Umongameli we-India Association of Tour Operators (I-IATO) UMnu. Rajiv Mehra ucele uhulumeni ukuthi asize ekutholeni imbuyiselo yabasebenzeli bokuvakasha bakwaJet Airways. Ukwengeza, i-IATO icela ukuthi uhulumeni asuse izithiyo ezidala izithiyo ekuvuseleleni ezokuvakasha ezingenayo.
Encwadini, i-IATO iveze udaba lokubuyiselwa kwemali okusalindile kwama-travel agents kwaJet Airways osekuphele iminyaka emibili iqhubeka. Ngenkathi samukela ukuqaliswa kabusha kokusebenza kwendiza ye-Jet Airways engxenyeni elandelayo yalo nyaka (Julayi-Septhemba 2) lapho i-DGCA - i-Directorate General of Civil Aviation, indikimba esemthethweni kaHulumeni wase-India elawula ukundiza komphakathi ezweni - ikunikeze Isitifiketi se-Jet Airways somqhubi womoya (AOC). Lokhu kuvula ngokusemthethweni indlela yokuthi inkampani yezindiza emisiwe iphinde inyukele esibhakabhakeni futhi, futhi uMnu. Mehra ubhalele i-DGCA ethi isamba esikhulu semali sigcinwe kwaJet Airways obekufanele sibuyiselwe kuma-agent amathikithi naphezu kokukhunjuzwa kaningi ukuthi IJet Airways mayelana nezimbuyiselo.
Futhi, amadiphozithi angaphambi kwesikhathi mayelana nokubhukha kwamaqembu okwenziwa ama-ejenti okuvakasha ukuze athenge amathikithi amaqembu asahlala ephaketheni lezezimali le-Jet Airways. I-IATO icele ukuthi:
Ukusebenza kwezindiza ze-Jet Airways kufanele kumiswe kuze kube yilapho lezi zimbuyiselo esezidlulelwe yisikhathi zenziwa kubasebenzeli bezohambo.
Incwadi ithi Kufanele kwenziwe impoqo kuzo zonke izinkampani zezindiza ezisebenza e-India ukuthi zinikeze isiqinisekiso sasebhange noma ukuphepha kwezimali okufanele kugcinwe ne-DGCA noma indikimba esemthethweni efanelekile ukuze kuvikelwe inzalo yabasebenzeli bezohambo, abaqhubi bezokuvakasha, nabahambi bezindiza abasesimweni esinjalo lapho inkampani yezindiza ifadalala noma iyeka ukusebenza njengoba kwenzeka kwabakwa-Jet Airways, Kingfisher, kanye nezinye izinkampani zezindiza ezimbalwa esikhathini esidlule.
Ekuxhumaneni kwakhe noMnyango Wezokuvakasha, uMnu. Mehra ucele uMhlonishwa. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha ukuze agcizelele kuhulumeni ukuthi ahoxise imfuneko yokulethwa kwefomu lokuzimemezela kuphothali ye-inthanethi ye-Air Suvida yabantu bangaphandle. Njengamanje, zonke izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezihlose ukuvakashela eNdiya, kudingeka zilethe ifomu lokuzimemezela futhi zinamathisele imibhalo izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe, ikakhulukazi abantu abadala, eziyithola inzima kakhulu. Ngalesi sizathu, izivakashi eziningi zakwamanye amazwe kubikwe ukuthi zilayishiwe okunikeza udumo olubi futhi manje izivakashi eziningi ziyeqa ngokuphelele ukuya e-India.
Kuchaza uMnu. Mehra, ngakolunye uhlangothi sibheke ukuletha izivakashi eziningi zakwamanye amazwe eNdiya, kanti ngakolunye uhlangothi, senza kube nzima kubavakashi ukuthi bacabangele i-India njengendawo ngokudala izithiyo. Ngaphansi kwesimo samanje, amazwe amaningi asuse zonke izithiyo ukuze ahehe izivakashi eziningi. UMengameli we-IATO uthi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi njengoba isimo sesingcono kakhulu, uhulumeni kufanele acabangele ukususa lezi zihibe kwabakwamanye amazwe. Ngakho-ke, i-IATO icele ukuthi imfuneko yokulethwa kwefomu lokuzimemezela kuphothali ye-inthanethi ye-Air Suvida isuswe ukuze kukhuthazwe abahambi bangaphandle ukuthi bavakashele ukuze ezokuvakasha ezingenayo eziya e-India zivuselelwe.
Encwadini eya ku-Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), uMnu. Mehra, uphinde waveza iqiniso lokuthi abahambi bangaphandle babhekene nezinselele ngenkathi bevakashela eNdiya ngenxa yokuhlolwa kwewebhu okuyimpoqo okuphoqelelwe yizo zonke izindiza zasekhaya. Encwadini yakhe ayibhalele i-MoCA, uMnu. Mehra uveze ukuthi inhloso eyisisekelo yokungena kuwebhu ukugwema ukuxhamazela ezindaweni zokubala imithwalo, kodwa yona kanye inhloso yalokho ihlulekile njengoba BONKE abahambi kumele bame ulayini ukuhambisa imithwalo engenisiwe, ngoba abekho olayini abahlukene noma izinto zokubala zalabo asebevele bengenile kuwebhu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinkampani zezindiza zibiza u-Rs. 200 umhambi ngamunye ongangenanga kuwebhu.
I-IATO icele ukuthi imiyalelo kufanele ikhishelwe kuzo zonke izinkampani zezindiza zasekhaya zokuthi zingakwenzi kube impoqo kubahambi ukuthi bahlole iwebhu, futhi indawo yokukhipha ipasi lokugibela kufanele itholakale ezindaweni zokubala zokuhlola zenkampani yendiza esikhumulweni sezindiza ukuze labo abangazange bahlole iwebhu. Kungumsebenzi wenkampani yezindiza ukunikeza abahambi ngendiza iphasi yokugibela kanye nethegi yomthwalo, ngakho akumele kube nezindleko ezengeziwe zephasi lokugibela.
Phambilini, i-IATO iphinde yacela uhulumeni ukuthi aqale: ukumaketha nokuphromotha ezokuvakasha; ukubamba iqhaza ezimakethe ezinkulu zokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe, imibukiso yemigwaqo; ukumaketha nokukhushulwa phesheya kwezilwandle ngokusebenzisa imidiya ye-elekthronikhi kanye nokuphrinta; ukuncishiswa kwezindleko zezindiza ngokunciphisa izintela ku-ATF yisikhungo kanye nohulumeni bezifunda; ukubuyiselwa kwe-e-Tourist Visa yabahambi bamazwe ngamazwe abavela emazweni afana ne-UK, Canada, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, njll.; kanye nokuba semthethweni kwe-visa yesivakashi yamahhala engu-5 lakh ezonwetshwa kuze kube uMashi 2024.
UMnu Mehra unethemba lokuthi izicelo zikasoseshini zizocutshungulwa kahle nguhulumeni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The letter states that It should be made compulsory for all the airlines operating in India to provide a bank guarantee or financial security to be kept with DGCA or an appropriate statutory body to protect the interest of travel agents, tour operators, and airline travelers in such a situation when an airline goes bankrupt or ceases to operate like in the case of Jet Airways, Kingfisher, and several other airlines in the past.
- Mehra mentioned that the basic purpose of the web check-in is to avoid a rush at the baggage counters, but the very purpose of the same has been defeated as ALL travelers have to stand in queue for handing over checked-in baggage, because there are no separate queues or counters for those who have already done the web check-in.
- IATO has requested that directives should be issued to all domestic airlines to not to make it compulsory for travelers to do a web check-in, and the facility of issuing a boarding pass should be available from the airline check-in counters at the airport for those who have not done a web check-in.
