BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) - Njengoba i-Thai Airways ivula ngoFebhuwari 15 umzila waseBangkok-Samui, ingabe i-Bangkok Airways igcina inselele? Ebusweni nje. Isu le-Bangkok Airways lihlala lifana: imizila evikelekile enenzuzo enkulu futhi ungavumeli ukuncintisana ukuthi kufike noma uma kunjalo… ngentengo ephezulu. Kuncane okukulungele ukushintsha kuze kube yilapho kususwa umthetho ngokuphelele esibhakabhakeni sase-ASEAN ngo-2013.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi yokulinda, i-Thai Airways izogcina ivule indawo entsha yasekhaya esikhathini esingangesonto. NgoLwesihlanu oluzayo, inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke yase-Thailand izondiza kabili ngosuku ne-Boeing 737-400 iya e-Samui Island, iphule igunya le-Bangkok Airways kulo mzila. UMnyango Wezokundiza Kwezindiza eThailand ugcine unikeze ukukhanya kwawo okuluhlaza ukuze uvumele ezinye izindiza ezine ngosuku futhi wasula nokugunyazwa kokuhlala kwe-Boeing 737-400 kanye ne-Airbus A319 esikhumulweni sezindiza. Kwelinye izwe, ukufika kwenkampani yezindiza yesibili emzileni ofanayo ngokuqinisekile kuzodala ukuncintisana. E-Thailand, izinto zivame ukuba nzima kakhulu.
Impumelelo kaSamui kuze kube manje ilolongelwe yiBangkok Airways, eyavula isikhumulo sezindiza esiqhingini ngo-1989 futhi yasiza ekuguquleni leli pharadesi elaziwa kancane libe yindawo yokubalekela imfashini. Ngo-2006, izivakashi ezingaphezu kwesigidi zeza esiqhingini - cishe abantu abangu-900,000 abangabangaphandle. Kunamahhotela angaba ngu-298 anamagumbi angu-7,800 nangaphezulu asazofika.
Ibhekene nokuncintisana emakethe yayo eyinhloko, ukusabela kwe-Bangkok Airways kuze kube manje sekukhululekile. Kungaba nzima noma kunjalo ukuzama ukungqubuzana nenkampani yenethiwekhi yezwe, njengoba izobukeka ishayisana noHulumeni waseThailand uqobo. Futhi i-Bangkok Airways isalondoloza wonke ama-monopoly wezinsizakalo zaphansi esikhumulweni sezindiza. Isikhumulo sezindiza esakhiwe ngokuphelele yi-Bangkok Airways, sibizwa ngokuthi ngesinye sezindleko ezibiza kakhulu eThailand ngamashaji alingana okungenani nalawo abuzwa esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. "Kufanele silande umthethosivivinywa wezinsiza eziphansi ngamaphesenti angama-20 kuya kumaphesenti angama-30 uma siqhathaniswa nezinye izikhumulo zezindiza zaseThailand," kuchaza uPandit Chanapai, iphini likamongameli weMarketing and Sales of Thai Airways.
Ngokusho kwewebhusayithi ye-DCA yaseThailand, i-Boeing 737-400 esebenza ngohlobo olujwayelekile enesisindo esiphezulu esingamathani angama-62.8 izokhokhiswa nge-Surat Thani baht 5,466 uma ifika kanye ne-baht engu-6,280 eSamui.
Yakhiwe yi-Bangkok Airways futhi yaphathwa yinkampani yezindiza kuze kube muva nje, isikhumulo sezindiza i-Samui sidluliselwe eSamui Airport Property Fund, ingxenye ye-Bangkok Airways. Impela, ikhwalithi ephezulu yesevisi iyimpahla eyinhloko yesikhumulo sezindiza i-Samui- ikakhulukazi uma iqhathaniswa nesikhumulo sezindiza i-Surat Thani. Kodwa-ke, kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, amanani okugibela aphezulu okuya e-Koh Samui nge-Bangkok Airways aphendule le ndawo yaba “indawo yokuvakasha yaseNtshonalanga” enyusa amanani embonini yamahhotela neyesevisi. Abahambi basekhaya e-Samui behlele emazingeni angabonakali kwezinye izindawo zokungcebeleka zasolwandle. Ngokwezibalo ezisemthethweni ezivela kwiTourism Authority yaseThailand, izivakashi zasekhaya zaseSamui Island zazimelwe ngo-2006 kuphela amaphesenti angu-15.36 abo bonke abafikayo; ePhuket, izivakashi zasekhaya zisafinyelela kumaphesenti angama-35.9 abo bonke abafikayo ngisho namaphesenti angama-45.7 eKrabi.
“Sekuyisikhathi sokwenza iSamui ‘ifinyeleleke’ kubantu baseThailand,” kwengeza uChanapai. I-Thai Airways ihlela ukunikeza amanani okugibela akhethekile unyaka wonke. Iphromoshini yamanje e-Bht 6,310 kuze kube umhla ka-15 Mashi cishe izophinda iqhutshwe ngokuzayo. Inkampani yezindiza iqondise ku-cabin factor yamaphesenti angama-75-80 emzileni omusha ngamaphesenti angama-70 wethrafikhi evela kubagibeli abadluliswayo. "Silindele ukuthwala abagibeli abaphakathi kuka-12,000 no-14,000 ngenyanga," kubikezela uChanapai.
Ngisho noma i-Bangkok Airways ibona isabelo sayo semakethe siguguleka kancane yi-Thai Airways - inkampani yenethiwekhi yezwe inethemba lokuthi izongeza indiza yesithathu yansuku zonke maduze-, i-Bangkok Airways isazothola induduzo kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yayo. I-Bangkok-Siem Reap -isetshenziswa ngokusemthethweni kusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye- cishe inemali eningi kakhulu eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngemali yokugibela eshibhe kakhulu ethengiswa ngama-baht 9,800 (US$305 ngaphandle kwezintela zendiza yemizuzu engu-50).
Kuze kube manje, i-Bangkok Airways iphumelele ukuvimba noma iyiphi enye inkampani yenethiwekhi ukuze ingene emzileni onedumela elibi. E-Luang Prabang, inkampani yezindiza ibisebenza kahle kakhulu: yiyona kuphela enikezela ngezindiza ezingami ezintathu zansuku zonke eziya e-Bangkok ithikithi lokubuya lithengiswa nge-Baht 9,500 (US$297). Izindleko eziphakeme zokuya kulezi zindawo zifakazelwa uMongameli we-Bangkok Airways, uPrasert Prasartthong-Osoth, ngokuthi inkampani yezindiza yazifaka engozini yokuvula leyo mizila.
Kuyiqiniso ephuzwini elithile. Kwaba nesibindi ngeBangkok Airways ukuqala ukundizela e-Siem Reap eminyakeni eyi-12 edlule phakathi neziyaluyalu zezombusazwe zaseCambodia. Kodwa-ke namuhla, njengoba iCambodia iyindawo evamile yokuvakasha, kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi ukuhamba ngendiza uye e-Angkor Wat, enye yezindawo zamagugu ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni, kuseyinselelo yezezimali futhi kufanele kugcinwe ukuzimela emzileni we-Bangkok-Siem Reap. . Akukho okuzoshintsha kuze kuqedwe ngokuphelele ukulawulwa kwesibhakabhaka sase-ASEAN ngo-2013. Ekugcineni, kusele eminye iminyaka emihlanu kuphela ezayo.
