I-American Airlines ihlose ukuvula izimakethe zamazwe omhlaba ngokuhlola kwangaphambili kwe-COVID-19

Njengengxenye yomzamo oqhubekayo wokusiza ukuvikela impilo nokuphepha kwamakhasimende, kukhuthaze ukuzethemba ekuhambeni ngezindiza futhi kuthuthukise ukululama komkhakha ku-coronavirus (Covid-19) ubhubhane, American Airlines usebenzisana nohulumeni abaningi bakwamanye amazwe ukuqala ukunikeza ukuhlolwa kwangaphambili kwe-COVID-19 kumakhasimende ahambela izindawo zomhlaba wonke, eqala ngeJamaica neBahamas. Umphathi uhlela ukunweba uhlelo luye ezimakethe ezengeziwe emasontweni nasezinyangeni ezizayo.

"Ubhadane lushintshe ibhizinisi lethu ngezindlela ebesingakaze sizilindele, kodwa sonke lesi sikhathi, iqembu lonke laseMelika libhekane ngentshiseko nenselelo yokucabanga ngendlela esiletha ngayo isipiliyoni sokuhamba esiphephile, esinempilo futhi esijabulisayo kumakhasimende ethu," kusho URobert Isom, uMongameli weAmerican Airlines. "Uhlelo lwethu lwalesi sigaba sokuqala sokuhlolwa kwangaphambi kwezindiza lubonisa ubuhlakani nokunakekelwa kwethimba lethu ekwakhiweni kabusha kokuzethemba ekuhambeni ngezindiza, futhi lokhu sikubheka njengesinyathelo esibalulekile emsebenzini wethu ukusheshisa ukutholakala kwesidingo ekugcineni."

Jamaica

I-American ifinyelele esivumelwaneni neJamaica ukwethula uhlelo lokuqala lokuhlola esikhungweni sayo seMiami International Airport (MIA) ngenyanga ezayo. Isigaba sokuqala sokuhlolwa kuzoba ngesabahlali baseJamaican abahambela ezweni labo. Uma umgibeli evivinya ukuthi akanalo i-COVID-19 ngaphambi kokundiza namazwe aseMelika, ukuhlukaniswa kwezinsuku eziyi-14 okukhona njengamanje ekubuyiseleni abahlali baseJamaican kuzosuswa. Ukulandela uhlelo lokushayela oluyimpumelelo, inhloso ukuvula le ndlela yokuhlola yabo bonke abagibeli abaya eJamaica, kufaka phakathi izakhamizi zase-US. Isikhathi sokumenyezelwa okunjalo esinamandla kufanele sinqunywe.

"Ngibonga i-American Airlines ngokuqala le mizamo yokuqinisekisa ukuphepha nokuzethemba kubahambi abavela e-United States, nangokuhola neJamaica njengomshayeli wohlelo lwayo lokuhlola i-COVID-19," kusho u-Audrey Marks, iNxusa laseJamaica e-United States. “Lokhu kusesikhathini, uma kubhekwa ukubuyekezwa okuqhubekayo kukahulumeni ngokubambisana neqembu leGlobal Initiative for Health and Safety lama-protocols akhona alawula uhambo oluya esiqhingini, futhi kungaba ngumshintshi womdlalo, hhayi owezokuvakasha kuphela, kodwa futhi nokunye okubalulekile imikhakha yezomnotho ethinteke kabi ngalolu bhubhane oluqhubekayo. ”

IBahamas neCARICOM

I-American nayo isiqalile ukusebenzisana neBahamas ne-CARICOM ukwethula izinhlelo ezifanayo zokuhlola ezizovumela ukuya esifundeni. Uhlelo lwaseMelika olulandelayo lwamazwe omhlaba luzoba neBahamas kanti kulindeleke ukuthi lwethulwe ngenyanga ezayo. Imininingwane ngemithetho elandelwayo yaleloya lizwe izolandela.

"Sijabule kakhulu ukuthi i-American Airlines ifake iBahamas ohlelweni lwayo lokuhlola izindiza ngaphambi kokufika kwabo nangokuzinikela kwabo ekunciphiseni ukubhebhetheka kwe-coronavirus," kusho uDionisio D'Aguilar, onguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha Nezindiza eBahamas. "IMiami iyisango elikhulu lokungena eziqhingini zethu, futhi sikholwa ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwamakhemikhali okuzodingeka kutholakale kuzodala ukusebenza okuhle, kuyilapho kuqinisekiswa impilo nokuvikeleka kwabavakashi kanye nabahlali bethu."

Njengoba izinhlelo zayo zokuqala zokuhlola izindiza ngaphambi kokuqala ukwethulwa, i-America nayo ibandakanyeka ngenkuthalo neCARICOM, iqembu elihlanganisiwe lamazwe angama-20 aseCaribbean, mayelana nokwandisa lolu hlelo kwezinye izimakethe zaseCaribbean.

"Siyajabula ukuthi i-American Airlines ibihola phambili ukuqala lolu hlelo oluthokozisayo lokuhlola i-COVID-19," kusho uRalph Gonsalves, uNdunankulu waseSaint Vincent kanye neGrenadines, kanye noSihlalo weCARICOM. "Umphakathi waseCaribbean uyayemukela le nqubekelaphambili ebalulekile yokuvula kabusha izimakethe ngempilo nokuphepha kwezakhamizi zethu okubaluleke kakhulu, futhi sizoliqapha kakhulu lolu hlelo njengoba ludla lubi esifundeni sethu."

Ukuhlola kwangaphambili kokuhamba uye eHawaii

Ngaphezu kwemizamo yayo yokuvula izimakethe zomhlaba wonke zokuhamba, i-America ibisebenza nohulumeni waseHawaii ukwenza uchungechunge lwezinketho ezihambelana nezidingo zaseHawaii zokuhambela izwe. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 15, inkampani yezindiza izoqala uhlelo lokuhlola lwangaphambi kohambo lwe-COVID-19 esikhungweni sayo seDallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) samakhasimende ahambela eHawaii, ngokubambisana ne I-LetsGetChecked, Ukunakekela Manje kanye ne-DFW Airport.

Kusukela ngenyanga ezayo, i-America izonikeza izinketho ezintathu zokuhlolwa kwangaphambi kohambo kumakhasimende anezindiza ezisuka e-DFW eziya e-Honolulu (HNL) naseMaui (OGG):

• Ukuhlolwa kwasekhaya okuvela kuLetsGetChecked, kubonwe ngudokotela ngokuvakasha kwangempela, imiphumela elindelwe emahoreni angama-48 ngokwesilinganiso.
• Ukuhlolwa komuntu ngaphakathi endaweni yokunakekelwa okuphuthumayo ye-CareNow.
• Ukuhlolwa okusheshayo kwe-Onsite, okulawulwa yi-CareNow, kwa-DFW.

Ukuhlolwa kufanele kuqedwe kungakapheli amahora angama-72 ukusuka emlenzeni wokugcina wokusuka. Abahambi abahlola ukuthi bane-negative bazokhululwa ekuhlukanisweni kwezwe izinsuku eziyi-14.