Inkampani yezindiza yaseMelika ebiza izindleko eziphansi iSpirit Airlines imemezele ukwengezwa kwezindiza eziya eMontego Bay, Jamaica zisuka eBaltimore-Washington International Airport eMaryland, e-USA. Inkampani yenethiwekhi ihlelelwe ukuqala isevisi ngoMashi 22, 2018.
Ejatshuliswe lesi simemezelo, uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett uthe, “Sibona imiphumela eqinile. Lokhu kungenye futhi inkomba yokukhula kwesidingo se-Jamaica futhi kukhombisa kahle kakhulu isu lethu lokukhulisa ezokuvakasha .I-Monttego Bay izoba umzila wesibili wamazwe ngamazwe we-Spirit osuka e-Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Le nkampani iqale ukusebenza eCancun, eMexico ngenyanga edlule.”
Njengamanje inkampani yezindiza isebenzisa izindiza ezingami phakathi kwe-Fort Lauderdale, i-Florida hub ne-Montego Bay kanye ne-Kingston. I-Spirit iyinkampani yenethiwekhi yaseMelika enezindleko eziphansi enekomkhulu eFlorida futhi isebenzisa izindiza ezihleliwe kulo lonke elase-United States naseCaribbean, Mexico, Latin America, naseNingizimu Melika.
Izindiza ezengeziwe ziza ngemuva kokuthi inkampani enkulu yezindiza yase-US i-Southwest Airlines ikhuphule uhambo lwayo lwendiza ukuze ifake isevisi yendiza engapheli phakathi kwe-Fort Lauderdale ne-Montego Bay - yengeza ezinye izihlalo ezintsha ezingu-52,000 ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-Jamaica kanye nokwandisa ukuxhumana kwamanye amadolobha ase-US. Lokhu kuletha cishe ku-7 inani lezindiza zansuku zonke eziya e-Montego Bay ngaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga, futhi ehambisa izindiza ezingami phakathi kwe-Montego Bay ne-Orlando, Florida; eHouston, eTexas; Chicago, Illinois naseBaltimore, Maryland.
I-Montego Bay izobona nezindiza eziningana ezintsha ezingami, ezinye seziqalile kakade, kuhlanganise neVancouver, Canada; eMunich, eJalimane; eWarsaw, ePoland; Madrid, Spain nakwezinye izindawo. Izingxoxo ziyaqhubeka ezindizeni eziningi ezivela kwezinye izindawo emhlabeni jikelele.
UNgqongqoshe uphinde wachaza ukuthi, “iJamaica inezinye izihlalo zezindiza ezingu-40,000 ezizibophezele ebusika zisuka eCanada, iSunwing iqinisekisa ukuthi izosebenzisa izihlalo zezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-100,000 kule sizini, intuthuko eyingqophamlando, okuhlanganisa izindiza ezingami phakathi kweMontego Bay neVancouver, indawo yesithathu ngobukhulu eCanada. indawo ye-metropolitan.”
Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-MBJ Airports, abaqhubi besikhumulo sezindiza i-Montego Bay's Sangster International, uDkt Rafael Echevarne uthe lesi sikhungo sikulungele ukubhekana kalula nokutheleka kwabantu abaningi abafikayo.
Uqhube wadalula ukuthi phakathi nengxenye yemvume yeminyaka engu-30 i-MBJ Airports Ltd kudingeke ukuthi iqhube isikhumulo sezindiza, ibhodi labaqondisi ligunyaze ukusetshenziswa kwezigidi ezingu-US$40 ukutshala ekuthuthukisweni okwengeziwe ngo-2018 nengqalasizinda. Lokhu kuzobandakanya ukulungiswa kwendawo okubhaliselwa kuyo amathikithi, ihholo labokufika kanye nezinye izindawo zomphakathi.
Lokhu kwengeza ku-$24 million esetshenziswa manje ukuthuthukisa iphinifa, umgwaqo wetekisi kanye nomzila wezindiza.
