Na Bahamian a hoʻohana i ka mokulele kalepa, ʻo Western Air, ua lawe i kahi ala lōʻihi i ka lewa aloha honua i nehinei i kona holo mua ʻana ma waena o Nassau a me Fort Lauderdale, Florida ma ke ʻano he mokulele ʻē aʻe no nā huakaʻi. Ua haʻalele ka 50-seater Embraer ERJ145 Jet mai Lynden Pindling International Airport i ka hola 11 am e hele ana i Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport, kahi mea mua i ka makahiki kokoke i 21 mau makahiki.
ʻO Dr. Kenneth Romer, Hope Luna Nui a Luna Hoʻokele o Aviation, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Investments & Aviation (BMOTIA), alakaʻi i nā luna a me nā mea hoʻolaha e hoʻokipa ana i nā poʻe kaʻa mua i ka wā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana ma Terminal 1, Concourse C. He malihini kūikawā nāna pū kekahi ʻO Anne-Marie Davis ka wahine a ke Kuhina Nui o ʻO nā Bahamas ka Mea Hanohano Philip Davis.
Ua hoʻomaka ka ʻaha me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o nā poʻe holo i ka lele hoʻomaka, i hoʻokipa ʻia ma ka pahu e nā leo kani o Junkanoo, kahi hoʻolauleʻa moʻomeheu Bahamian, piha me nā bele pipi, nā puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu o nā pahu ʻili kao, a me nā puʻupuʻu.
E hoʻohana ʻo Western Air i ka lawelawe mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma kāna alahele honua hou i Fort Lauderdale me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka manaʻo no ka hoʻololi ʻole ʻana a i ʻole ka uku hoʻopau ʻana, me nā tiketi āpau a hiki i ʻeono mahina. I nā pule e hiki mai ana, manaʻo ʻia ka mea lawe mokulele e hoʻonui i ka lawelawe mai Freeport ma Grand Bahama Island i Fort Lauderdale pū kekahi.
ʻO ke poʻo nui ma ka San Andros International Airport ma ka mokupuni ʻo Andros, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Western Air ma 2001 e Kāpena a me Flight Instructor Rex Rolle a me kāna wahine ʻo Shandice Rolle. ʻO kā lāua kaikamahine ʻo Sherrexcia "Rexxy" Rolle ka Hope Pelekikena o nā Hana.
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