Njira yatsopano kuyambira chilimwechi ndi ntchito yoyamba yapadziko lonse lapansi yomwe Suriname yateteza kwazaka zopitilira khumi.

Membala wa Star Alliance Copa Airlines akuyenera kukulitsa maukonde awo ku South America ndi ndege yatsopano yosayima yolumikiza Suriname ndi likulu la Panama City.

Wonyamulirayo ayamba ulendo wopita ku Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) ku Paramaribo, likulu la Suriname, kawiri pa sabata Lachitatu ndi Loweruka kuyambira Julayi 10, 2019, pogwiritsa ntchito ndege ya Boeing 737-700.

Vijay Chotkan, Chief Executive of Airport Management Ltd., yomwe imagwira ntchito a Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, adati: "Khama la timu yathu komanso akatswiri odziwa ntchito za ASM, pamapeto pake zapangitsa kuti Copa Airlines iwonjezere PBM pamanetiweki awo.

"Suriname tsopano yolumikizidwa ku America ndipo tikupempha aliyense kuti abwere adzasangalale ndi chikhalidwe chathu chomwe sichinakhudzidwepo ndi kulawa zikhalidwe zathu zosiyanasiyana."

Suriname, yomwe kale limadziwika kuti Dutch Guiana, ndi amodzi mwamayiko ocheperako ku South America ndipo adapatsidwa ufulu wodziyimira pawokha kuchokera ku Netherlands ku 1975. Ndi anthu pafupifupi 560,000, khomo lalikulu mdzikolo ndi Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport yomwe imapereka ndege zopita ku Amsterdam kudzera ku KLM, TUI ikuuluka ku Netherlands ndi Surinam Airways.

Omar Hashmi, mlangizi wamkulu ku ASM, adati: "Suriname ndiyowonjezera pamaneti onse a Copa Airlines ndipo ndikuwona kukopa kwamisika, zokopa alendo komanso zamisika za VFR zikuchitika osati pagalimoto wamba kupita ku Panama City komanso zolozera pa intaneti yayikulu ya Copa .

"Zakhala zosangalatsa kugwira ntchito m'malo mwa Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport ndikutsimikizira Copa kuti ipanga ndalama kumsika wa Paramaribo womwe ukubwera kumene."

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

“Suriname is a great addition to the comprehensive Copa Airlines network and I see stimulation of tourism, business and VFR markets occurring not just on local traffic to Panama City but also points on the wider Copa network.
Wonyamulirayo ayamba ulendo wopita ku Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (PBM) ku Paramaribo, likulu la Suriname, kawiri pa sabata Lachitatu ndi Loweruka kuyambira Julayi 10, 2019, pogwiritsa ntchito ndege ya Boeing 737-700.
“It has been a pleasure to work on behalf of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport and convince Copa to invest in the nascent Paramaribo market.