Indawo ye-dual-island ye-Antigua & Barbuda ibona ukukhuphuka kwethrafikhi yase-Canada ngesikhathi sesizini yohambo lwasebusika.
Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 8, ukunikezwa okusha kwezindiza ezivela e-Air Canada kulindeleke ukuthi kusize ekutholeni ukululama emazingeni ezindiza zangaphambi kobhubhane emakethe yaseCanada.
Indiza ye-Air Canada ifike namhlanje ntambama ithwele abagibeli abangu-106 besuka e-Toronto futhi indiza yanikezwa ukwamukelwa okwamukelekile ngenganono yamanzi. Abagibeli baphinde babingelelwa abadansi bamasiko, umculo namathokheni amancane okwamukela.
“Sijabule kakhulu ngesinqumo se-Air Canada sokuphinda siqale kabusha futhi andise isevisi ogwini lwethu futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukudlulisa umoya wokungenisa izihambi wethu odumile wase-Antigua and Barbuda ezivakashini zethu zaseCanada,” kusho uMhlonishwa uCharles Fernandez, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nokutshalwa Kwezimali. “Siyazi ukuthi abantu abaningi baseCanada sebekulungele ukuya eholidini futhi sesikulungele ngokufanayo ukunikeza ukuphumula nokuphunyuka abantu baseCanada abebekufisa.”
Njengoba kuphawuliwe, ukukhishwa kwesevisi entsha kuqala namuhla ngendiza eyodwa eqondile yamasonto onke esuka e-Toronto (YYZ) eya e-St. John’s (ANU). Isevisi izoqhubeka nokukhuphuka ukuze ihlangabezane nesidingo esivamile senkathi yamaholide, lapho i-Air Canada ibikezela ukusebenza kwezindiza ezinhlanu zamasonto onke endaweni ephakeme kakhulu.
Abahambi abavela eMontreal abafuna ukundizela eningizimu ebusika bangalindela izindiza eziqondile kanye ngesonto (YUL kuya ku-ANU) kusukela ngoDisemba 23.
Ukubuya kwezindiza ze-Air Canada eziya e-Antigua & Barbuda kuza ngemuva kokwelulekwa kwakamuva kwendawo okuyiwa kuyo, okususe yonke imikhawulo ye-COVID-19 yabagibeli abafika ngendiza, isikebhe, kanye nesikebhe. Yize isu eliyimpumelelo lokugoma abantu abaningi kanye nemikhankaso yokuqwashisa umphakathi ngokuqhubekayo ligcine amazinga okutheleleka nge-COVID-19 ephansi, izivakashi zisakhuthazwa ukuthi zigqoke imaski futhi zizijwayeze ukuqhelelana nomphakathi ezindaweni zomphakathi lapho kungenzeka kuhlangane khona izixuku.
"Phakathi nalolu bhubhane, i-Antigua ne-Barbuda ibone umzamo omkhulu, ohlanganyelwe obandakanya uhulumeni kanye nababambiqhaza bemboni ukwenza le ndawo iphephe ngangokunokwenzeka," kusho uColin James, oyiChief Executive Officer yeThe Antigua and Barbuda Tourism. Igunya. “Njengoba lowo mgomo usufezekile futhi abangani bethu baseCanada sebezobuya, sijabule kakhulu ukuthi izivakashi zethu zizophinde zizizwele yonke into enikezwa yikhaya lethu.”
