākou ka loaʻa kālā he 160 miliona Baht [US$ 4.7 miliona] i nā mahina ʻeono mua. A laila pono mākou e lawe ma mua o ʻelua miliona mau kaʻa i kēia makahiki.
eTN: Makemake ʻoe e hoʻonui hou?
Sarasin: Ke hoʻohui nei mākou i ʻekolu mokulele hou a nānā maikaʻi i nā ʻauwaʻa o 10 Boeing 737-400 i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pūnaewele, e hoʻohui mākou i nā alapine hou aku i Chiang Mai akā hoʻolālā pū kekahi e wehe i nā ala i Chiang Rai a me Surat Thani. E hoʻomau mākou i ka nānā ʻana i nā hana kūloko no ka mea he mākeke mokulele maoli ʻo Thailand.
