E-MANILA, Philippines – Isimemezelo esingazelelwe se-Continental Micronesia sokuthi ngeke sisahlinzeka ngezindiza eziqondile phakathi kwe-Manila ne-Saipan sibambe i-Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) lapha ngaphandle kokuqapha.
Izikhulu ze-CAB zizwakalise ukuthi zinethemba lokuthi inkampani yezokuthutha yasePhilippines ingakwazi ukudonsa kanzima ukuvimbela isimo ukuba singabi sibi kakhulu.
Isinqumo sokuyeka ukundiza phakathi kweSaipan neManila sizothinta izinkulungwane zezisebenzi zasePhilippines eNyakatho Mariana futhi silimaze ezokuvakasha eziqhingini, esezivele zihlushwa imiphumela yesinqumo seJapan Airlines sokumisa izindiza ezihleliwe ezisuka eTokyo ziya eSaipan.
UGov waseNyakatho Marianas uBenigno R. Fitial uthe isinqumo se-Continental singesinye isihluku esikhulu eziqhingini ezithembele kwezokuvakasha.
"Kuyiqiniso, leso yisinqumo sebhizinisi," kusho umqondisi we-CAB uCarmelo Arcilla. “Nakuba lesi simemezelo simangaza—kumele basazise ngaphambi [kwesikhathi]. Kunoma yikuphi, zisekhona izindiza ezingaqondile eziya noma zibuya eSaipan.”
Ngokusho kwesekela lomqondisi we-CAB u-Porvenir Porciuncula, i-Continental Micronesia izogcina eminye imizila, njengendiza yaseGuam-to-Manila.
"Kodwa uma [inkampani yezindiza] ingaphuma nakulokho, mhlawumbe inkampani yezindiza yasePhilippines ... ingakhuthazwa ukuthi indize iye ezindaweni zase-US ukuze inikeze usizo izinkulungwane zabantu basePhilippines abazinze lapho," kusho u-Porciuncula.
Ngesonto eledlule, i-Continental Micronesia Inc. imemezele ukuthi, ngoJulayi 16, izoyeka izindiza okuwukuphela kwazo ezixhumanisa ngokuqondile i-Northern Mariana Islands elawulwa yi-US nePhilippines ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwezindleko zikaphethiloli wendiza.
Iyunithi ye-Continental Airlines ezinze e-US izophinde imise izindiza ezisuka e-Guam ziya e-Hong Kong ngoJulayi kanye neziya e-Bali kusukela ngo-Okthoba.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The decision to stop flying between Saipan and Manila will affect thousands of Filipino workers in the Northern Marianas and hurt tourism to the islands, which are already suffering the effects of Japan Airlines’.
- Iyunithi ye-Continental Airlines ezinze e-US izophinde imise izindiza ezisuka e-Guam ziya e-Hong Kong ngoJulayi kanye neziya e-Bali kusukela ngo-Okthoba.
- announced that, on July 16, it would drop the only flights directly linking the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands to the Philippines because of soaring jet fuel costs.
