I-Hawaiian Airlines izoxhuma iziQhingi zaseHawaii ne-Cook Islands kusukela ngoMeyi 2023 ngendiza yamasonto onke phakathi kwe-Honolulu (HNL) ne-Rarotonga (RAR). Le nkonzo, eyethulwa ngoMeyi 20, ngesikhathi senkathi yokuvakasha yasehlobo yase-US, izohlinzeka abahambi abavela emadolobheni aseHawaiian angu-15 ase-US Mainland alungele ukuxhumana okukodwa ukuya Cook Islands.
“Siyajabula ukukhulisa inethiwekhi yethu yaseNingizimu Pacific ngokunikeza izivakashi zethu ukufinyelela e-Cook Islands, iqoqo leziqhingi elinezimpande zasePolynesia zaseHawaii kanye nobuhle bemvelo,” kusho uPeter Ingram, Izinkampani zaseHawaii umongameli kanye ne-CEO.
"Le sevisi iwandisa kakhulu amathuba okuhamba phakathi kwe-Cook Islands ne-United States, ngenxa yokuxhumana kwethu okunesikhathi esikahle kanye nenethiwekhi eqinile, okuhlanganisa nesevisi phakathi kweHawaii namadolobha ayisishiyagalombili aseCalifornia."
"Njengenkampani yezindiza eneminyaka engu-93 ubudala ezibophezele ekusimameni, iHawaiian Airlines inguzakwethu ophelele we-Cook Islands," kusho uNdunankulu wase-Cook Islands uMark Brown.
“Siyasamukela lesi simemezelo esifike ngesikhathi se-Hawaiian Airlines, njengoba sibheke ukwakha kabusha imboni yethu yezokuvakasha futhi siqinise ukufinyelela ezimakethe zethu ezisenyakatho nenkabazwe. Ezokuvakasha ezingena ngaphakathi ziwumgogodla wezomnotho esizweni sakithi, futhi ukuze sifinyelele amandla ethu sidinga ukufinyelela ezimakethe ezinkulu zamazwe ngamazwe. Inkonzo yaseHawaii yaseHonolulu-Rarotonga isixhumanisa neLos Angeles, iPacific Northwest, namanye amadolobha amaningi amakhulu ase-US Mainland.”
Ukudayiswa kwamathikithi esevisi ye-Honolulu-Rarotonga kuzoqala ngoDisemba 7.
Indiza i-HA495 izosuka e-Honolulu ngo-4 ntambama ngoMgqibelo futhi ifike e-Rarotonga ngo-10:25 pm ngalo lolo suku.
Indiza ebuyayo, i-HA496, izosuka e-Rarotonga ngo-11:35 pm ngamaSonto lapho ifika ngo-5:50 ekuseni ngoMsombuluko e-Honolulu.
