Bwalo la ndege latsopano la Barbuda tsopano limalola kulumikizana mwachindunji kumayiko omwe akupita padziko lonse lapansi ndipo limapereka mwayi woyenda bwino kwa alendo ndi okhala pachilumbachi.
$US14M Barbuda International Airport ili ndi msewu wamamita 6,100, wautali kwambiri (kuposa msewu wamamita 1,640 pa Codrington Airport) komanso kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa Codrington Airport yakale, kupangitsa kuti ikhale ndi ndege zazikulu, kuphatikiza ma jets apadera ndi ndege monga. Embraer E-170. Pokhala ndi njira yonse yowunikira njira yowulutsira ndege ya LED, eyapoti tsopano imalola kuti anthu azitera pafupipafupi usiku. Malo oimikapo magalimoto okwana mapazi 600 amatha kukhala ndi ma jets angapo achinsinsi, kukulitsa chidwi cha Barbuda ngati kopitako. Kuphatikiza apo, malo amakono a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) opangidwa ndi PLH (Peace, Love and Happiness) azithandizira apaulendo apamwamba omwe akufunafuna magombe a Barbuda, bata, chilengedwe komanso zokumana nazo zapadera.
"Bwalo la ndege latsopanoli la Barbuda International Airport ndi umboni wowoneka bwino wa utsogoleri wamasomphenya a boma lathu", adatero Nduna ya Zokopa alendo, Zoyendetsa Ndege ndi Zoyendetsa ku Antigua ndi Barbuda, Wolemekezeka Charles Fernandez. “Tachitapo kanthu molimba mtima kuti chilumbachi chikhale chamakono, kuwonetsetsa kuti mayendedwe ake a ndege ndi abwino kwambiri m’chigawo chino kotero kuti Barbuda nayonso itengerepo mwayi pakukula kwa ntchito zokopa alendo kudziko lathu komwe taona chaka chino.”
Maulendo apaulendo oyendera alendo ku Antigua ndi Barbuda akuti akula pamlingo wa + 17% m'miyezi 8 yoyambirira ya 2024 pomwe komwe amapitako adalandira alendo 229,225. Uku ndikuwonjezeka kwa + 13% pa ofika nthawi yomweyo mu 2019, chaka chabwino kwambiri cha alendo obwera.
Kutsegulidwa kwa bwalo la ndege la Barbuda International Airport ndichinthu chochititsa chidwi kwambiri m’masomphenya a boma kuti Barbuda akhale malo apamwamba kwambiri. Ikuwonetsa Prime Minister waku Antigua ndi Barbuda, Hon. Kudzipereka kwa Gaston Browne pakusintha Barbuda kukhala imodzi mwamidzi yotukuka komanso yotukuka pachilumba cha Caribbean ndi kupitilira apo.
Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, Colin C. James, adati:
"Ndege yapadziko lonse lapansi ndikusintha kwamasewera ku Barbuda, pomwe tikuyang'ana kukopa apaulendo apamwamba komanso eni ndege zapayekha padziko lonse lapansi kupita ku Barbuda ndikuwonetsa kukongola kwa chilumbachi, magombe a mchenga wapinki, zokumana nazo zachilengedwe, thanzi komanso chikhalidwe kwa athu onse. alendo.”
M’nkhani zina zosangalatsa, Mtumiki Fernandez analengeza kuti, “kwanthaŵi yoyamba, Barbuda idzaona maulendo 23 a sitima zapamadzi apamwamba obweretsa apaulendo okwana 5,039 ku chisumbu chokongolachi kaamba ka nyengo ya nyengo yachisanu ikubwerayi.”
Pamwambo wodula riboni, Bwanamkubwa wamkulu wa Antigua ndi Barbuda, Wolemekezeka Sir Rodney Williams, Prime Minister, The Hon. Gaston Browne, Minister of Tourism, Charles Fernandez, ndi nduna zina zaboma, olemekezeka komanso ogwira nawo ntchito pamakampani adakondwerera kutsegulidwa kovomerezeka kwa bwalo la ndege. Pakadali pano, Liat 20, BMN Air (SVG), Calvin Air, ndi ma jets apadera kudzera pa PLH FBO alembedwa kuti ayende mu eyapoti yatsopano.
Boma la Antigua ndi Barbuda lalengeza mapulani okulitsa bwalo la ndege la Barbuda International Airport (BIA), lomwe lili pamtunda wa mphindi 10 kuchokera kumudzi wa Codrington.
Za Barbuda
Barbuda (Bar-byew'da), yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 27 kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa chilumba chake cha Antigua, ndi chilumba cha coral chomwe chili pamtunda wa makilomita 62 chodziwika bwino chifukwa cha magombe ake apinki osakhudzidwa ndi mchenga woyera. Ndi malo okwera kwambiri ongokwera mamita 125 pamwamba pa nyanja, Barbuda ili ndi malo otsetsereka, otsika omwe ndi abwino kuti munthu apumuleko ndikuwonera. Likulu la chilumbachi ndi Codrington, komwe kuli anthu 1,500+ okhala ku Barbuda.
Barbuda imasangalala ndi nyengo yofunda, yadzuwa chaka chonse, ndi mphepo yoziziritsa yamalonda komanso kutentha kwapakati kuyambira pakati pa 70s m'nyengo yozizira mpaka pakati pa 80s m'chilimwe. Barbuda ndi paradiso wabata kwa anthu okonda zachilengedwe komanso ofunafuna ulendo.
Ulendo wopita ku Barbuda ndi wosavuta, ndipo ndege zochokera ku Antigua kupita ku Barbuda International Airport zimatenga pafupifupi mphindi 15. Alendo amathanso kusankha kukwera bwato kwa mphindi 90. Akafika pachilumbachi, alendo amatha kusangalala ndi zochitika zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza kukwera m'madzi, kudumphira pansi, kuwonera mbalame ku Frigate Bird Sanctuary, kuyang'ana malo akale ngati Martello Tower, kapena kungomasuka pamagombe odziwika a mchenga wa pinki.
Pamalo ogona, Barbuda pano ili ndi hotelo yogulitsira, nyumba zogona m'mphepete mwa nyanja, nyumba zogona alendo, ndi ma B&B, okhala ndi zodyerako kuyambira zokonda zakomweko monga Amalume Roddy's, ndi Wa'omoni mpaka Nobu wotchuka padziko lonse lapansi.
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