IPhasika elilandelayo, kusukela ngoMashi 26 kuya ku-Ephreli 16, 2023, iBritish Airways izosebenzisa izinsiza ezengeziwe phakathi kweLondon Gatwick neBarbados.
Ezinye izindiza eziyi-10 zizosebenza NgoLwesithathu, NgoLwesihlanu nangeLanga ukuya/kusuka e-London Gatwick (IATA: LGW) naseBridgetown (BGI).
Lezi zindiza ezintathu ezengeziwe zizoba namandla okuletha izivakashi zase-UK ezengeziwe ezingu-3,336(2) e-Barbados ngesikhathi sePhasika futhi zizokwandisa umthamo ngeBritish Airways ukusuka eGatwick kuye ezindizeni eziyisishiyagalombili ngesonto. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2022 i-BA isebenza kahlanu ngeviki isuka e-LGW iye eBridgetown.
I-Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc (BTMI) iyakuthokozela ukwamukela umthamo owengeziwe osuka eBritish Airways uya eBarbados. Ephawula ngalezi zindaba, uSihlalo weBTMI, uShelly Williams uthe:
“IBritish Airways inguzakwethu osekunesikhathi eside ikhona, esaqhubeka nokukhombisa ukuzibophezela eBarbados. Ubudlelwano bethu obuzuzisanayo buye bakhula kusukela emandleni kuya ekuqineni, ngisho nalapho sibhekene nezinselelo ezinjengobhubhane, iphawundi eguquguqukayo kanye nokukhuphuka kwezindleko zikaphethiloli. Ukwenyuka kwezinsizakalo phakathi kweLondon Gatwick neBarbados ngesikhathi abanye abathwali bekhetha ukuqondisa kabusha izinsiza zabo ezindaweni ezidonsa kanzima, kukhuluma kakhulu ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo iBarbados kanye nokuphathwa kobudlelwano bethu. "
"I-Easter ibilokhu ikhethekile kithi, ngakho-ke lesi sikhundla esisha samukelwa ikakhulukazi phakathi nalesi sikhathi esibalulekile sokuhweba kwezokuvakasha e-UK kanye nabalingani bethu bezokuvakasha eBarbados," kusho uSihlalo.