BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) – Ukugujwa kweminyaka engama-40 kwe-Bangkok Airways kube yithuba lokuthi i-CEO esunguliwe, u-Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth, embule ikusasa lenkampani yezindiza eminyakeni emithathu ezayo. I-Bangkok Airways ibilokhu ikhula ngempumelelo eminyakeni edlule, ithutha abagibeli abayizigidi ezingu-2.42 ngo-2007 futhi yenza inzuzo yayo ye-12 ilandelana kuma-US$7.43 wezigidi.
Naphezu kwesimo esingesihle njengoba amanani kaphethiloli manje amele izindleko ezingaphezu kwama-35 zenkampani yezindiza uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angu-11 eminyakeni embalwa edlule, i-Bangkok Airways isalokhu inesifiso esikhulu kakhulu. Umkhumbi uzokhula usuka kweziyi-18 kuye kwezingama-30 okuhlanganisa nokulethwa kwama-Airbus A350 ayisithupha ngo-2014-15 kunethiwekhi yawo yohambo olude. Ngokusho kukaPrasarttong-Osoth, inkampani yezindiza ifuna ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi isebenze eYurophu nase-Australia.
Eminyakeni emithathu ezayo, i-Bangkok Airways ifuna ukuqedela ukumboza inethiwekhi yayo esifundeni saseMekong. “Singathanda ukuba okungenani sibe nezindawo zokungena ezintathu ezweni ngalinye laseMekong, elilodwa elisenyakatho, elilodwa enkabeni nelilodwa eNingizimu,” kuchaza uPrasarttong-Osoth.
I-Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Phuket/Samui isivele igcwalisa iphupho le-Bangkok Airways e-Thailand. Indaba efanayo ye-Laos lapho inkampani yezindiza okwamanje isebenzela i-Luang Prabang (eNyakatho), i-Vientiane (Isikhungo) ne-Pakse (eseNingizimu). Ngemuva kwe-Siem Reap ne-Phnom Penh e-Cambodia, i-Bangkok Airways izokwethula izindiza eziya e-Sihanoukville zisuka e-Siem Reap kulobu busika futhi mhlawumbe zisuka e-Bangkok ngo-2009.
Okunye ukungaqiniseki okusele, nokho, ngeMyanmar neVietnam. E-Vietnam, inkampani yezindiza indizela kuphela e-Ho Chi Minh City futhi ayizange ivikele kuze kube manje imizila emisha eya e-Hanoi nase-Danang/Hue. Asikho isinqumo esithathiwe mayelana nokuthi yisiphi isikhumulo sezindiza esizosebenza eCentral Vietnam. I-Danang izogxila kakhulu kwezamabhizinisi kodwa i-Hue izongena kakhudlwana esu lethu lokundizela ezindaweni eziyigugu zomhlaba,” kwengeza uPrasarttong-Osoth.
E-Myanmar, inikezwa kuphela indiza yansuku zonke eya e-Rangoon, i-Bangkok Airways ingathanda ukundizela e-Bagan nase-Dawei eNingizimu. "Isimo sihlala singalindelekile eMyanmar, kodwa sizoqala ukundiza ngonyaka ozayo eBagan," kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seBangkok Airways.
Inkampani yezindiza iphinde yaveza ukuthi ibheke ukuthuthuka iye eChina naseNdiya isuka eBangkok.
Kodwa-ke, umnyakazo omangaza kakhulu isimemezelo sesikhungo eSamui. Isiqhingi sesivele sixhunywe yi-Bangkok Airways ezindaweni ezinhlanu - okuhlanganisa i-Hong Kong ne-Singapore- ehlanganisa iningi lezidingo. Inethiwekhi izogcina inwetshiwe ibe yizindawo eziyisishiyagalolunye phakathi neminyaka emibili ezayo. Inkampani yezindiza izobe isihlela ukwengeza izindiza eziya eKrabi nasePhuket kodwa futhi ivule imizila emisha eya e-Bali nase-Shanghai.
Kulapho igama elithi “hub” lizwakala lingafanelekile. Imisebenzi yehabhu icela inombolo ephezulu yamafrikhwensi nemizila evumela ukuxhumeka okusheshayo ukusuka endaweni eyodwa kuya kwenye. Kodwa futhi idinga kokubili izimakethe zendawo kanye nezimakethe zokudlulisa. Bonke bashoda ngeSamui. Isiqhingi asinaso isiminyaminya sendawo, eceleni kwe-Samui-Bangkok, okuyindawo enkulu eya kuyo.
Kunzima futhi ukukholwa ukuthi akhona amathuba esevisi phakathi kwe-Bali ne-Samui noma ngisho nokuxhuma ithrafikhi esuka e-Chiang Mai iye e-Hong Kong noma e-Shanghai. Njengoba izindleko zesikhumulo sezindiza ze-Samui ziphezulu kunase-Bangkok noma e-Singapore, inzuzo yomsebenzi onjalo iyangabazeka kakhulu.
Futhi ekugcineni, ukusebenza kwehabhu kungase kube nomthelela ekwehleni okwengeziwe kwebhalansi yemvelo ye-Samui. Abanikazi bamahhotela abaningi bendawo muva nje babonise ukukhathazeka kwabo ngobunzima obushiywa ukuvakasha okuthuthuka ngokushesha endaweni eyayihlanzekile yakulesi siqhingi. Ngokwengeza izindiza ezengeziwe - isidingo sokuba nesikhungo-, inkampani yezindiza ingase ifake ingcindezi kusistimu yemvelo yesiqhingi esintekenteke.
