I-BANGKOK/JAKARTA (eTN) – Ixesha lasebusika elizayo lelona shishini likhulu lamaxabiso aphantsi e-Asia, i-AirAsia, liya kubona ukunyuswa okukhulu kwiinqwelomoya phakathi kwe-Indonesia ne-Thailand, ebonisa umdla okhulayo wokuba amazwe omabini andwendwelane. Ngaphantsi kweminyaka emithathu edlulileyo, ekuphela kweendawo ekusingwa kuzo naziphi na iinqwelomoya ezibhabha omabini la mazwe yayisuka eBangkok ukuya eBali (i-Thai Airways) naseJakarta (i-Thai Airways, Garuda, ne-AirAsia). Nangona kunjalo, izinto zitshintshe kakhulu kwaye bonke abathwali bonyusa amandla phakathi kwamazwe omabini.
UGaruda ngoku ubuyile eBangkok ngenqwelomoya yemihla ngemihla eya eJakarta enikezela ngoqhakamshelwano olulula kwiindawo eziphambili zabakhenkethi zase-Indonesia ezifana neBali, iYogyakarta, iSolo, okanye iSurabaya. “Sisacinga ukongeza iifrikhwensi ezininzi eThailand. Thina, ngokuqinisekileyo, siqwalasela indlela efana ne-Bali-Bangkok, kodwa kusafuneka siqiniseke ukuba ayiyi kuba yimarike yendlela enye kuphela, "kusho uBambang Sunan, umphathi jikelele, uGaruda, eThailand nase-Indochina.
I-Thai Airways isanda kwandisa inani elipheleleyo le-frequencies ukusuka eBangkok ukuya eJakarta nase-Bali ngexesha lasehlotyeni, inikezela, ngokulandelelanayo, i-10 kunye ne-11 yeefrikhwensi zeveki. Ukususela ngo-2007, i-AirAsia ivule iinqwelomoya ezivela eBangkok ukuya eJakarta naseBali, kunye nokusuka ePhuket ukuya eJakarta naseMedan. “Siye safumana ukukhula olomeleleyo kwemarike yaseThai kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, ukusuka kwi-68,000 ngo-2007 ukuya kwi-109,000 kunyaka ophelileyo, inyuke ngama-60 ekhulwini ngeli xesha. Kwaye siyaqhubeka nokurekhoda ukukhula kwabakhenkethi abafikayo baseThai ngenxa yokongezwa kwamandla omoya, ”ucacisa u-Esty Reko, umlawuli wentengiso kwiSebe lezoKhenketho, kwiCandelo loLawulo lwezoKhenketho. eTurboNews.
Ayizizo zonke iinqwelomoya ezibe yimpumelelo. IPhuket-Medan sele imisiwe ngenxa yomthwalo ongemhle kunye nesivuno, ngaphantsi kweenyanga ezintandathu emva kokuba inqwelomoya yokuqala ihambile. Kodwa i-AirAsia iphayona iindlela ezintsha ukusuka kobu busika. I-subsidiary yase-Indonesia evela kwi-carrier ivula ii-frequencies ezine ngeveki phakathi kwe-Bangkok kunye ne-Surabaya ukusuka nge-8 kaNovemba, ekugqibeleni inikezela isixeko sesibini esikhulu sase-Indonesia esinonxibelelwano olulula ukuya eYurophu, e-Indiya, nakuMbindi Mpuma nge-Bangkok. Indlela iMedan-Bangkok ibonakala nakwizimbini zedolophu kwi-injini yokubhuka ye-AirAsia. Nangona kunjalo, akukho mhla wokuphehlelelwa ngokusemthethweni onikezelweyo ngoku kwiwebhusayithi, ngelixa i-Indonesia AirAsia ingenzi naluphi na uluvo kule ndlela. I-Thai AirAsia isungula iPhuket entsha ukuya e-Bali ngenqwelomoya kobu busika isetyenziswa ziifrikhwensi ezine ngeveki. Njengoko iPhuket isiya isiba lelinye isango lokuya eBangkok, ixesha linokuba lilungile lokudibanisa iindawo ezimbini zokuchithela iiholide zaseAsia.
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- And we continue to record a growth in Thai tourist arrivals due to those added air capacities,” explained Esty Reko, director of marketing promotions at the Ministry of Tourism, Directorate General for Tourism, to eTurboNews.
- We, of course, consider a route such as Bali-Bangkok, but we still need to be sure that it will not be a one-way market only,” said Bambang Sunan, general manager, Garuda, for Thailand and Indochina.
- Garuda is now back in Bangkok with a midday daily flight to Jakarta offering easy connections to Indonesia's major tourist destinations such as Bali, Yogyakarta, Solo, or Surabaya.
