Chilumba cha Boracay chikuyembekezeka kukhala ndi alendo ochulukirapo monga chonyamulira chapanyumba Cebu Pacific (CEB) idakhazikitsa Lachinayi ntchito yapaulendo yapaulendo ya Cebu-Boracay kudzera ku Caticlan.
“Bizinesi yathu ndi yabwino ngati kuchuluka kwa okwera. Tourism ndiye msika wamsana wa Boracay. Ulendo wowonjezerawu ndi nkhani yabwino kwa ife," Purezidenti wa Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Boracay a Charlie Uy adauza atolankhani komanso okwera dzulo pabwalo la ndege la Mactan-Cebu International.
CEB imagwiritsa ntchito chonyamulira chake chaposachedwa cha ATR72-500 turboprop, chomwe chimatha kunyamula anthu 70, pakuthawa.
"Iyi ndi ndege yoyamba yayikulu kwambiri yomwe ikutera ku Boracay (kudzera pa eyapoti ya Caticlan). CEB ndiyenso woyamba kunyamula mbendera ku Caticlan, "adatero Uy, akuyamikira kulowa kwa ndege ku Caticlan, polowera ku Boracay.
Malo olowera ku Boracay akuphatikiza Caticlan ndi Kalibo ku Aklan, ndipo omalizawa tsopano akuthandiza maulendo 40 tsiku lililonse kuchokera ku ndege zina zapanyumba.
“Boracay ili ndi limodzi mwa magombe abwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Anthu ochuluka a ku Philippines ndi odzaona malo akunja tsopano atha kuwononga ndalama zochepa paulendo wawo wa pandege ndiponso pa zinthu zosangalatsa ndi zosangalatsa zimene chilumbachi chimapereka,” anatero Candice Iyog, wolankhulira CEB.
M'mawu atolankhani, Secretary of Tourism a Joseph Ace Durano adathokoza chifukwa chakukula kwa CEB. Iye adati izi zikusonyeza kuti kampani ya ndege ikuthandiza ntchito zokopa alendo zapakhomo.
"Ndikuyankha kwakanthawi kukufunika kowonjezereka kwa ndege ku Boracay, makamaka kumapeto kwa nyengo yachilimwe," adatero.
Poyankhulana ndi Sun.Star Cebu, Yu adati Boracay, yemwe ntchito zake zokopa alendo zakhala zikukulirakulira, adalembetsa alendo pafupifupi 600,000 chaka chatha.
Iye adati omwe akukhudzidwa ndi zokopa alendo m’dziko muno akufuna kukopa alendo miliyoni imodzi m’zaka ziwiri zikubwerazi.
Alendo apakhomo amawerengerabe kuchuluka kwa alendo omwe amabwera pachilumbachi pomwe alendo ochokera kumayiko ena - aku Europe, America, China ndi Korea - akukula kwambiri chaka ndi chaka.
Zomwe zilipo, Boracay ali ndi zipinda pafupifupi 4,000, adatero Yu, yemwenso ndi Purezidenti wa Patio Pacific Boracay, hotelo yapamwamba yazipinda 66.
Yu adakananso zokambirana kuti Boracay akupikisana ndi malo ochitirako gombe apamwamba kwambiri ku Cebu.
"Cebu ili ndi chithumwa chake ngati Badian, Bantayan ndi Malapascua, omwe amadziwika ndi malo osambira," adatero. Iye adati dzikolo lili ndi zokopa zambiri zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimayenderana, zomwe zimapangitsa dziko la Philippines kukhala malo opumirako ku Asia.
M'mafunso ofananirako, mlangizi wa ubale wapagulu ku CEB a Charles Lim adati ndege yoyamba ya ndegeyi yopita ku Cebu-Caticlan idanyamula anthu 52 omwe amalipira, zomwe zikuwonetsa kufunikira kwakukulu.
Lim ali ndi chiyembekezo kuti ndege zachindunji pakati pa Cebu ndi Caticlan zidzakhazikitsidwa m'zaka zikubwerazi, makamaka popeza dipatimenti ya Tourism ikukulitsa kutsatsa kwawo komwe akupita, Cebu ndiye likulu.
CEB idalengezanso kuti ikupeza ndege za 18 ATR72-500, zisanu ndi chimodzi zomwe zikuyembekezeka kuperekedwa chaka chino ndi zina zinayi mu 2009. Kukula kwa zombo kumawononga pafupifupi $ 330 miliyoni.
ATR, yopangidwa ndi Avions de Transport Regional, imatsogolera pamsika wa turboprop wokhala ndi mipando 50 mpaka 74.
sunstar.com.ph
