Ukhenketho lwaseJamaica UMphathiswa oHloniphekileyo u-Edmund Bartlett kunye noNozakuzaku wase-United States e-Jamaica, u-Donald Tapia, kunye neqela lamagosa bamkele ukuqaliswa kwenkonzo yemihla ngemihla ye-American Airlines engamisiyo phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNew York sikaJohn F. Kennedy kunye neSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe saseMontego Bay eSangster namhlanje.
Inqwelomoya yeAmerican Airlines # 1349 ifike ngo-10:40a.m namhlanje kunye nabakhweli kunye nabasebenzi baphathwa ngokufudumeleyo ngamagosa apheleleyo ngomdlalo weqela laseJamaican mento.
Unozakuzaku uTapia uphawule ukuba, “I-US neJamaica zinembali enkulu nende yobudlelwane bezozakuzo equka namalungiselelo aqinileyo okuhamba ngenqwelomoya. Namhlanje sesinye isiboniso sobudlelwane obuqinileyo phakathi kwamazwe omabini oluya kuthi lube nempembelelo entle kukhenketho lwaseJamaica kunye nelona shishini lethu likhulu. ”
Ngeli xesha u-Bartlett wamkele inkonzo ebuyiselweyo ephawula ukuba, “Ummandla oseMntla-mpuma usaqhubeka nokuba ngumdlali onamandla kuthi njengendawo yokusingwa malunga nabafikayo. Ngexesha lasehlotyeni, ngoMeyi ukuya kuSeptemba ka-2019, indawo yentengiso yase-US irekhode ukonyuka kwe-9.3 yeepesenti yabatyeleli abangama-785,055 xa kuthelekiswa neendwendwe ezingama-718,531 ngexesha elihambelanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Ngelo xesha, uMntla-mpuma ugqithise imarike yonke yase-US kwaye yabona ukunyuka kwe-13.3 yeepesenti ngexesha elifanayo. Ngelixa abafikayo bevela e-US baphinde barekhoda ukunyuka kwe-11.1 yeepesenti ngoSeptemba ka-2019, uMntla-mpuma waphinda wagqithisa umndilili welizwe kwaye ukhule nge-18.1 yeepesenti. Le nkonzo iphinde yaziswa ibe yinto entle kuthi njengendawo yokusingwa.”
UMeya waseMontego Bay, uKhansela uHomer Davis, uMnu. Donovan White, uMlawuli wezoKhenketho, uDkt Rafael Echvarne, i-CEO, i-MBJ Airports Limited, uMnu Omar Robinson, uMongameli, iJamaica Hotel kunye ne-Tourist Association (JHTA), uMnu Wellesley Joseph, UMphathi oMkhulu weNgingqi we-AA, kwi-Western Caribbean ubephakathi kweendwendwe ezimenywe ngokukhethekileyo kwingcaciso yokufika ngenqwelomoya.
Ngeli xesha, uMcebisi oMkhulu/uGqirha woBuchule, uDelano Seiveright wachaza ukuba inkonzo entsha yeAmerican Airlines ingena ngaphakathi kwesakhelo sokunyuka kweenqwelomoya phakathi kweUnited States neJamaica, “Kukho inkonzo yemihla ngemihla yeDelta Airlines phakathi kweDetroit, Michigan kunye neMontego Bay ukuqala kwinyanga ezayo. IJamaica ikwaxhamla kwezinye iinkonzo zenqwelomoya ezintsha eziquka iinqwelomoya ezintsha ezingamisiyo phakathi kweDallas, Texas kunye neMontego Bay yiSun Country Airlines; ISt Louis kunye neMontego Bay ngeenqwelomoya zaseMazantsi-ntshona kunye nokwandisa ukuphindaphinda kweenqwelomoya ukuya eKingston naseMontego Bay ngeJetblue kunye neDelta Airlines.
Uphinde waqaphela ukuba ukwanda kokukhula kwindawo yokhenketho kungenxa yokulingwa okuthe gqolo koMphathiswa uBartlett kwiinzame zokukhuthaza ukukhula. “Oku kuquka ukufakwa isamente ngakumbi kunye nokuvula iimarike zemithombo emitsha, kuquka eLatin America naseYurophu; amagumbi amatsha amaninzi; iinqwelomoya ezintsha ezingakumbi, intsebenziswano esondeleyo nabaqhubi benqanawa; Ubudlelwane bomgangatho wokuqala kunye nabadlali abangengo-Airbnb, phakathi kwezinye izinto ezimele isiseko sesicwangciso sethu sokukhulisa ukhenketho. "
I-American Airlines inikezela ngezigidi ezingama-200 kubathengi bayo beminyaka engama-6,800 ngeenqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla ukuya ngaphezu kwe-365 kumazwe angama-61 ukusuka kwiindawo zayo eCharlotte, eChicago, eDallas-Fort Worth, eLos Angeles, eMiami, eNew York, ePhiladelphia, ePhoenix naseWashington, DC.
Ukufumana ezinye iindaba malunga neJamaica, nceda nqakraza apha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Meanwhile Bartlett welcomed the reintroduced service noting that, “The Northeast region continues to be a strong performer for us as a destination in terms of arrivals.
- Meanwhile, Senior Advisor/Strategist, Delano Seiveright pointed out that the new American Airlines service comes within the frame of increased flights between the United States and Jamaica, “There is daily nonstop Delta Airlines service between Detroit, Michigan and Montego Bay starting next month.
- Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon Edmund Bartlett and United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Donald Tapia, along with a raft of officials welcomed the commencement of daily nonstop American Airlines service between New York’s John F.
