“Kuyakhuthaza ngempela ukubona isidingo esiqhubekayo emakethe yeziqhingi zase-US Virgin, njengoba siqhubeka nokwenza intuthuko ekubuyiseleni kwethu iziphepho zikaSepthemba ezilandelanayo,” kusho uMbusi wase-US Virgin Islands, uKenneth E. Mapp. Ubekhuluma ngeqiniso lokuthi abathwali abathathu abahleliwe bazokwengeza maduze isevisi yendiza eSt. Thomas, njengoba kumenyezelwe uKhomishana Wezokuvakasha wase-US Virgin Islands uBeverly Nicholson-Doty.
UKhomishana uNicholson-Doty uthe kulandela imihlangano nabalingani bezinkampani zezindiza ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, iSpirit Airlines izokwandisa iFort Lauderdale-St. Thomas imvamisa yansuku zonke, isebenza ngoMgqibelo, Mashi 10, 2018.
Ngenxa yokubhuka okuqinile e-Atlanta-St. Thomas umzila, i-Delta Air Lines izobuyisela isevisi yayo yansuku zonke isuka eNew York iye e-St. Thomas, kusukela ngomhlaka-24 Meyi.
I-JetBlue Airways izosebenzisa indiza yesibili yansuku zonke isuka e-San Juan iye e-St. Thomas kusukela ngo-February 15. Inkampani yezindiza izohlinzeka ngezinketho zansuku zonke kubahambi phakathi kwe-Boston ne-St. Thomas (phakathi kuka-February 15 kuya ku-May 1) phezu kwe-San Juan.
“Sikhuthazeke kakhulu ngalezi ntuthuko ezintsha,” kubika uKhomishana, owachaza ukuthi nakuba amahhotela nezindawo zokungcebeleka zakha kabusha futhi zilungiselela ukwamukela izivakashi ezihlala eNtabeni, isidingo esinamandla sezihlalo zomoya sidalwa yizivakashi ezihlala ezindlini, emibhedeni. kanye nezindawo zokudlela zasekuseni kanye namahhotela e-boutique; ama-villas, amafulethi, ama-condominiums nezinye izakhiwo eziqashisayo; ukwabelana kwesikhathi; nezikebhe, kanye nezingcweti ezisebenza embonini yezokwakha, kanye namaVirgin Islanders ahambela noma abuya eziqhingini. UKhomishana uqinisekise ukuthi imizamo iyaqhubeka yokwandisa izindiza eziya kuzo zombili izikhumulo zezindiza, eSt. Croix naseSt. Thomas.
UMbusi uMapp ubonge abalingani bezindiza abafanele ngokuzibophezela kwabo kuNdawo, futhi wachaza ukuthi abaphathi bakhe benza yonke imizamo yokuqinisekisa ukuthi kukhona ukungena kwezindiza okwanele phakathi kwezindiza ze-Territory kanye nezwe lase-US. “Ukuqina kwabantu bakithi kanye neNdawo yethu akunakuphikwa, futhi sibonga kakhulu ozakwethu bezinkampani zezindiza ngokuqhubeka neqhaza labo ekululameni kwethu,” esho.
Ngezengezo zakamuva zendiza, i-US Virgin Islands manje isinikezwa izihlalo ezingaba ngu-13,000 isonto ngalinye - 9,000 ukuya e-St. Thomas kanye nezi-4,000 ukuya e-St. Croix (ngaphandle kwe-intra-island service).
