Indiza ye-American Airlines i-AA3369 namuhla ifike sekudlule isikhathi esingangehora ngendiza yayo yokuqala engami isuka e-Austin, e-Texas iya e-Montego Bay, e-Jamaica namuhla, Juni 4, 2022.
Lokhu akuzange kumise omunye wongqongqoshe bezokuvakasha abadumile nabamatasa kakhulu emhlabeni, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha e-Jamaica uzofika yena mathupha esangweni lase-MBJ ukuze axhawule wonke umgibeli oyedwa kule ndiza entsha ye-American Airlines.
IJamaica ibikhipha umata obomvu wezivakashi ezivela emhlabeni wonke ngemuva kwe-COVID.
U-Bartlett akagcinanga nje ngokuveza indaba yakhe yothando yeqiniso yase-Jamaica nezivakashi ezisuka e-Austin, kodwa u-Jacqueline Yaft, oyiChief Executive Officer yesikhumulo sezindiza sase-Autin, eTexas wayejabule. Uthe:
“I-AUS izibophezele ekuxhumaniseni i-Austin nomhlaba futhi le ndawo entsha sha isiza ekuqhubekiseni isithembiso sethu sokwenza lokho. Siyazi ukuthi isidingo sendawo sokuhamba ngendiza sinamandla njengoba kwake kwaba njalo futhi sibonga ozakwethu e-American Airlines ngokuqhubeka nokutshala imali emphakathini wethu ngokusungula izindawo eziningi oya kuzo nezindiza ezingami.”
“Izindiza zisuka e-Austin unyaka wonke ngeMigqibelo ngendiza i-Embraer 175. Ngemva kokufika eMontego Bay, abahambi bazojabulela enye yezindawo zokuvakasha ezihamba phambili e-Caribbean,” kuchaza u-Yaft.
"I-American Airlines iyinkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke ezithwala abantu abathengisayo endizela e-Jamaica, ngakho lo mzila omusha usiza ukuqhubeka nokukhulisa ubudlelwano bethu obuyigugu," kusho uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, e-Jamaica. "Indiza entsha engami esuka e-Austin ihambisana nesevisi ekhona yenkampani yenethiwekhi ephuma e-Dallas Fort Worth futhi inikeza ukufinyelela okwengeziwe e-Jamaica kusukela kulesi sifundazwe sase-US esibalulekile ukuze sisekele ukululama kwethu okuthuthukayo kwezohambo."
UFrancine Carter Henry, oyi-Tour Operator kanye ne-Airlines Manager, i-Jamaica Tourist Board, wengeze, “Sibheke ngabomvu ukubona izivakashi eziningi zifika e-Montego Bay ngalezi zindiza ezintsha, ezinikeza enye futhi inketho ekahle ukuze abahambi bafike esiqhingini sethu kuleli hlobo. ”
Isevisi engami e-Montego Bay iphawula umzila wesishiyagalombili wamazwe ngamazwe we-American Airlines usuka e-AUS, okwengeza ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwezingu-40 ezingami zabahambi base-Austin ezihlinzekwa inkampani yezindiza. Futhi, i-Hawaiian Airlines isanda kwengeza isevisi engami kusukela e-Austin kuya ku- Aloha Isimo.
“Siyaziqhenya ngokwethula isevisi entsha engami kusukela e-Austin kuya e-Montego Bay, enikeza amakhasimende enye indawo eshisayo ngezinhlelo zawo zokuvakasha,” kusho uBrian Znotins, Iphini Likamongameli Wenkampani Yezindiza YaseMelika Yenethiwekhi Yokuhlela. “Simagange ukuqhubeka nokukhulisa amarekhodi ethu e-Austin futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuxhumanisa amakhasimende nobukhazikhazi baseJamaica nangale kwayo.”
Izivakashi zase-Austin ngoJulayi zingaba yingxenye ezayo I-Reggae Sumfest yaseJamaica ukuya esiqhingini ngoJulayi, ilungele wonke umuntu osuka eTexas ukuthi ashintshe esuka ku-Country Western aye ku-Reggae lapho ese-Jamaica.