BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) - Pamene Thai Airways idzatsegulidwa pa February 15 njira ya Bangkok-Samui, kodi Bangkok Airways yokhayo yatsutsidwa? Pamwamba pokha. Njira ya Bangkok Airways imakhalabe yofanana: tetezani njira zopindulitsa ndipo musalole mpikisano kubwera kapena ngati nditero… pamtengo wokwera. Pang'ono ndi pafupi kusintha mpaka kuchotsedwa kwathunthu mumlengalenga wa ASEAN pofika 2013.
Patatha zaka khumi ndikudikirira, Thai Airways itsegulanso malo atsopano pakatha sabata imodzi. Lachisanu lotsatira, ndege ya ku Thailand idzawuluka kawiri patsiku ndi Boeing 737-400 kupita ku Samui Island, ndikuphwanya ulamuliro wa Bangkok Airways panjirayi. Dipatimenti ya Thailand ya Civil Aviation pomaliza idapereka kuwala kwake kobiriwira kuti ilole ndege zina zinayi patsiku ndikuchotsa chilolezo chotsikira kwa Boeing 737-400 ndi Airbus A319 pa eyapoti. M'dziko lina, kubwera kwa ndege yachiwiri panjira yomweyo kungayambitse mpikisano. Ku Thailand, zinthu zimakhala zovuta kwambiri.
Kuchita bwino kwa Samui kudapangidwa ndi Bangkok Airways, yomwe idatsegula bwalo la ndege pachilumbachi mu 1989 ndikuthandizira kusandutsa paradiso wodziwika bwino uyu kukhala malo othawirako. Mu 2006, alendo opitilira miliyoni miliyoni adabwera pachilumbachi - pafupifupi 900,000 ndi alendo. Pali mahotela pafupifupi 298 okhala ndi zipinda 7,800 ndipo ena akuyenera kubwera.
Poyang'anizana ndi mpikisano pamsika wake waukulu, machitidwe a Bangkok Airways akhala omasuka. Zingakhale zovuta kuyesa kulimbana ndi chonyamulira cha dzikolo, chifukwa zingawoneke ngati zikutsutsana ndi Boma la Thailand lokha. Ndipo Bangkok Airways imasungabe mphamvu zonse zogwirira ntchito zapansi pa eyapoti. Bwalo la ndege lomwe linamangidwa ndi Bangkok Airways, limatchedwa kuti ndi imodzi mwazokwera mtengo kwambiri ku Thailand ndipo zolipiritsa ndizofanana ndi zomwe zimafunsidwa ku eyapoti ya Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. "Tiyenera kutengera ndalama zogwirira ntchito zapansi ndi 20 peresenti mpaka 30 peresenti poyerekeza ndi ma eyapoti ena aku Thailand," adatero Pandit Chanapai, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti Marketing and Sales of Thai Airways.
Malinga ndi tsamba la Thailand la DCA, ndege ya Boeing 737-400 yomwe ikugwira ntchito mu mtundu wokhazikika wolemera matani 62.8 idzalipitsidwa ku Surat Thani baht 5,466 ikatera ndi baht 6,280 ku Samui.
Yomangidwa ndi Bangkok Airways ndikuyendetsedwa mpaka posachedwapa ndi ndege, eyapoti ya Samui yasamutsidwa kupita ku Samui Airport Property Fund, yomwe ili yake ndi Bangkok Airways. Zachidziwikire, ntchito zapamwamba kwambiri ndiye chinthu chachikulu pa eyapoti ya Samui - makamaka poyerekeza ndi eyapoti ya Surat Thani. Komabe, pazaka khumi zapitazi, mitengo yokwera yopita ku Koh Samui yopangidwa ndi Bangkok Airways idasandutsa kopitako kukhala "malo oyendera alendo akumadzulo" ndikukweza mitengo m'mahotela ndi ntchito. Apaulendo apakhomo ku Samui adatsika mpaka osawoneka m'malo ena ochezera panyanja. Malinga ndi ziwerengero zochokera ku Tourism Authority ku Thailand, alendo obwera pachilumba cha Samui adayimilira mu 2006 15.36 peresenti yokha ya onse obwera; ku Phuket, alendo apanyumba akadali 35.9 peresenti ya onse ofika komanso 45.7 peresenti ku Krabi.
"Yakwana nthawi yoti a Samui akhale 'ofikira' kwa anthu aku Thai," anawonjezera Chanapai. Thai Airways ikukonzekera kupereka mitengo yapadera chaka chonse. Kukwezedwa kwapano ku Bht 6,310 mpaka Marichi 15 ndizotheka kuchitidwanso mtsogolo. Ndegeyo imayang'ana gawo la 75-80 peresenti panjira yatsopanoyi ndi 70 peresenti ya magalimoto obwera kuchokera kwa okwera. "Tikuyembekeza kunyamula anthu 12,000 mpaka 14,000 pamwezi," adatero Chanapai.
Ngakhale Bangkok Airways iwona msika wake ukuphwanyidwa pang'ono ndi Thai Airways - ndege yonyamula ndege mdziko muno ikuyembekeza kuwonjezeranso ndege yachitatu tsiku lililonse posachedwa-, Bangkok Airways itonthozedwabe ndi maukonde ena onse. Bangkok-Siem Reap -yogwiritsidwa ntchito mokhazikika kuyambira koyambirira kwa zaka za makumi asanu ndi anayi- mwina ndiyo yopindulitsa kwambiri kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia ndi mtengo wotchipa kwambiri wogulitsidwa baht 9,800 (US$305 osaphatikiza msonkho waulendo wa mphindi 50).
Pakadali pano, Bangkok Airways yachita bwino kuletsa chonyamulira china chilichonse kuti chilowe munjira yoyipa. Ku Luang Prabang, ndege zakhala zikuyenda bwino: ndi yokhayo yomwe imapereka maulendo atatu osayimayima kupita ku Bangkok ndi tikiti yobwerera ikugulitsidwa Baht 9,500 (US$297). Mitengo yokwera kwambiri yopita kumaderawa ndi yovomerezeka ndi Purezidenti wa Bangkok Airways, Prasert Prasartthong-Osoth, chifukwa ndegeyo idachita ngozi kuti ipange upainiya wanjirazo.
Ndi zoona pa mfundo inayake. Zinali zolimba mtima kuti Bangkok Airways iyambe kuwuluka kupita ku Siem Reap zaka 12 zapitazo mkati mwa chipwirikiti chandale ku Cambodia. Komabe lero, ndi Cambodia kukhala malo oyenda bwino, ndizovuta kukhulupirira kuti kuwuluka kupita ku Angkor Wat, amodzi mwamalo odziwika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndikadali vuto lazachuma ndikudzilungamitsa kukhala chete panjira ya Bangkok-Siem Reap. . Palibe chomwe chidzasinthe mpaka kuchotsedwa kwathunthu kwa mlengalenga wa ASEAN pofika chaka cha 2013. Pomaliza, ndi zaka zisanu zokha kutsogolo.
