I-Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) kanye ne-JetBlue bamemezele ukunwetshwa kwenkonzo yamasonto onke ye-JetBlue yesizini ngeMigqibelo ibe yinkonzo yonyaka wonke phakathi kwe-Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) kanye ne-Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI) eqala ngoMeyi 4, 2019. indima ebalulekile njengesikhumulo sezindiza sokuqala esikhulu endaweni yedolobha elikhulu laseNew York, i-EWR ezinze eNew Jersey iphatha izindiza eziningi - nakuba ingebaningi abagibeli - njenge-John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), naphezu kokuthi ingu-40% wobukhulu bomhlaba we-JFK.
I-Barbados iqhubekile nokubona ukwanda kwezinombolo zokufika zase-US ngonyaka wesine olandelanayo ngo-2018 ikhiqiza irekhodi elimangalisayo lezivakashi ezingu-204,830 ezivela e-US, ukwanda ngamaphesenti angu-8.4 kusukela ku-2017. isivele ibone ukwanda kwezindiza kanye namasango amasha kwamanye amadolobha afana ne-Fort Lauderdale, i-Miami ne-Boston.
“Phambilini i-EWR ibiyisikhumulo sezindiza esilawulwa slot sika-level 3 okusho ukuthi amathuba okungena ngendiza entsha abenomkhawulo kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, ukushintshwa kwegama le-FAA ngo-Okthoba 2016 ukuya esikhumulweni sezindiza esithuthukisiwe sezinga lesi-2, ekugcineni kunikeze iBarbados ithuba lokunikeza isevisi yendiza," kusho uPetra Roach, uMqondisi wase-US we-Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. "Ukwenyuka kwezindiza kuyaqhubeka nokuba yisisekelo se-BTMI isiqondiso samasu sokufinyelela okuthuthukisiwe kwezivakashi zase-US eziya e-Barbados kanye nendawo ye-Newark ifakazela ukuthi ilungele hhayi kuphela ithrafikhi yasendaweni yaseNew Jersey kodwa nasezifundeni zase-Delaware, e-Pennsylvania kanye nezingxenye ze-Connecticut. Ukuqina kokuncintisana kuyaqhubeka futhi njengoba inani labantu lombuso lincike kakhulu emindenini nakubashadikazi abasebasha, izinsika ezimbili ezibaluleke kakhulu zokukhula kweBarbados, asikwazanga ukusijabulela lesi simemezelo.”
"Ukunwetshwa kwenkonzo yethu ethandwayo yesizini, yamasonto onke yaseBarbados ukuya enkonzweni yamasonto onke unyaka wonke kungenxa yokukhula okuqhubekayo kokuya eBarbados," kusho u-Andrea Lusso, umqondisi wokuhlelwa komzila weJetBlue. “Ozakwethu e-Barbados Tourism benze umsebenzi oncomekayo wokuqhakambisa le ndawo enhle okuyiwa kuyo, kanti i-JetBlue ibilokhu isebenza ukuhlanganisa umthamo ezimakethe nezidingo ezikhulayo. Siyaziqhenya ngokusebenzela i-Barbados nokuqhubeka nokunikeza izivakashi izivakashi kanye nabantu baseBarbado imiklomelo ngokufanayo.”
Isevisi engami phakathi kweNewark (EWR) neBridgetown (BGI) izosebenza ohlelweni olulandelayo lwangoMgqibelo:
EWR - BGI Flight #313 10:30 am - 4:20 pm
Indiza ye-BGI - EWR #314 4:25 pm - 9:55 pm
I-JetBlue iphinde inikeze insizakalo phakathi kwamadolobha ayo amathathu okugxilwe kuwo kanye neBarbados: i-New York JFK, iBoston ne-Ft. Lauderdale.
