I-Virgin Australia ilethe lokho kanye okwakufunwa Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Darwin ku-Territorians kule sizini yamaholide, ngesimemezelo senkonzo entsha ephindwe kathathu masonto onke e-Denpasar, e-Bali eqala ngo-Ephreli ozayo.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-NT Airports, u-Ian Kew uthe, “Ngemuva kokwehliswa kwezinsiza emzileni osuka eDarwin uya eDenpasar ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, besinezingxoxo eziqhubekayo nabathwali abaningi abafinyelela kwabane ezinyangeni ezedlule. Siyajabula ukuthi i-Virgin Australia inqume ukuqala ukusebenza kulo mzila ofunwa kakhulu, okuwukuphela kwendawo oya kuyo phesheya kwezilwandle usuka e-Darwin. Izinsizakalo zasemini ezisuka e-Denpasar kanye nesakhiwo esincintisanayo semali yokugibela i-Virgin Australia yaziwa ngaso, kuzoba inhlanganisela ewinayo yabantu baseTerritorians.”
“Ngemali yokuthengisa eqala ku-$199 ngendlela eyodwa*, ehambisana nezinsuku zokusebenza zangoLwezithathu, uLwesihlanu namaSonto; lolo hambo olusheshayo lwangempelasonto oluya e-Bali abantu baseTerritorians abaluthanda kakhulu lubuyile ku-ajenda. ”
Umphathi Jikelele we-Virgin Australia, Network, Revenue and Alliances, uRussell Shaw, uthe: “Namuhla sihlanganisa iminyaka engu-17 kusukela ngendiza yethu yokuqala eya eDarwin futhi kusukela lapho, siye saqhubeka nokwakha phezu kwethu nokwenza uhambo lufinyeleleke kalula kubantu baseTerritoria. .
“Izihambeli zethu manje sezizoba nokukhetha okwengeziwe nokuvumelana nezimo lapho zifuna ukundizela e-Bali, i-Virgin Australia inikeze esikholelwa ukuthi uhlelo olufaneleka kakhulu kulo mzila, okuvumela izivakashi zethu ukuthi zifike ngaphambi kwamabili kwamabili lapho zisuka eDarwin ziya e-Bali,” Kusho uMnumzane Shaw.
Ngokokuqala ngqa esikhathini esingaphezu kweshumi leminyaka, uDarwin uzoba nefulegi lase-Australia elisebenza ngokugcwele endizela e-Bali emazweni ngamazwe lisuka eDarwin. I-Virgin Australia kuzoba ukuphela kwenkampani yezindiza kulo mzila ukunikeza isevisi yekilasi lebhizinisi. Njengoba ubukhona be-Virgin Australia ku-NT bukhula, abahambi abavela e-Adelaide, ePerth, e-Alice Springs nakwamanye amachweba bangahamba ngezinkonzo ze-Virgin Australia ukuya nokubuya kulawo machweba ukuya e-Bali; ukubeka i-Darwin njengendawo yokuya e-Indonesia, e-Asia nangale kwayo.
Izindiza ezintsha zase-Virgin Australia zizongeza izihlalo zamasonto onke ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 emakethe yase-Bali phakathi kuka-Ephreli no-Okthoba. Isevisi entsha ihambisana nomsebenzisi wendiza ekhona kulo mzila, idala isakhiwo semakethe esilungile esinakho kokubili isevisi egcwele kanye neminikelo yenkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kancane, esebenza ngezikhathi ezihluke kakhulu ukuze ifanele zonke izimakethe namaphuzu amanani.
“Ekuqaleni lokhu kuzoba yinkonzo yesizini esebenza phakathi kuka-Ephreli no-Okthoba, isikhathi sokuvakasha esiqine kakhulu sokuya e-Bali esino-60% wakho konke uhambo olwenziwa ngalesi sikhathi. Siyaqiniseka ukuthi i-Territorians izoyisekela le nkonzo entsha ezodala isidingo esinamandla sokwethulwa ngo-April 2019,” kusho u-Ian Kew.
Imininingwane nge-Virgin Australia eyengeziwe ye-Darwin kusevisi ye-Denpasar
– Inkonzo izoqala ngoLwesithathu zingama-10 kuMbasa
– Isevisi ingeyesizini futhi izosebenza phakathi kuka-10 Ephreli no-20 Okthoba 2019
– Inkonzo izosebenza ngoLwesithathu, ngoLwesihlanu nangeSonto
Isuka eDarwin ngo-2100 futhi ifika eDenpasar 2220
Isuka eDenpasar 1545 futhi ifika eDarwin 2000
- Isevisi izosetshenziswa yizindiza ezingu-176, ezingu-737-800, ezinesigaba samabhizinisi angu-8 kanye ne-168 class class configuration
Imizila emisha nezinsiza ezengeziwe eziqaliswe kusukela ku-NT Airports ngo-2018:
01 Januwari - I-Silkair yandisa izinsizakalo zisuka e-Darwin ziye e-Singapore zaya izikhathi eziyisithupha ngesonto unyaka wonke
30 Meyi - Izindiza ze-Donghai, isevisi yamasonto onke kabili ukusuka e-Darwin ukuya e-Shenzhen
19 Juni - Izindiza ze-Virgin Australia, kabili-ngeviki zisuka e-Alice Springs ziye eBrisbane
28 Okthoba - Isevisi yeJetstar eyengeziwe yamasonto onke (yesizini) esuka eDarwin iya eSingapore
Imizila ezokwethulwa kusukela ku-NT Airports ngo-2019:
1 Ephreli – Qantas, isevisi yamasonto onke kabili ukusuka e-Darwin ukuya e-Uluru
3 Ephreli - Airnorth, isevisi yamasonto onke kabili ukusuka eDarwin kuya eGold Coast (nge-Townsville)
10 Ephreli - Izindiza ze-Virgin Australia, isevisi ephindwe kathathu ngesonto ukusuka eDarwin ukuya eDenpasar
