Winair e hoʻomaka hou i nā lele i St. Kitts

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – E hoʻomaka hou ana ka mokulele mokuʻāina ʻo Caribbean ʻo Winair i nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma waena o St. Maarten a me St. Kitts & Nevis ma ʻOkakopa 29, 2012.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kēlā hoʻolaha e St. Kitts & Nevis Kuhina o ka Tourism & International Transport, Senatoa Ricky Skerritt, ma hope o ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi i ka Pōʻalima i hala aku nei o kahi ʻelele ʻekolu kanaka mai Winair i alakaʻi ʻia e Michael Cleaver, Pelekikena a Luna Nui o Winair.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Skerritt, ʻo ka mokulele ʻenekini māhoe he 19 noho o Winair e hoʻopili pono iā St. Kitts me nā huakaʻi nui e hiki mai ana i St. Maarten mai ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a e hoʻokomo hou i kahi lawelawe ea kūloko ma waena o Nevis a me St. Kitts.

"Ke hauʻoli nui nei au e hāʻawi ana ʻo Winair i nā huakaʻi i kahi koho mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma waena o St. Kitts a me Nevis, kahi ala i lawelawe ʻia i kēia manawa e nā ferry moana a me nā mokulele liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kuhina Skerritt, "nā hoʻoili honua komo i St. Maarten's Princess Juliana Airport i koho ʻia no St. Kitts e loaʻa i kēia manawa kahi ʻike maʻalahi me kahi manawa kali pōkole pū kekahi.

E haʻalele ka lawelawe hou iā St. Maarten ma 5:55 pm i kēlā me kēia lā no St. Kitts a i ka pō ma Nevis i ka pō ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana mai St. Kitts ma 6:55 pm. E hoʻomaka ana ka mokulele i kāna huakaʻi kakahiaka i kēlā me kēia lā i St. Maarten ma 9:00 am mai Nevis a me 9:35 am mai St. Kitts, a hōʻea i St. Maarten ma 10:05 am.

Ua ʻōlelo ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o Winair ʻo Michael Cleaver: “He mokulele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Winair ma hope o kā mākou hoʻonohonoho hou ʻana, a ke hilinaʻi nei mākou ʻo kā mākou hilinaʻi ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻokomo hou ʻana i kahi lawelawe St. Kitts ma hope o ke kaawale o ʻekolu mau makahiki.

Ua hele pū ʻia ʻo Cleaver ma kāna huakaʻi hoʻokahi lā i St. Kitts e ke kākāʻōlelo iā Winair Michael Ferrier a me Roberto Gibbs, VP a me CFO o Winair.

Ua hui pū ʻia ʻo Kuhina Skerritt i kēia hālāwai hoʻolālā airlift e kona Kuhina ma ka Ministry of Tourism and International Transport, Cedric Liburd; kela Kakauolelo mau o ke Kuhina, o Patricia Martin; Luna Nui o St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA), Jonathan Bass; a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Lewa Kivila, ʻo McClean Hobson.

PHOTO (L to R): ʻO ke kākāʻōlelo o Winair Michael Ferrier; ʻO ka Pelekikena a me Luna Nui o Winair ʻo Michael Cleaver; ʻO St. Kitts & Nevis Kuhina o ka huakaʻi a me ka lawe ʻana o ka honua, ʻo Senatoa Ricky Skerritt; Kakauolelo paʻa ma ke Keʻena ʻo Tourism & International Transport, ʻo Patricia Martin; ʻO ka VP o Winair a me CFO Roberto A. Gibbs; ʻO ke kākā'ōlelo i ke Kuhina o ka Mākaʻikaʻi a me nā Kaʻa Kaʻa Kaʻahele, Cedric Liburd; Luna Nui o St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA), Jonathan Bass; a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Lewa Kivila, ʻo McClean Hobson