Barbados iyaqhubeka nokubonisa ukuthi iyindawo abantu abaningi abayikhethayo Abahambi base-US njengoba inkampani yezindiza ezinze e-US i-JetBlue ikhula hambisa ngendiza esiqhingini kwaphinda lokho. Kusukela ngomhla ka-1 Novemba 2023, i-JetBlue izokwethula i-2nd indiza yamasonto onke esuka eBoston Logan International Airport. Le nketho yendiza entsha izosebenza ngoLwesithathu, ijoyine isevisi ekhona yangoMgqibelo esuka e-Boston.
Ngokufanayo, i-JetBlue izoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngendiza yayo yesibili yansuku zonke isuka e-JFK iye e-BGI, kuze kube nguFebhuwari 2024, inikeze izivakashi zaseNew York izinketho ezengeziwe zokuvakashela isiqhingi.
"Sijabule ngethemba lokuhamba kabili kwansuku zonke e-JFK," kusho u-Eusi Skeete, uMqondisi wase-US, i-Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI)]. "Lokhu kukhuphuka kwamandla kunamandla okwengeza umthamo omkhulu endaweni ye-Tri-State kulokho okuthembisa isikhathi sasebusika esimatasa."
"Siyajabula ukubona ukuthi iqhinga lethu lokukhulisa indawo yaseNew England libe nezithelo, njengoba kuboniswe ukwengezwa kwale mpi entsha ceke yaphakathi nesonto ephuma eBoston."
USkeete wengeze ngokuthi, “Lokhu kukhuphuka komthamo akusona neze into encane, okuyinkomba yokuphumelela kwemizamo yethu kanye nokuzibophezela kweJetBlue eBarbados.”
“Indlela yethu yokubambisana eqinile ne-JetBlue ibe yingxenye yemiphumela esiyibonayo manje, futhi asikwazanga ukujabula kakhulu ukuqhubeka nokwakhela phezu kwalobu budlelwano osebunesikhathi eside,” kusho uSkeete.
Indiza eyengeziwe yansuku zonke evela e-JFK iza ngesikhathi esifanele ukuze abahambi babhukhe izindiza zabo zefestivali yasehlobo yase-Barbados i-Crop Over, kuyilapho indiza ephuma e-Boston kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yinzuzo kakhulu kubahambi abanethemba lokubalekela amakhaza kulobu busika.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The additional daily flight from JFK comes just in time for travelers to book their flights for Barbados' annual summer festival Crop Over, while the flight out of Boston is expected to be very beneficial for travelers hoping to escape the cold this winter.
- Skeete added, “This increase in capacity is by no means a small feat, which is indicative both of the effectiveness of our efforts as well as JetBlue's commitment to Barbados.
- “Our strong collaborative approach with JetBlue has been integral to the results we are now seeing, and we couldn't be happier to continue to build on this longstanding partnership,” stated Skeete.
