Inkampani engaphansi kwezindleko eziphansi ye-Korean Air isebenzise isizini yamaholide ukwenza isinyathelo sayo sokuqala sokungena eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngokwethula izindiza zayo zokuqala nge-Boeing 737-800 entsha esuka e-Seoul Incheon International Airport iya e-Bangkok. Inkinga yezomnotho eNingizimu Korea kanye nokwehla kwemali yasendaweni kuthathwe njengezici ezinqumayo kulokhu kuvulwa komzila, ngokusho kukaKim Jae-Kun, uMongameli we-Jin Air kanye ne-CEO. “Abantu baseKorea basafuna ukuhamba kodwa bebebheke kakhulu ukudayisa. Sinikeza enye indlela efanelekile yomkhiqizo wekhwalithi ephezulu ukuya emananini aphusile, ”kusho yena emcimbini wokwethulwa eBangkok. Imakethe yezivakashi zaseKorea kulindeleke ukuthi yehle isuka esiqongweni sezigidi eziyi-12 ngo-2007 iye ngaphansi kwezigidi eziyi-9.5 ngo-2009. I-Jin Air inendiza yansuku zonke phakathi kwawo womabili amadolobha naphezu kokuncintisana okuphezulu okuvela e-Asiana, Korean Air, Thai Airways kanye nenye inkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kancane. I-Jeju Air. Zonke izindiza zinikeza izindiza eziqondile ezingaba ngu-85 isonto ngalinye phakathi kwamazwe womabili.
Kepha imvamisa entsha ibonwa njengokwengezwa okwamukelekayo yizikhulu zaseThailand. “Sehle ngo-30% imakethe yaseKorea ngo-2009 ngenxa yezinkinga zezomnotho. Kodwa siyaqiniseka ukuthi i-Jin Air izosiza ukuhlehlisa lo mkhuba. Siqala ukubona ukululama emakethe engenayo yase-Korea, ikakhulukazi kulandela ukwethulwa komkhankaso wethu othi 'asithathe ikhefu'," kusho uJutthaporn Rerngronasa Iphini likaMbusi we-TAT Wezokumaketha Kwamazwe Ngamazwe. I-Thailand ilindele ukuthi kulo nyaka yamukele abavakashi baseKorea abangaphansi kuka-700,000 uma kuqhathaniswa nezingu-888,000 ngo-2008 kanye nezigidi ezingu-1.1 ngo-2007.
I-Bangkok iyidolobha lokuqala eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia elihlinzekwa yinkampani engaphansi kwe-Korean Air enezindleko eziphansi. I-Thailand ihlala isikhathi eside ingakhangi kuphela kubahambi baseKorea kodwa iKorea nayo iya ngokuduma ngesiThai. Umculo we-pop wase-Korea nochungechunge lwe-tv kuhlanganiswe nemali ye-Won ebuthakathaka kanye nokuqedwa kwama-visa kwabahambi base-Thai kubone inani lezivakashi ezivela eMbusweni lifinyelela ngaphezu kuka-160,000 ngonyaka ka-2008.
I-Bangkok iyingxenye yezindawo ezintathu ezintsha zamazwe ngamazwe zeJin Air. “Siphinde sethule izindiza eziya eMacau naseGuam futhi sizobheka ukukhula ngo-2010. ENingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, indawo yethu elandelayo cishe yi-Clark Airport eduze kwaseManila. Futhi sibheka neDolobha laseHo Chi Minh,” kwengeza uJae-Kun. Uma ubheka eminye imizila engaba khona, u-Jae-Kun ubona amathuba amahle ezindiza ezisuka e-Busan ziya e-Pattaya-U Tapao Airport noma zisuka e-Busan nase-Seoul ziya e-Phuket. Enye imakethe ebalulekile i-Japan, okwamanje engakanikezwa i-Jin Air naphezu kwezibalo ezinyakazayo ezisuka emakethe ephumayo yase-Japan ziye e-Korea ngenxa yamazinga okushintshaniswa avumayo e-Yen uma iqhathaniswa ne-Korean Won. "Kodwa-ke sibheke ukunikeza isikhumulo sezindiza esisha esibiza kancane sase-Tokyo e-Ibaraki ngokushesha nje lapho sizovulelwa izindiza zezentengiselwano", utshela uJae-Kun. I-Ibaraki kulindeleke ukuthi iqale umsebenzi wayo ngoMashi noma ngo-Ephreli 2010.
Njengoba umnotho waseKorea manje usendleleni yokusimama, ingabe abavakashi baseKorea bazoqhubeka nokuthanda abathwali besabelomali, uma sebezoba nemali eyengeziwe ephaketheni labo? "Ngikholelwa ukuthi abahambi baseKorea bahlakaniphile kakhulu. Abaningi babo abasafuni ukukhokha izindleko zendiza ezibizayo, lapho besohambweni. Abathwali besabelomali bayohlala bekwazi ukuheha amakhasimende amasha,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu sakwaJin Air.
