Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseChiang Mai siya sithandeka ukuxhaphaka ngabathuthi bamazwe aphesheya, siphazamisa ubizo lwaso lokuba liziko lomoya kumantla eThailand nakwingingqi yeMekong.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya sinengxaki kutsha nje xa iHong Kong Express Airways yaphelisa iinkonzo zayo ezicwangcisiweyo esixekweni ngelixa iTiger Airways iwacuthe kakhulu amanani eenqwelomoya zayo.
IHong Kong Express yayidla ngokuqhuba iinqwelomoya ezimbini ngeveki phakathi kweHong Kong neChiang Mai, isebenzisa iijeli zeBoeing 737.
Umthwali wohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olusekwe eSingapore iTiger Airways inqumle iifrikhwensi zayo kwindlela yaseSingapore-Chiang Mai, ikwasebenzisa iiBoeing 737s, ukuya kwezimbini ukusuka kwiinqwelomoya ezintandathu ngeveki.
Aba bathwali babini batshintshe umthamo baye kwezinye iindlela ezixakekileyo njengoko imfuno yokuhamba ukuya kwisixeko esisemantla isuka kumazibuko asuka kuwo iye yehla emva kwexesha leholide yoNyaka oMtsha, ngokwemithombo yoshishino.
IChiang Mai khange ikwazi ukutsala abakhweli abathe ngqo phesheya njengoko bekuthenjwa njengoko iinzame zokukhuthaza ukhenketho lwalo mmandla zingekabinaziqhamo, utshilo uPrateep Wichitto, umphathi jikelele wesikhululo seenqwelomoya.
Ukutsalwa kweHong Kong Express kuthetha ukuba zisibhozo kuphela abathwali bamazwe ngamazwe abasebenzisa iinqwelomoya ezicwangcisiweyo ngeChiang Mai.
Kukho omnye umthuthi welizwe langaphandle osebenza ngeChiang Mai, iSky Star saseMzantsi Korea, kodwa ngokwesiseko, ngeenqwelomoya ezingama-40 zizonke ezicwangciselwe phakathi kukaDec 2007 kunye noAprili 2008.
Ekuphela komntu ofikayo yayiyiKorea Air, eyaqala ukubhabha iinqwelomoya ezine ukusuka e-Incheon ukuya eChiang Mai ngo-Okthobha kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Inani labathwali bamazwe ngamazwe abakhonza eChiang Mai babonakala bemile kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, bemele kuphela i-10% yazo zonke iinqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla ezingama-75 kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya.
IChiang Mai ngoku ibonelelwa ngabathwali abasekwe eThailand abathandathu: iThai Airways International, iThai AirAsia, iBangkok Airways, iNok Airlines, iOrient Thai Airlines, iOne-Two-Go Airlines kunye nenkampani ethwala abakhweli iSGA Airlines.
IChiang Mai ayisetyenziswa kakhulu, iphatha abakhweli abamalunga nezigidi ezithathu ngonyaka, uninzi lwabakhweli basekhaya, xa kuthelekiswa nomthamo wayo woyilo ozizigidi ezisibhozo ngonyaka.
Iphakamise imibuzo malunga nembuyekezo yoqoqosho olusuka kutyalo-mali lwebhiliyoni ezimbini zeebhaht ze-Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) ichithe kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ekwandiseni isikhululo seenqwelo-moya, ejolise kakhulu ekujonganeni netrafikhi yamazwe ngamazwe.
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