Ukuvulwa kwesikhumulo sezindiza esisha sase-Lombok sekuqalile ukuthuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha ye Chili isiqhingi ngokufika kwezivakashi zaseRussia ezingaba ngu-150 ngendiza eqashwe nge-Norwind Airline ngoLwesithathu, Novemba 16, 2011.
Ukufika kungokokuqala ochungechungeni lwezindiza eziqashiwe ezihlelwe ngabakwaPegas Touristik eRussia futhi ezisingathwa yiGo Vacation Indonesia (GVI) , i-ejenti yezokuvakasha esekelwe e-Bali, ezoletha abagibeli abavela eRussia ngqo eLombok nge-Airbus 767-300ER nge umthamo wezihlalo ezingama-304, kusukela ngoNovemba 2011 kuya kuMeyi 2012.
Umphathi omkhulu we-Go Vacation Indonesia wezomkhiqizo nezinkontileka, u-Marika Gloeckler, uthe: “Lezi izindiza eziqondile ezisuka eNovosibirsk/Russia ziya e-Lombok njalo, ezijikeleza ubusuku obu-13 zibuyela emuva, ziye esiqhingini kuze kube nguMeyi 2012.” UGloeckler wengeze ngokuthi kungase kube nohlelo lwesibili lokuqashisa oluvela kwelinye idolobha laseRussia.
Kuze kube nguMeyi 2012, izivakashi zaseRussia ezingu-4,000 zilinganiselwa ukuthi zizovakashela eLombok. Lesi sibalo kulindeleke ukuthi sikhule eminyakeni ezayo. UPutu Arya, omele i-GVI uthe kuzoba namaqembu ezivakashi eziza ngezindiza ezihlala abantu abangu-284 inyanga ngayinye.” wengeza.
I-GVI ikakhulukazi ihlinzeka ngamaphakeji endawo yokuhlala kubavakashi baseRussia, kuyilapho amaphakheji okuvakasha engakukhetha. Inani lamaphakheji okuvakasha anikezwa izivakashi ahlanganisa ukuvakashela i-Gili Islands, iphakethe le-Mandalika resort, uhambo oluya ezikhungweni zezandla, nokunye okuningi.
Ngaleso sikhathi, i-axis ye-Lombok-Moscow ilinganiselwa ukuthi izokhula njengomugqa wezomnotho oqhakaza. Akubona abavakashi kuphela, onjiniyela bamabhizinisi abavela eRussia nabo bafika ezindaweni zokuvakasha eSifundazweni SaseNtshonalanga Nusa Tenggar. Cishe abatshalizimali baseRussia abayi-18 bavakashele eLombok ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto. Lolu hambo beluyimpendulo ezikhulwini zesiFundazwe saseNtshonalanga yeNusa Tenggara ebezivakashele eRussia phambilini. “Osomabhizinisi baseRussia bavakashela ezinye zezindawo zokuvakasha eNtshonalanga Nusa Tenggara; lolu wuhlobo lokwethula amathuba e-West Nusa Tenggara Tourism,” kusho u-Bayu Windidiya, inhloko ye-West Nusa Tenggara Investment Board (BPM).
