Umthwali welizwe ISriLankan Airlines (SLA) isebenzisa iinqwelomoya ezisixhenxe ezongezelelweyo eziya kwiindawo zaseYurophu ukunceda amawaka abakhweli abavalelekileyo nabalindileyo abachatshazelwe yintlekele yesikhululo seenqwelomoya eYurophu.
Bangaphezu kwama-3,500 3,000 abakhweli abalindele ukubhabha ekhaya baxingile kwaye bajikeleze iColombo, ngelixa abakhenkethi abamalunga nama-4,000 ukuya kwangama-XNUMX eYurophu belinde iinqwelomoya eziya eSri Lanka, ngokwemithombo yezohambo.
I-SriLankan Airlines kuye kwafuneka irhoxise iinqwelomoya ezili-14 eziya eYurophu phakathi kwe-16 kunye ne-22 ka-Epreli.
Iinqwelomoya zokungena nokuphuma e-Colombo ngoku zibuyela kwesiqhelo. Ngaphandle kwempembelelo kwiinqwelomoya kunye neshishini kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKatunayake, ilizwe alifumananga lahleko inkulu yezoqoqosho ngenxa yezithintelo zokuhamba ezinyanzeliswa kulo lonke elaseYurophu kule veki.
Iinqwelomoya ezisixhenxe ezongezelelweyo ziqale ngoLwesihlanu kwaye ziya kuqhubeka kude kube ngoLwesithathu. Igosa elilawulayo le-SriLankan Airlines uManoj Gunawardena uxelele I-Sunday Times ukuba iinqwelomoya ezininzi ziya kwaziswa ukuba ziyimfuneko, wongeza ukuba i-SLA yayineenqwelomoya ezaneleyo zokwandisa ukuhamba rhoqo. Akazukuphawula ngelahleko eyenziweyo, ngaphandle kokuthi i-SLA "isabala." ISriLankan kuphela kwenqwelomoya ukubhabha ngqo ukusuka eSri Lanka ukuya kwizixeko zaseYurophu.
Abahlalutyi beshishini leenqwelomoya, nangona kunjalo, bathi iindleko zengxaki aziyi kuviwa ziinqwelomoya kuphela kodwa namashishini anxulumene nokuhamba kunye neshishini lokhenketho. “Izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zilahlekelwa ngamashumi amawaka eedola ngemini kwintlawulo yabakhweli, irhafu yesikhululo seenqwelomoya, kunye nemali yokumisa inqwelo-moya, ngelixa iivenkile ezingarhawulekiyo nezinye iinkonzo zeenqwelo moya nazo zichaphazeleka,” latsho igosa lezokhenketho.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya iBandaranaike International (BIA) ayikayihlanganisi yonke ilahleko yaso, latsho igosa leBIA. Umlawuli olawulayo we-Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau u-Dileep Mudadeniya uthe malunga ne-3,000 ukuya kwi-4,000 yabakhenkethi baye bathintelwa ukuba beze eSri Lanka ngenxa yemeko yeenqwelomoya zaseYurophu. Uthe unethemba lokuba le ngxaki ayizukuchaphazela ngokuphawulekayo izibalo zokhenketho zika-Epreli ka-2010, wongeza ngelithi abo bangakwaziyo ukuza kwiholide ngesi sihlandlo baza kundwendwela kamva.
Umnumzana Mudadeniya uthe abakhenkethi abazihlawuleli iindleko ezongezelelekileyo ezenziwa ngabakhweli abaxingayo, njengoko le yingxaki engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Kodwa iihotele bezithathela ingqalelo ingxaki yabakhenkethi abanengxaki yemali kwaye zibonelela ngesaphulelo. “Iihotele zibe luncedo kakhulu,” utshilo. “Uninzi lwabakhenkethi lugxile kwindawo yaseNegombo.”
Kwisetyhula ethunyelwe ekuqaleni kwale veki, uSrilal Miththapala, umongameli woMbutho weehotele zoKhenketho eSri Lanka (THASL), uthe abakhenkethi kunye neearhente zokuhamba ezisebenza noMbutho weehotele kufuneka "babonise ubumbano" kubakhenkethi abasweleyo. Abasebenzi kunye neearhente ezinxulumene ne-THASL bebekhuthazwa ukuba bahlawule abakhenkethi abavalelekileyo iintlawulo zeehotele ezibonelelwe ngekontraki kubakhenkethi abasweleke kwezinye iindawo.
UMnumzana Miththapala, naye ngokwakhe owayevalelwe eLondon ngenxa yengxaki, wabuyela eColombo emva kokubamba indiza ye-SLA emini ephuma kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHeathrow eLondon ngoLwesithathu, ngo-Epreli 21. Wathi xa waya e-Heathrow, enye yeenqwelomoya. kwezona zikhululo zeenqwelo moya zixakekileyo ehlabathini, wayifumana ingenanto. Iindaba zokuba iinqwelomoya ziye zaqalisa zazingekaveli.
ICinnamon Grand, ihotele eneenkwenkwezi ezintlanu eColombo, inenani eliqingqiweyo leendwendwe kwiveki ephelileyo. Uninzi lwabo luvela e-UK. Umlawuli wecandelo lamagumbi ehotele uTerence Fernando uthe iindwendwe ezinyanzelwe ukuba zihlale ngenxa yokurhoxiswa kwenqwelomoya bezihlawula amatyala azo.
"Ngokuqhelekileyo i-airline ithatha ithebhu ukuba iinqwelomoya zilibazisekile, kodwa kule meko umxhasi kufuneka ahlawule ukuhlala ixesha elide," watsho. Ireyithi encinci yegumbi eliqhelekileyo kwihotele yaseColombo yi-US $ 75, kunye neerhafu.
