IBritish Airways (BA) izohlinzeka ngendiza entsha eqondile esuka eLondon iya eCancun, esebenza kabili ngesonto ngoLwesithathu nangeMigqibelo. Indiza izosebenza isuka esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Gatwick, ethathwa njengesesibili ngobukhulu nematasatasa e-England. Indiza yokuqala izosuka ngoNovemba 3 ngamahora angu-1245 futhi ifike eCancun ngamahora angu-1745. Indiza, i-Boeing 777, izovala umzila ohlinzeka ngokukhethwa kwamakhebhini amathathu, okuhlanganisa neBusiness Class. IBritish Izindiza izophinde inikeze amakhasimende ayo amaholide amaphakheji.
URichard Tams, inhloko yezokuthengisa nokumaketha e-UK & Ireland, Cancun Convention & Visitors Bureau, waphawula: “Sijabule ngokuba ukuphela kwenkampani yezindiza ehlelwe yi-UK enikeza izindiza eziqondile eziya eCancun.” Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi, "Kuyisengezo esihle kakhulu kunethiwekhi yethu yezokungcebeleka ye-Gatwick longhaul premium."
UMnu. Jesus Almaguer, oyi-CEO ye-Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau, waphawula, “Sijabule kakhulu ukwamukela i-BA ogwini lwethu. Indawo ekuyiwa kuyo inikezela ngamahhotela aphambili adume umhlaba wonke, amabhishi amahle, izinkundla zegalofu, izindawo zokungcebeleka eziwine imiklomelo, futhi iyisango lokungena eNhlonhlweni yaseYucatan, namanxiwa ayo aseMayan nomlando wasendulo. Kuningi esingakunikeza isivakashi saseYurophu.”
I-Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau iphawule ukuthi umzila omusha uyingxenye yemiphumela ezuzwe kusukela emizamweni yayo yokuphromotha e-UK, ngokubambisana ne-ejensi yayo yokukhangisa, i-Axis Travel Marketing. Le misebenzi yayihlanganisa ukuhlanganyela kwabo e-World Travel Market ngonyaka odlule, lapho baphinde baqala khona izingxoxo neBritish Airways ukuze baqhubekisele phambili ukuqaliswa kwendiza entsha ehleliwe esuka e-UK.
Ngo-2009, iCancun Hotel Association yabika izivakashi zaseBrithani ezingaphezu kuka-50,000 kanti inani labafika e-Europe lafinyelela ku-153,000. Kulindeleke ukwanda okukhulu kokuvakashelwa ngokwethulwa kwale sevisi entsha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau noted that the new route is part of the results achieved from its promotional efforts in the UK, in conjunction with its marketing agency, Axis Travel Marketing.
- These activities included their participation at the World Travel Market last year, where they resumed negotiations with British Airways to pursue the implementation of a new scheduled flight from the UK.
- The destination offers internationally-renowned luxury hotels, beautiful beaches, golf courses, award-winning spas, and is also the gateway to the Yucatan Peninsula, with its Mayan ruins and ancient history.
