Umzila omusha oqala kuleli hlobo uzoba isevisi yokuqala yamazwe omhlaba iSuriname ewavikele esikhathini esingaphezu kweminyaka eyishumi.
Ilungu leStar Alliance iCopa Airlines lizokwengeza inethiwekhi yalo eNingizimu Melika ngendiza entsha engami exhuma iSuriname nehabhu layo lePanama City.
Umphathi uzoqala asebenzise umzila oya eJohan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) eParamaribo, inhlokodolobha yaseSuriname, kabili ngesonto ngoLwesithathu nangoMgqibelo kusuka ngoJulayi 10, 2019, esebenzisa indiza iBoeing 737-700.
UVijay Chotkan, oyiChief Executive of Airport Management Ltd., osebenza esikhumulweni sezindiza iJohan Adolf Pengel uthe: “Imizamo yethimba lethu kanye nochwepheshe be-ASM, ekugcineni kuholele ekutheni iCopa Airlines yengeze iPBM kunethiwekhi yabo yemizila.
"ISuriname manje isixhunyaniswe namazwe aseMelika futhi simema wonke umuntu ukuba eze azothokozela imvelo yethu engathintwanga futhi azonambitha amasiko ethu ahlukahlukene."
ISuriname, eyayaziwa ngeDutch Guiana, ingelinye lamazwe amancane kunawo wonke eNingizimu Melika futhi yanikezwa inkululeko ku-Netherlands ngo-1975. Njengoba inabantu abangaba ngu-560,000, isango elikhulu kuleliya lizwe yiJohan Adolf Pengel International Airport enikela ngezindiza eziya e-Amsterdam nge-KLM, I-TUI indiza iNetherlands neSurinam Airways.
U-Omar Hashmi, umeluleki omkhulu we-ASM, uthe: “ISuriname iyisengezo esihle kakhulu kunethiwekhi ephelele yeCopa Airlines futhi ngibona ukukhuthazwa kwezimakethe zezokuvakasha, ezamabhizinisi neze-VFR zenzeka hhayi kuphela kumgwaqo wendawo oya ePanama City kodwa futhi zikhomba kwinethiwekhi ebanzi yeCopa .
"Kube yintokozo ukusebenzela iJohan Adolf Pengel International Airport nokuqinisekisa iCopa ukuthi itshale imali emakethe yaseParamaribo."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Suriname is a great addition to the comprehensive Copa Airlines network and I see stimulation of tourism, business and VFR markets occurring not just on local traffic to Panama City but also points on the wider Copa network.
- Umphathi uzoqala asebenzise umzila oya eJohan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) eParamaribo, inhlokodolobha yaseSuriname, kabili ngesonto ngoLwesithathu nangoMgqibelo kusuka ngoJulayi 10, 2019, esebenzisa indiza iBoeing 737-700.
- “It has been a pleasure to work on behalf of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport and convince Copa to invest in the nascent Paramaribo market.
