BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) - Nekuvhurwa kweThai Airways musi waKukadzi 15 nzira yeBangkok-Samui, ko Bangkok Airways monopoly pakupedzisira yapikiswa? Pamusoro chete. Bangkok Airways zano rinoramba rakafanana: nzira dzakachengeteka dzinobhadhara uye kusatendera makwikwi kuuya kana kana zvakadaro… nemutengo wepamusoro. Zvishoma zvave kuda kushanduka kudzamara kudzorwa kuzere mumatenga eASEAN panosvika 2013.
Mushure memakore gumi ekumirira, Thai Airways inozopedzisira yavhura nzvimbo nyowani muvhiki imwe nguva. NeChishanu chinotevera, mutakuri wenyika yeThailand achabhururuka kaviri pazuva neBoeing 737-400 kuenda kuSamui Island, zvichityora Bangkok Airways monopoly munzira iyi. Dhipatimendi reThailand reCivil Aviation rakazopa mwenje waro wegirini kubvumidza dzimwe ndege ina pazuva uye yakabvisa mvumo yekumhara yeBoeing 737-400 uye Airbus A319 panhandare yendege. Mune imwe nyika, kusvika kwechipiri chendege munzira imwe chete kwaizounza makwikwi. MuThailand, zvinhu zvinowanzove zvakanyanya kuoma.
Kubudirira kwaSamui kwave kusvika parizvino kwakaumbwa neBangkok Airways, iyo yakavhura nhandare yendege yechitsuwa muna 1989 uye yakabatsira kushandura iyi paradhiso isingazivikanwe kuti ive yekudzokera kumashure. Muna 2006, vanopfuura miriyoni vashanyi vakauya kuchitsuwa - pedyo ne900,000 vari vatorwa. Kune mahotera angangosvika mazana maviri nemakumi mapfumbamwe ane makamuri mazana manomwe nemakumi masere uye akawanda ari kuuya.
Kutarisana nemakwikwi mumusika wayo wepakati, Bangkok Airways kuita kwave kurerutswa. Zvingave zvakaoma zvakadaro kuyedza kunetsana nemutakuri wenyika, sezvo zvaizoita sekupokana neHurumende yeThai pachayo. Uye Bangkok Airways ichiri kuchengetedza iyo monopoly yese yebasa repasi panhandare yendege. Iyo airport yakavakwa zvachose neBangkok Airways, inonzi ndeimwe yeanodhura zvakanyanya muThailand nemitengo yakaenzana neyakabvunzwa kuBangkok Suvarnabhumi airport. "Tinofanirwa kutora mari yebasa repasi kusvika pamakumi maviri muzana kusvika makumi matatu muzana kana tichienzaniswa nedzimwe nhandare dzendege dzeThai," akatsanangura kudaro Pandit Chanapai, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weKushambadzira uye Kutengesa kweThai Airways.
Zvinoenderana newebhusaiti yeThailand yeDCA, Boeing 737-400 inoshanda mune yakajairwa vhezheni ine huremu hwepamusoro hwekusimuka hwematani 62.8 yaizochajwa muSurat Thani baht 5,466 pakumhara uye 6,280 baht muSamui.
Yakavakwa neBangkok Airways uye yakachengetedzwa kusvika nguva pfupi yadarika nendege, Samui airport yakaendeswa kuSamui Airport Property Fund, ine chikamu cheBangkok Airways. Ehe, iyo yemhando yepamusoro sevhisi ndiyo huru yeSamui airport- kunyanya kana ichienzaniswa neSurat Thani airport. Nekudaro, mumakore gumi apfuura, mitengo yakakwira yekuenda kuKoh Samui neBangkok Airways yakashandura nzvimbo yacho kuita "Western tourism ghetto" ichikwidza mitengo muindasitiri yemahotera nesevhisi. Vafambi vepamusha muSamui vakadonha kusvika pamazinga asingaonekwe mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzekutandarira dzegungwa. Zvinoenderana nenhamba dzepamutemo kubva kuTourism Authority yeThailand, Samui chitsuwa vashanyi vakamiririra muna 2006 chete 15.36 muzana yevose vaisvika; muPhuket, vashanyi vekumba vachiri kuita 35.9 muzana yevose vanosvika uye kunyange 45.7 muzana muKrabi.
"Inguva yekuita kuti Samui 'asvike' kuvanhu veThai," akawedzera Chanapai. Thai Airways inoronga kupa yakakosha mari gore rese kutenderera. Kukwidziridzwa kwazvino kuBht 6,310 kusvika Kurume 15 kungangoitwa zvakare mune ramangwana. Iyo ndege inonangana nekabhini chinhu che75-80 muzana munzira nyowani ine makumi manomwe muzana emotokari inobva kune vanotamisa vafambi. "Tinotarisira kutakura vafambi vanosvika zviuru gumi nezviviri pamwedzi," akadaro Chanapai.
Kunyangwe Bangkok Airways ikaona chikamu chayo chemusika chanyungudika zvishoma neThai Airways - mutakuri wenyika anotarisira kunyange kuwedzera ndege yechitatu yezuva nezuva munguva pfupi iri kutevera-, Bangkok Airways icharamba ichinyaradzwa kubva kune yasara network yayo. Bangkok-Siem Reap -inoshandiswa mune imwe chete kubva kutanga kwemakumi mapfumbamwe- ndiyo inonyanya kupa mari muSoutheast Asia nemutengo wakachipa unotengeswa ne9,800 (US$305 isingasanganisire mutero wekufamba kwemaminetsi makumi mashanu).
Parizvino, Bangkok Airways yakabudirira kuvharira chero imwe mutakuri kuti afambe munzira ine mukurumbira. MuLuang Prabang, ndege yanga ichiita zvakanaka: ndiyo yega inopa ndege dzinosvika nhatu dzemazuva ese dzisingamire kuenda kuBangkok netikiti rekudzoka riri kutengeswa ne9,500 baht (US$297). Mitengo yepamusoro kuenda kunzvimbo idzi inoruramiswa neMutungamiriri weBangkok Airways, Prasert Prasartthong-Osoth, nenyaya yekuti ndege yakatora njodzi yekupayona nzira idzodzo.
Ichokwadi kune imwe pfungwa. Chakanga chiri hushingi kuti Bangkok Airways itange kubhururuka kuenda kuSiem Reap makore gumi nemaviri apfuura pakati pemhirizhonga yezvematongerwo enyika muCambodia. Nekudaro nhasi, neCambodia iri yakajairika nzvimbo yekufamba, zvakaoma kutenda kuti kubhururuka uchienda kuAngkor Wat, imwe yenzvimbo dzinozivikanwa kwazvo dzenhaka pasirese, ichiri dambudziko remari uye zvikonzero zvekuchengeta monopoly munzira yeBangkok-Siem Reap. . Hapana chichachinja kusvikira kubviswa zvachose kweASEAN matenga ne 12. Pakupedzisira, angori mamwe makore mashanu ari mberi.
