Wonyamula dziko SriLankan Airlines (SLA) ikuyendetsa ndege zina zisanu ndi ziwiri zopita kumayiko aku Europe kuti zithandize anthu masauzande ambiri osowa komanso odikirira omwe akhudzidwa ndi vuto la eyapoti ku Europe.
Opitilira 3,500 okwera omwe akudikirira kuwuluka kwawo asowa mkati ndi kuzungulira Colombo, pomwe alendo pafupifupi 3,000 mpaka 4,000 ku Europe akuyembekezera ndege zopita ku Sri Lanka, malinga ndi magwero amakampani oyendayenda.
SriLankan Airlines idayenera kuletsa maulendo 14 opita ku Europe pakati pa Epulo 16 ndi 22.
Ndege zolowa ndi kutuluka ku Colombo tsopano zabwerera mwakale. Kupatula kukhudzidwa kwa ndege ndi mabizinesi pabwalo la ndege la Katunayake, dzikolo silinawonongeke kwambiri chifukwa cha ziletso zoyendera ku Europe sabata ino.
Maulendo asanu ndi awiri owonjezerawa adayamba Lachisanu ndipo apitilira mpaka Lachitatu. Mkulu wa bungwe la SriLankan Airlines, Manoj Gunawardena, adauza Sunday Times kuti ndege zambiri zidzayambitsidwa ngati kuli kofunikira, ndikuwonjezera kuti SLA ili ndi ndege zokwanira kuti ziwonjezeke maulendo apandege. Sakananenapo kanthu pazowonongeka zomwe zidachitika, kupatula kunena kuti SLA "ikuwerengerabe." SriLankan ndi ndege yokhayo yomwe imawuluka molunjika kuchokera ku Sri Lanka kupita kumizinda yaku Europe.
Ofufuza zamakampani a ndege, komabe, akuti mtengo wamavutowo sudzamveka kokha ndi ndege komanso mabizinesi okhudzana ndi maulendo ndi zokopa alendo. “Mabwalo a ndege akutaya madola masauzande ambiri patsiku chifukwa cha ndalama zolipirira anthu, misonkho ya pabwalo la ndege, ndi chindapusa chokwerera, pomwe mashopu opanda msonkho ndi ntchito zina za eyapoti zimakhudzidwanso,” watero mkulu wina woona za ntchito zokopa alendo.
Bungwe la ndege la Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) silinakwaniritse zomwe zatayika, watero mkulu wa BIA. Woyang'anira bungwe la Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau a Dileep Mudadeniya ati alendo pafupifupi 3,000 mpaka 4,000 aletsedwa kubwera ku Sri Lanka chifukwa cha momwe zilili pa eyapoti ku Europe. Anati akuyembekeza kuti vutoli silikhudza kwambiri ziwerengero zokopa alendo za Epulo 2010, ndikuwonjezera kuti omwe sanathe kubwera kutchuthi pamwambowu adzachezera mtsogolo.
Bambo Mudadeniya adati oyendetsa malowa sakulipira ndalama zoonjezera zomwe anthu omwe asowa chifukwa cha ngoziyi. Koma mahotela anali kuganizira za vuto la alendo osowa ndalama ndikupereka mitengo yochotsera. "Mahotela akhala othandiza kwambiri," adatero. “Ambiri mwa alendo odzaona malo amakhala m’dera la Negombo.”
M'makalata omwe adatumizidwa koyambirira kwa sabata ino, Srilal Miththapala, Purezidenti wa Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL), adati oyendetsa alendo ndi othandizira apaulendo omwe amagwira ntchito ndi Hotels Association akuyenera "kuwonetsa mgwirizano" ndi alendo omwe asowa. Ogwira ntchito ndi mabungwe ogwirizana ndi THASL anali kulimbikitsidwa kuti azilipira alendo omwe akusowa ndalama zolipirira hotelo zomwe zimaperekedwa kwa alendo omwe asochera kwina.
Bambo Miththapala, yemwenso adasokonekera ku London chifukwa cha zovutazo, adabwerera ku Colombo atagwira ndege ya SLA masana kuchokera ku Heathrow Airport ku London Lachitatu, April 21. Ananena kuti pamene anapita ku Heathrow, mmodzi mwa anthu omwe ankakhala ku Heathrow. ma eyapoti otanganidwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, adapeza kuti mulibe. Nkhani yoti maulendo apandege ayambiranso inali isanamveke.
Cinnamon Grand, hotelo ya nyenyezi zisanu ku Colombo, yakhala ndi alendo ochepa sabata yatha. Ambiri aiwo ndi ochokera ku UK. Woyang'anira magawo a zipinda za hoteloyo a Terence Fernando adati alendo omwe akakamizidwa kuti asachoke chifukwa cholepheretsedwa ndi ndege amadzilipira okha.
"Nthawi zambiri ndege imatenga tabu ngati ndege zachedwa, koma pamenepa kasitomala amayenera kulipira nthawi yayitali," adatero. Mtengo wochepera wa chipinda chokhazikika mu hotelo ya Colombo ndi US$75, kuphatikiza msonkho.
