Ngomhla owawuza kuphawula ukucuthwa okubalulekileyo kokungena emoyeni ukusuka kwilizwe lase-US ukuya ePuerto Rico nakwezinye iindawo zaseCaribbean, lo mmandla ubhiyozela ukongezwa kweenqwelomoya ezintsha kunye nokugcinwa kweendlela ebezimiselwe ukucinywa. Ngothotho lweengxoxo kunye nokuphunyezwa kwenkqubo yenkuthazo ye-airline yi-Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), ishishini le-airline liphinde lijonge kwi-Caribbean njengommandla onamandla amakhulu okufumana ingeniso. Kumashishini asekuhlaleni, ngakumbi lawo anxulumene neshishini lezokhenketho, le yivoti efunekayo yokuzithemba.
"Ukurhoxiswa kwezi nqwelomoya bekungengomcimbi nje wePuerto Rico, kodwa kuyo yonke iCaribbean," utshilo uTerestella Gonzalez-Denton, umlawuli olawulayo wePRTC. “Njengesango lokungena kwiiCaribbean, iPuerto Rico ngumjelo wabahambi abatyelela ezinye iziqithi. Ukufikelela emoyeni kulo mmandla kubaluleke kakhulu kwiihotele zethu nakwimizi-mveliso yokuhamba ngenqanawa, kwaye iziphumo zofikelelo emoyeni olulinganiselweyo beziya kuba neziphumo ezibi. Nangona kunjalo, umsebenzi wethu kunye norhulumente wasePuerto Rico kunye nokucinga okubonakalayo kwamaqabane ethu kwishishini leenqwelomoya kunika iCaribbean izixhobo ezizidingayo ukugcina ukukhula esiye saba nakho kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo,” wongeze watsho uGonzalez-Denton.
Ukusabela kwesoyikiso sokulahlekelwa iindlela ezibalulekileyo eziya ePuerto Rico, i-PRTC, ngokubambisana norhulumente wasePuerto Rico, yazimisela ukwenza iinkqubo eziza kuhenda iinqwelo-moya ukuba zigcine kwaye zandise inkonzo yazo kwisiqithi. I-PRTC iphinde yaqalisa iphulo leendaba elinobundlongondlongo lokugcina imfuno yeenqwelomoya eziya ePuerto Rico kwaye ikhumbuze abahambi ukuba isiqithi sisafikeleleka kakhulu. Ukongezelela, inkqubo yokuthengisa i-co-op eyenziwe yi-PRTC iya kuhambelana nedola nganye, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-3 yezigidi zeedola, ukuba i-airline industry ichitha ekukhuthazeni ukuhamba ukuya ePuerto Rico. I-PRTC iyaqhubeka nothethathethwano kunye neenqwelomoya ukonyusa umthamo wezihlalo kwiimarike eziphambili.
Inkonzo yoMoya entsha kunye nebuyiselwe ePuerto Rico ibandakanya:
- I-American Airlines iya kuqhubeka nenkonzo engapheliyo esuka eLos Angeles (LAX) naseBaltimore (BWI) ukuya eSan Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU).
- I-JetBlue Airways yazisa ukuba iya kongeza iindiza ezine ukuya eSan Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) ukusuka kwi-Airport ye-John F. Kennedy International (JFK) ekuqaleni kukaSeptemba 2008. Ukongezelela, baya kwongeza indiza yesihlanu yemihla ngemihla ukusuka kwi-SJU ukuya JFK ngoNovemba. Iinqwelomoya ezimbini ezongezelelweyo (i-SJU - JFK) ziya kongezwa ngoDisemba kwiindiza ezisixhenxe ezongezelelweyo.
- I-JetBlue iya kongeza iinqwelomoya ezimbini ngeveki ukuya eSan Juan San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) ukusuka kwi-Logan International Airport (BOS) eBoston. Ukususela ngoDisemba 2008-Januwari 2009 i-airline iya kwongeza indiza yesibini yemihla ngemihla phakathi kwe-BOS kunye ne-SJU.
– Ukongeza, iJetBlue iza kubonelela ngeenqwelomoya ezintsha zemihla ngemihla ezingamisiyo phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseOrlando's International Airport (MCO) kunye neSan Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport ukuqala ekwindla lika-2008.
– I-AirTran Airways yaqala ukubhabha phakathi kweHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport (ATL) kunye neSan Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU) ngoMatshi 5, 2008.
– I-AirTran ikwabonelela ngeenqwelomoya ezimbini ezingamisiyo phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya iOrlando International (MCO) kunye neSan Juan, uLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU).
Ngomhla wama-20 kuDisemba, i-2008 Air Tran Airways iya kuqalisa inkonzo engayekiyo ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBaltimore Washington International (BWI) ukuya eSan Juan Luis Munoz Marin Airport (SJU).
Ukongeza ekwandeni kokufikelela emoyeni ePuerto Rico, inkuthazo eyongeziweyo kubahambi base-US kukuba akukho pasipoti ifunekayo kubemi base-US abahamba phakathi kwe-US nePuerto Rico.
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