2015年10月9日金曜日 - 
Ron: A trip to THE MARSHALL ISLANDS part 2
There is a grass runway on
the main island with a small terminal building that was a donation from
the Japanese government. Air Marshall Islands tries to follow a one-flight-a-week
schedule to Namorik atoll. However, many times it is not successful. The main
problem is that Air Marshall Islands
only has two planes in their fleet, and these planes are quite old. A major
problem is that small rocks on the runway will damage the planes during takeoff
and landing. When this happens,
the planes are grounded and Namorik has
no air service. The airline is not profitable
so is not able to maintain spare parts in the Marshall Islands.
It must import parts only
when the planes have actually broken down. Many of the parts for the plane are
not commercially made
any more,
so they must be made to order, thus further delaying the return to service. 
If
you want to find out more about my trip to Namdrik, you can see a blog made by
Paul Mandala who was also volunteering on the island. Mr. Mandala has produced
many blogs about Namdrik that have been posted to YouTube. In a search engine,
type in:
“Namdrik Atoll Coconut Diaries VideoBlog 15” to see
and hear about my trip to Namdrik.
donation：寄付
the planes are grounded：飛行機が離陸できなくなる
profitable：収益性
thus：したがって
further：さらに