Sizinawonekere, kupatula ku Philippines. Pa Juni 29, ndege yokhala ndi mipando 60 yochokera ku Zest Air idadutsa msewu waku Airport wa Caticlan ndikukakamiza kutsekedwa kwa eyapoti. Ichi chinali chochitika chachiwiri chachikulu pabwalo la ndege m'miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.
Vuto ndiloti Caticlan amatumikira ku Boracay, imodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri ku Philippines. Bwaloli latsegulidwanso koma la ndege zazing'ono zokhala ndi mipando 19 zandege ya SE Air komanso yongoyendera njira imodzi yokha. Ndege zina zonse zokhala ndi ndege zokhala ndi mipando 60 mpaka 70 zidasinthiratu ntchito yawo kupita ku eyapoti yotsatira ku Kalibo, mayendedwe opitilira maola awiri ndikuyenda bwato kuchokera ku Boracay Island.
Kukonzanso kwa eyapoti ya Caticlan kwakhala mutu wanthawi yayitali kwa zokopa alendo ku Philippines ndi ntchito yokweza bwalo la ndege. Bwalo labwalo la ndege lazunguliridwa ndi nyanja ndi phiri lomwe limapereka zovuta zakutera kwa ndege. Njira yake yothamangira ndege ndiyongofikira mamita 970 okha. Kufulumira kumabwera chifukwa chakuti bwalo la ndege tsopano ndi limodzi mwa mayiko asanu omwe amatanganidwa kwambiri ndi anthu 800,000 pachaka.
Mu 2007, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ku Philippines idavomereza kuti amange malo okwera anthu okwana $ 44 miliyoni kuti athandizire kuchuluka kwa alendo obwera pachilumba cha Boracay. Pantchito yomaliza, yomwe imayenera kumalizidwa mu 2014, apuloni ndi msewu wothamangira ndege ziyenera kukulitsidwa potengera malo. Kenako bwalo la ndegelo lidzawonjezeredwa kufika mamita 2,100, zokwanira kulandirira ndege kufika pa Boeing 737.
Koma ngoziyi itachitika, dipatimenti yoona za zokopa alendo ku Philippines komanso nthambi yoona za kayendedwe ka ndege ku Philippines agwira ntchito limodzi pofuna kupititsa patsogolo ntchito yokonza bwalo la ndege. Dongosololi ndikuchepetsa gawo la phiri loyandikana nalo kuti muchotse zopinga zomwe zili panjirayo. Ntchito zikuyenera kumalizidwa mwezi uno, nyengo isanayambike, ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) ikuthandiza boma pakuyesetsa kukonza njanji komanso chitetezo cha eyapoti.
Iwo akhala akukonzekera kale kuti aphwasule phiri lapafupi koma akuyenera kukumana ndi ziwonetsero za anthu ozungulira komanso osamalira zachilengedwe, omwe akumveka bwino m'dzikoli. Ntchito ina yonse ya Caticlan Airport Development Project idzathandizidwa ndi Caticlan International Airport and Development Corp. (CIADC), kampani ya ku Philippines monga ntchito yomanga-ntchito-transfer (BOT). Komabe, kwa openyerera ambiri a m’nyumba ndi akunja amene amagwira ntchito m’ntchito yoona zokopa alendo, mavuto amene bwalo la ndege la Caticlan likukumana nawo ndi nkhani inanso “yopangidwa ku Philippines.” "Tamva kwa nthawi yayitali za kukonzanso koyenera kwa bwalo la ndege la Caticlan. Ndipo zomwe zidachitika mu June watha ndikungowonetsa mavuto omwe dziko lathu likukumana nawo pankhani ya chitukuko cha zomangamanga. Pakadali njira yayitali yopezera zida zoyendera kuti zigwirizane ndi miyezo yapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo izi zikusintha kukhala cholepheretsa chachikulu pakukula bwino kwa zokopa alendo kuzilumba zathu, "atero a Candice Iyog, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti Marketing for Cebu Pacific Air.
Boracay ku Western Visayas ndi imodzi mwa nkhani zopambana kwambiri ku Philippines pazaka khumi zapitazi. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wochokera ku National Statistical Coordination Board, Boracay yawona chiwerengero chonse cha alendo chikukula kuchoka pa 200,000 mu 2000 kufika pa 635,000 mu 2008 - kuphatikizapo 200,000 obwera kunja. Chilumbachi chokha chimapanga ndalama zoposa US $ 275 miliyoni pachaka pazopeza alendo.
Deta ikuwonetsa kuti 69 peresenti ya anthu onse obwera ku Boracay amachokera kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Asia, ndipo Korea yokha ikuyimira 46 peresenti ya obwera kunja - ndi 13 peresenti ochokera ku Ulaya.
Kachilombo ka H1N1 mpaka pano kakanika kukulirakulira komwe akupita chaka chino. Kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yoyambirira ya 2009, ofika ku Boracay adakwera ndi 5 peresenti kufikira alendo 400,000.
Chaka chino, Boracay atha kukhala ndi alendo 675,000 mpaka 700,000 m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Mahotela atsopano a Deluxe atsegulidwa pazaka zitatu zapitazi, zaposachedwa kwambiri ndi Fairways Golf Resort and Country Club, Discovery Shores Boracay, Mandala Spa ndi Villas Boracay ndipo posachedwapa ndi Shangri-La Boracay Resort and Spa yokhayo.
