I-BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) -I-Bangkok Airways isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-40 yaba lithuba lokuba i-CEO eyasungula, uPrasert Prasarttong-Osoth, atyhile ikamva lenqwelomoya kule minyaka mithathu izayo. I-Bangkok Airways ibikhula ngempumelelo kule minyaka idlulileyo, ihambisa abagibeli abayi-2.42 yezigidi ngo-2007 kwaye isenza inzuzo yayo ye-12 ngokulandelelana kwi-US $ 7.43 yezigidi.

Ngaphandle kwemeko engathandekiyo nexabiso lamafutha elimele ngoku ngaphezulu kwe-35 yexabiso leenqwelo moya xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezili-11 kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, iBangkok Airways ihlala inamabhongo. Izithuthi ziya kukhula ukusuka kwi-18 ukuya kwi-30 yeenqwelomoya kubandakanya ukuhanjiswa kwee-Airbus A350s ezintandathu ngowama-2014-15 kuthungelwano olude. Ngokuka-Prasarttong-Osoth, i-airline ifuna ukukhonza iYurophu ne-Australia.

Kule minyaka mithathu izayo, iBangkok Airways ifuna ukugqibezela uthungelwano lwayo kwingingqi yeMekong. "Singathanda ukuba neendawo ezintathu zokungena kwilizwe ngalinye laseMekong, elinye lisemantla, elinye lisembindini elinye eMzantsi," ucacisile uPrasarttong-Osoth.

I-Bangkok-Chiang Mai-Phuket / i-Samui sele igcwalisa iphupha le-Bangkok Airways eThailand. Ibali elinye eLaos apho inqwelomoya inikezela inkonzo ngoku eLuang Prabang (eMantla), eVientiane (embindini) nasePakse (eMzantsi). Emva kwe-Mina Reap kunye ne-Phnom Penh e-Cambodia, i-Bangkok Airways iza kuphehlelela iinqwelo-moya eziya eSihanoukville zisuka e-Mina Reap kobu busika kwaye ikakhulu zisuka eBangkok ngo-2009.

Ukungaqiniseki okungakumbi kusele, nangona kunjalo, eMyanmar naseVietnam. EVietnam, inqwelomoya ibhabha isiya eHo Chi Minh City kuphela kwaye ayizange ikhuseleke ukuza kuthi ga ngoku iindlela ezintsha eziya eHanoi naseDanang/Hue. Akukabikho sigqibo sithathiweyo malunga nesikhululo seenqwelomoya esiza kusebenza kuMbindi weVietnam. IDanang iya kuqhelaniswa neshishini ngakumbi kodwa uHue angangena ngakumbi kwisicwangciso sethu sokubhabha kwiindawo zelifa lehlabathi, ”wongeze watsho uPrasarttong-Osoth.

EMyanmar, inikezelwa kuphela yindiza yemihla ngemihla eya eRangoon, iBangkok Airways ingathanda ukubhabha iye eBagan naseDawei emazantsi. "Le meko ihlala ingalindelekanga eMyanmar, kodwa sizakuqala ukubhabha kunyaka olandelayo siye eBagan," utshilo umphathi weBangkok Airways.

I-airline ikwabonakalise ukuba ijonge ukuqhubeka ukuya e-China nase-India ngaphandle kwe-Bangkok.

Nangona kunjalo, elona nyathelo limangalisayo sisibhengezo sehabhu eSamui. Isiqithi sele sidityaniswe yiBangkok Airways kwiindawo ezintlanu-kubandakanya iHong Kong neSingapore- egubungela uninzi lweemfuno. Inethiwekhi iya kuthi ekugqibeleni yande iye kwiindawo ezilithoba kwisithuba seminyaka emibini ezayo. Inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya icwangcisa ukongeza inqwelomoya eKrabi nasePhuket kodwa ivule neendlela ezintsha ukuya eBali naseShanghai.

Kulapho igama elithi "hub" livakala ngokungalunganga. Imisebenzi yehabhu icela inani eliphezulu leendlela kunye neendlela ezivumela unxibelelwano olukhawulezayo ukusuka kwindawo enye ukuya kwenye. Kodwa ifuna zombini iimarike zalapha kunye nezokudlulisa. Zonke zinqongophele kuSamui. Isiqithi asinazithuthi zalapha ekhaya, ngaphandle kweSamui-Bangkok, ubukhulu becala yindawo engenayo.

Kunzima nokukholelwa ukuba kukho nayiphi na inkonzo enokubakho phakathi kweBali kunye ne-Samui okanye nokudibanisa izithuthi ukusuka eChiang Mai ukuya eHong Kong okanye eShanghai. Ngezigxeko kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseSamui ukuba ngaphezulu kuneBangkok okanye iSingapore, inzuzo yomsebenzi onjalo ayithandabuzeki.

Kwaye okokugqibela, utyando lwehabhu lunokuba negalelo ekonakaleni ngakumbi kolungelelwaniso lwendalo lweSamui. Abanini beehotele abaninzi basekuhlaleni mva nje babonise inkxalabo yabo kubunzima obushiywe luphuhliso olukhawulezileyo lokhenketho kwindawo eyayikade icocekile yesi siqithi. Ngokongeza iinqwelo-moya ezongezelelekileyo – into efunekayo kwi-hub-, inqwelo-moya isenokubeka uxinzelelo olongezelelekileyo kwinkqubo eethe-ethe ye-eco-system yesiqithi.

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“ We would like to have at least three entry points in each Mekong country, one in the north, one in the center and one in the South,” explained Prasarttong-Osoth.
In Myanmar, only served by a daily flight to Rangoon, Bangkok Airways would like to fly to Bagan and Dawei in the South.
It is also hard to believe that there is any potential for a service between Bali and Samui or even for connecting traffic from Chiang Mai to Hong Kong or Shanghai.