Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett uthi i-Jamaica ibone amarekhodi okufika kanye namaholo enkathi ka-December 21-24, 2018. Abafike kuqala esikhumulweni sezindiza babe ngu-34,081, okuwukunyuka ngo-12.8% esikhathini esihambisanayo sika-2017. Isamba esiphelele semali engenayo simi ku-$51,240,784 okuyiwona imele ukukhula ngo-17.1% kunonyaka odlule.
“Lezi yizindaba ezinhle kakhulu futhi zikhombisa amandla omkhiqizo wezokuvakasha waseJamaica. Besilindele isizini yokuqopha futhi izinombolo zigqamisa leli qiniso.
Abafikayo bevela ezimakethe zethu bebelokhu bekhula ngokushesha futhi besisebenzisana namasu amasha nezimakethe ezisafufusa ukuze sengeze kulokhu kukhula,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
Izinkulungwane zezihlalo zezindiza ezengeziwe kwaxoxiswana ngazo 'Ngenkathi Ephakeme' ka-2018-2019 ngoDisemba, eNyakatho Melika, e-Canada, e-UK naseNyakatho Yurophu.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindiza eziningi ezintsha zafika eSikhumulweni Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sangster esiphuma eMpumalanga Yurophu, okuhlanganisa i-Eurowings, i-Pegas Fly ne-Nordwind, kanye nezinkampani zezindiza zaseCanada i-Westjet, i-Sunwing ne-Swoop. Ngenkathi i-Copa Airlines ikhuphuka ifinyelela nsuku zonke isevisi yayo phakathi kwePanama City, isikhungo sayo esikhulu, ne-Montego Bay.
ILatam Airlines Group iphinde yamemezela Izindiza Ezingamisiwe Zisuka ePeru ziya eMontego Bay kusukela ngoJulayi 2019 kanti iFrontier Airlines, okungenye yemizila emisha ephuma e-United States, yenza indiza yayo yokuqala ngoNovemba 17, 2018.
“I-Airlift iseyisu elibalulekile ekufinyeleleni imigomo yethu yokukhula kwezivakashi eziyizigidi ezi-5 kanye ne-US5billion ngo-2021 futhi izinombolo zibonisa ukuthi sisendleleni yethu yokuhlangabezana nalezi zinhloso.
Ekupheleni konyaka kulindeleke ukuthi izwe lamukele izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-4.3 futhi lizuze u-$3.3 wezigidigidi,” kwengeza uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
