Ua hoʻokipa ka ʻīpuka kahakai o Krabi, Thailand, i kēia lā i ka lele mua o Qatar Airways e hōʻea i kona kahua mokulele honua mai Doha, Qatar.
Ua hoʻokipa ʻia ka Airbus A330-200 e kahi aloha wai e hoʻolauna i ka lawelawe hou ʻehā manawa i kēlā me kēia pule i ke kahakai komohana o South Thailand. Ma luna o ka mokulele hoʻomaka ʻo Qatar Airways Senior Hope Peresidena o Asia Pacific, ʻo Mr. Marwan Koleilat, a me ka ʻelele o Thailand i Qatar, ka Mea Hanohano Mr. Soonthorn Chaiyindeepum.
With the launch of this new service Qatar Airways has become the first Middle Eastern airline to provide scheduled services to Krabi, providing fast and convenient access to one of the world’s most popular tourism regions. Travelers can now enjoy year-round services to the incredible islands of Phi Phi National Park, while also enjoying other cultural experiences in the Southern Thai province famous for stunning land and seascapes, world-class diving, national parks and eco-tours.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Qatar Airways Hope Pelekikena Nui o Asia Pacific, ʻo Mr. Marwan Koleilat: "Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hiki ke hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe mua i Krabi, e hāʻawi ana i nā huakaʻi mai nā mākeke koʻikoʻi me ke ala pololei i Krabi a me nā wahi wela o ka mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina - ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia kekahi. ʻo nā wahi huakaʻi kaulana loa a ʻimi ʻia ma ka honua. Noho mau ʻo Thailand i mākeke koʻikoʻi no Qatar Airways ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe e lawelawe maikaʻi aku i ka poʻe huakaʻi honua. Hiki i nā malihini ke hauʻoli i ka lawelawe lanakila lanakila ʻana o Qatar Airways ma luna o kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻōpio loa o ka ʻoihana ke lele pū mākou i Krabi, Thailand.
"Eia kekahi, ua wehe ka lawelawe hou iā Krabi i kahi lehulehu o nā wahi kūpono honua no ka poʻe o Krabi a me kona ʻāina a makemake wau e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka poʻe Thai no kā lākou kākoʻo mau ʻana i nā makahiki he 20 i hala."
ʻO ka ʻāina Hema Thai o Krabi he panalāʻau o ka nani kūlohelohe, me nā papa limestone kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i nā kahakai he nui. Aia ka wahi i ka hale kaulana ʻo Tiger Cave Temple, ʻo Railay Beach. Ko Poda, Khao Phanom Bencha National Park a me Ko Lanta Yai; ka hui pū ʻana no ka huki ʻana i ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi ʻimi lā i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua haʻi ʻo Mr. Yuthasak Supasorn i ke Kiaʻāina Tourism Authority o Thailand: "Makemake mākou e hōʻike i kā mākou hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa iā Qatar Airways a me kāna ala hou ma waena o Krabi a me Doha. Mahalo i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ala hou; ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pilina o Thailand i ka honua. ʻO Krabi kekahi o nā ʻāina kaulana loa o Thailand; Aia ma ke Kai Andaman ma ke kahakai Hema-Kohamena ua waiwai ia i nā kahakai momi, nā wai translucent, nā ʻākoʻa, nā wailele a me nā ana maoli. I ka makahiki i hala, ua loaʻa ʻo Thailand ma mua o 39,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi mai Qatar a me kēia ala hou, manaʻo mākou e hiki mai nā mākaʻikaʻi hou aku i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Hāʻawi kēia ala hou i ka pilina maikaʻi no nā huakaʻi e hele mai ana mai nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka GCC, ka Middle East, ʻEulopa a me ʻApelika.
Ua lilo ʻo Krabi i ke kolu o ka huakaʻi hoʻolālā ma Thailand a Qatar Airways e lawelawe ai. Ma hope o ka lawelawe hoʻomaka ʻana i Bangkok ma 1996, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Qatar Airways i nā lawelawe i Phuket i 2010 a e hoʻomaka i nā lawelawe i Chiang Mai i 2017.
ʻO Qatar Airways, ka mokulele mokuʻāina o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Qatar, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mokulele e ulu wikiwiki ana i ka mōʻaukala mokulele, e hoʻopili ana i nā huakaʻi honua i ʻoi aku ma mua o 150 mau ʻoihana nui a me nā wahi leʻaleʻa ma nā ʻāina ʻeono. E hauʻoli ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kahi hoʻoili wikiwiki a maʻalahi hoʻi ma ke kahua mokulele o ka mokulele ʻo Hamad International Airport ma Doha.
No ka poʻe huakaʻi e makemake e holo i kā lākou huakaʻi i kahi ʻike hoʻomaha, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻohana i ka visa transit hou 96-hola i hāʻawi ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana me ka Qatar Tourism Authority. Hiki i nā poʻe holo kaʻa ke ʻimi i nā mea koʻikoʻi i hāʻawi ʻia e Doha - mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Islamic Art kaulana i ka honua a i ka Katara Cultural Village a i ʻole nā safaris wao nahele a hiki i ka hiʻona o ke kūlanakauhale.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna lawelawe hoʻomaka i Krabi, hoʻomau ka Qatar Airways e hoʻonui i kona hiki ʻana i ka honua. Ma 2016 wale nō, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Qatar Airways i nā lawelawe i Adelaide (Australia), Atlanta (USA), Birmingham (UK), Boston (USA), Helsinki, (Finland), Los Angeles (USA), Marrakech (Morocco), Pisa (Italia. ), Ras Al Khaimah (UAE), Sydney (Australia), Windhoek (Namibia) a me Yerevan (Armenia). E hahai ana nā lawelawe iā Seychelles ma hope o kēia mahina.
