Ukuvakasha kuqale kabusha e-US State of Hawaii, noma enye yezimakethe zamazwe ngamazwe ezisungulwe kakhulu yayingemuva. I-Japan manje inezindiza eziningi ezingami eziya e-Honolulu futhi. Manje iqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-300 neziqhingi ezimbili, i-Japan Airlines nayo isiqala kabusha isevisi engami phakathi kwe-Tokyo Narita ne-Kona e-Hawaii Island.
Japan Airlines izindiza ezimenyezelwe okokuqala phakathi kwe-NRT ne-KOA e 2017.
Ngesikhathi somcimbi okhethekile obuse-Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport e-Keāhole, uMongameli we-HTA kanye ne-CEO u-John De Fries nabanye ababambiqhaza bezokuvakasha kanye nohulumeni bazwakalise ukwazisa kwabo ngalokho okushiwo isevisi ye-Japan Airlines esiQhingini sase-Hawaii nasesifundazweni.
“Umlando we-Hawaii ne-Japan mude futhi uhlukile. Ubudlelwano obuqinile phakathi kweJapan ne-Hawaiʻi bubuyela emuva ezizukulwaneni eziningi, ngakho ukubuya kohambo phakathi kwezizwe zethu ezimbili kufana nokwamukela umndeni ekhaya ngemuva kokunyamalala isikhathi eside,” kusho uDe Fries.
“Indiza yeJapan Airlines engu-770 esuka eNarita International Airport iya e-Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport ifanekisela ukuvulwa kabusha kwebhuloho lesibhakabhaka elizosihlanganisa futhi liqinise isibopho sethu samasiko ahlukahlukene kuyilapho liqinisa imizamo yethu yokuthuthukisa ezohwebo nohwebo phakathi kwezizwe zethu ezimbili. ”
Ezinyangeni zokuqala eziyisithupha zika-2022, izivakashi ezisuka e-Japan zasebenzisa u-$86.7 wezigidi e-Hawai'i, zenza u-$10 wezigidi emalini engenayo yentela yezwe. NgoJuni 2022, izinkampani zezindiza ezine zasebenzisa imizila phakathi kwe-Japan ne-Honolulu, e-Hawai'i - Japan Airlines, Zonke iNippon Airways, Hawaiian Airlines, kanye ne-ZIPAIR.
U-De Fries wengeze ngokuthi, “Ukuvakasha kwamanye amazwe kusalokhu kuyisici esibalulekile sekusasa le-Hawaii'i elivuselelwe njengoba kancane kancane samukela abahambi abasebenzisa imali ephezulu abamanani abo ahambisana nomsebenzi wethu 'we-Mālama Ku'u Home' (ukunakekela ikhaya lami elithandekayo). Ukwethulwa kabusha kwesevisi yanamuhla kuhambisana nokubuyiselwa okuqhubekayo kwezindiza esizibone ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule zivela ezimakethe zethu ezibalulekile zamazwe ngamazwe - i-Japan, i-Canada, i-Korea, i-Australia, ne-New Zealand - nalabo esilindele ukubuya ku-inthanethi ekupheleni unyaka.”
Izicukuthwane ebezibambe iqhaza zihlanganisa uMbusi wase-Hawai'i uDavid Ige kanye neNkosazana Yokuqala u-Dawn Ige, uMqondisi woMnyango Wezokuthutha Wesifundazwe (i-DOT) u-Jade Butay, uMqondisi we-DOT-Airports Division uRoss Higashi, uMongameli we-HTA kanye ne-CEO u-John De Fries, uMqondisi Wechweba le-US Customs and Border Protection uGeorge. UMinamishin, kanye ne-Japan Airlines Regional Manager ye-Hawai'i Hiroshi Kuroda.
Phakathi kwabagibeli abafike ngendiza engu-770 ye-JAL kwakukhona neMeya yase-Hawaiʻi County uMitch Roth, ehola ithimba lethimba lase-Hawaiʻi Island elivakashele amadolobha angodadewenu e-Japan. Abagibeli abafikayo babingelelwe ngemva kokuphuma esikhungweni esisha esihlala njalo se-Federal Inspection Services (FIS) ngokudlalwa kwe-hula, umculo ka-Harold Kama, Jr., lei ubingelelwa ngu-Miss Kona Coffee Kyndra Nakamoto wango-2022, kanye nethimba le-Island of Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau (IHVB).
Ukuze isekele amabhizinisi e-Hawai'i Island nabalimi bendawo, i-IHVB iphinde yaxhumanisa ukudla okudliwayo okunemikhiqizo ye-Hawaiʻi Island evela e-Big Island Abalone, i-Big Island Candies, i-UCC Hawai'i, i-Pine Village Small Farm yase-Holualoa, namanzi e-Waiākea.
