Hawaiian Airlines e tla hokahanya Lihlekehleke tsa Hawaii le Lihlekehleke tsa Cook ho qala ka May 2023 ka sefofane sa beke le beke pakeng tsa Honolulu (HNL) le Rarotonga (RAR). Ts'ebeletso, e qalang ka la 20 Motšeanong, ka nako ea nako ea maeto a lehlabula a Amerika, e tla fana ka baeti ba tsoang litoropong tse 15 tsa Hawaii tsa US Mainland tse loketseng likhokahano tsa sebaka se le seng ho ea fihla. Kepulauan Cook.
"Re thabetse ho holisa marang-rang a rona a Pacific Boroa ka ho fa baeti ba rona monyetla oa ho fihla Lihlekehlekeng tsa Cook, e leng sehlopha sa lihlekehleke se nang le metso ea Hawaii ea Polynesia le botle ba tlhaho," ho boletse Peter Ingram. Airlines Hawaii mopresidente le CEO.
"Tšebeletso ena e holisa haholo menyetla ea maeto lipakeng tsa Lihlekehleke tsa Cook le United States, ka lebaka la likhokahano tsa rona tse nakong le marang-rang a matla, ho kenyeletsoa le ts'ebeletso lipakeng tsa Hawaii le litoropo tse robeli tsa California."
"Joaloka sefofane sa lilemo tse 93 se ikemiselitseng ho tsitsa, Hawaiian Airlines ke molekane ea phethahetseng bakeng sa Lihlekehleke tsa Cook," ho boletse Tonakholo ea Lihlekehleke tsa Cook, Mark Brown.
“Re amohela tsebiso ena e nakong e tsoang ho Hawaiian Airlines, ha re ntse re shebile ho aha bocha indasteri ea rona ea bohahlauli le ho matlafatsa phihlello ea mebaraka ea rona e ka leboea ea lefatše. Bohahlauli bo kenang ka hare ho naha ke sehlohlolo sa moruo oa sechaba sa habo rona, 'me ho fihlela bokhoni ba rona re hloka phihlello ho tsoa limmarakeng tse kholo tsa machaba. Tšebeletso ea Hawaii ea Honolulu-Rarotonga e re hokahanya le Los Angeles, Pacific Northwest, le litoropo tse ling tse ngata tse khōlō tsa US Mainland.”
Thekiso ea litekete tsa tšebeletso ea Honolulu-Rarotonga e tla qala ka la 7 Tšitoe.
Sefofane sa HA495 se tla tloha Honolulu ka 4 thapama ka Moqebelo 'me se fihle Rarotonga ka 10:25 pm letsatsing lona leo.
Sefofane se khutlang, HA496, se tla tloha Rarotonga ka 11:35 mantsiboea ka Lisontaha ka 5:50 hoseng ha Mantaha se fihla Honolulu.