Umbutho wezoKhenketho weCaribbean (CTO) uyaqhubeka ukubeka esweni uphuhliso kwingxabano ekhoyo phakathi kweBritish Airways kunye nemanyano emele abasebenzi bayo. I-CTO ixhalabile malunga nefuthe elinokubakho kushishino lwayo logwayimbo olusalindileyo lwabasebenzi basekhabhini, olucwangciselwe umhla wama-20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, no-30, 2010. Nangona kunjalo i-CTO iyakhuthazwa kukusabela kweBA kwiCaribbean. kwaye ngezicwangciso ezingalindelekanga inkampani yenqwelomoya isungule ukukhusela ishishini.

I-UK ihlala iyimakethi ebalulekileyo kwiiCaribbean. Ummandla ufumana i-1.4 yezigidi zabakhenkethi abavela e-UK ngonyaka, emele i-25 ekhulwini labo bonke abafikayo baseYurophu, kunye neepesenti ze-6 zabafikayo bebonke. Uninzi lwamazwe angamalungu e-CTO, enyanisweni, axhomekeke kakhulu kwimarike yase-UK. Umzekelo, iipesenti ezingama-39 zabakhenkethi abafika eBarbados basuka e-UK. Ezinye iziqithi apho iindwendwe zase-UK ziyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokufika okupheleleyo ziquka: i-Antigua (ipesenti ze-34), i-Montserrat (i-29 ekhulwini), i-Grenada (i-28 ekhulwini), i-St. Lucia (i-29 ekhulwini), i-St. Vincent kunye ne-Grenadines (i-18 ekhulwini) , Bermuda (11 ekhulwini), kunye Jamaica (11 ekhulwini).

I-BA iqinisekise i-CTO ukuba inezicwangciso ezizinzileyo zengozi kwaye ukuba iinqwelomoya eziya eCaribbean azilindelekanga ukuba ziphazanyiswe lugwayimbo olulindileyo. Oku kuthetha ukuba iinqwelomoya ze-BA ukuya nokubuya kule ndawo ilandelayo zilindeleke ukuba zisebenze njengesiqhelo:

iAntigua; Bharbhados; Bhermuda; Grenada; eKingston naseMontego Bay, eJamaica; ePunta Cana, kwiRiphabliki yaseDominican; eSt. Kitts; Seyint Lushiya; eTobago naseTrinidad.

I-airline iye yacebisa i-CTO ukuba iqwalasela iinketho zayo zeNassau, i-Bahamas; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands kunye Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands.

Ikwayiqinisekisile i-CTO ukuba iya kwenza konke okusemandleni ukukhusela izicwangciso zokuhamba zabathengi bayo kuwo wonke ummandla.

Unobhala jikelele uya kuqhubeka enxibelelana ngokusondeleyo nabaphathi abaphezulu beBA ukuze afumane isikhundla samva nje. Banethemba lokuba iingxoxo phakathi kwale manyano kunye nenkampani yeenqwelomoya ziqalise kwakhona ngokukhawuleza kwaye kungafunyanwa isisombululo esiya kwanelisa macala onke.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

BA has assured the CTO that it has robust contingency plans in place and that flights to the Caribbean are not expected to be disrupted by the pending strike.
However the CTO is encouraged by BA's responsiveness to the Caribbean and by the contingency plans the airline has instituted to protect the business.
It is their hope that talks between the union and the airline resume as soon as possible and that a resolution can be found that will satisfy all sides.