Ekhuluma esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Sangster International Airport (SIA) namhlanje ekuseni (Disemba 15), uMhlonishwa. UNgqongqoshe uBartlett uthe: “Kuzoba inkathi yezivakashi zasebusika enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni Jamaica. Sesivele sithole izihlalo eziyizigidi ezingu-1.5 ezimakethe zomhlaba futhi sicabanga ukuthi umthwalo ophansi kakhulu ngo-75% wezinkampani zezindiza ezizayo esizoba kuzo. okweqile kwesigidi ukufika kwekhefu lesizini.”
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uShane Munroe, oyiChief Executive Officer yeMBJ Airports, ephethe lesi sikhungo, uthe i-SIA kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele iqophelo eliphezulu labagibeli abayizigidi ezi-5 abadlula kuso ngonyaka owodwa okokuqala ngqa.
Ungqongqoshe uBartlett uthe kuyabhekisiswa imiphumela yokukhula kwemali engenayo ezweni, ukuthola imisebenzi kanye nokukhula komnotho njengoba:
“Imboni yezokuvakasha isaqhubeka nokuba phambili kulokho njengoba ikhula ngamakota ayi-10 elandelana.”
Ukuqala kwenkathi yendabuko yezivakashi zasebusika kuphinde kwaphawulwa yi-Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) izwakalisa ukubonga kuzo zonke izigaba zabasebenzi e-SIA ngesidlo sasekuseni sokubonga kanye nokwethulwa kwemiklomelo.
Umklomelo Kasihlalo Webhodi Lokuvakasha LaseJamaica ngomsebenzi oyisibonelo wanikezwa uTracey Ann Patterson, kanti abanye abamukeli bahlanganisa uShelly Ann Fung King, owaklonyeliswa ngeqhaza lakhe elivelele; I-MBJ Airports ihlonishwe njengonyaka wayo wama-20 njengemvumelwano yesikhumulo sezindiza futhi I-Port Security nayo yaqokwa ngomsebenzi wayo oncomekayo.