Mutakuri wenyika SriLankan Airlines (SLA) iri kushandisa dzimwe ndege nomwe kuenda kunzvimbo dzekuEurope kuti dzibatsire zviuru zvevashanyi vakamirira vakawirwa nedambudziko renhandare yendege muEurope.
Vapfuuri vanopfuura zviuru zvitatu nemazana mashanu vakamirira kubhururuka kuenda kumba vakaradzikwa mukati nekupoterera Colombo, nepo vashanyi zviuru zvitatu kusvika zviuru zvina muEurope vakamirira ndege dzekuenda kuSri Lanka, sekureva kwemaindasitiri ekufambisa.
SriLankan Airlines yaifanira kumisa ndege gumi nemana kuenda kuEurope pakati paKubvumbi 14 na16.
Ndege dzinopinda nekubuda muColombo dzave kutodzokera kune zvakajairika. Kunze kwekukanganisa kwendege uye bhizinesi panhandare yendege yeKatunayake, nyika haina kurasikirwa nehupfumi zvakanyanya nekuda kwezvirambidzo zvekufamba zvakatemerwa muEurope svondo rino.
Ndege nomwe dzekuwedzera dzakatanga neChishanu uye dzichaenderera mberi kusvika Chitatu. Mukuru weSriLankan Airlines, Manoj Gunawardena akaudza Sunday Times kuti dzimwe ndege dzaizounzwa kana zvichidikanwa, achiwedzera kuti SLA yaive nendege yakakwana kuti iwedzere kuwanda kwendege. Haataure nezve kurasikirwa kwakaitika, kunze kwekutaura kuti SLA "ichiri kuverenga." SriLankan ndiyo yega ndege inogona kubhururuka yakananga kubva kuSri Lanka kuenda kumaguta ekuEurope.
Vanoongorora maindasitiri endege, zvisinei, vanoti mutengo wedambudziko iri haunganzwikwe nevendege chete asi nevemabhizinesi ane chekuita nekufamba pamwe neindasitiri yekushanya. "Ndege dzendege dziri kurasikirwa nemakumi ezviuru zvemadhora pazuva kubva pamitero yevatyairi, mutero wepanhandare yendege, nemari yekumhara, ukuwo zvitoro zvisina mutero nemamwe mabasa epanhandare yendege zvichikanganiswa," mumwe mukuru weindasitiri yezvekushanya akadaro.
Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) haisati yazadzisa kurasikirwa kwayo, akadaro mukuru weBIA. Mukuru weSri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Dileep Mudadeniya, akati vashanyi zviuru zvitatu kusvika zviuru zvina vakadziviswa kuuya kuSri Lanka nekuda kwemamiriro akaita airport. Vati vanoshuvira kuti dambudziko iri harizokanganise huwandu hwezvekushanya kwaKubvumbi 3,000, vachiti avo vasina kukwanisa kuuya kuzororo pachiitiko ichi vachashanya gare gare.
VaMudadeniya vati vafambisi vezvikepe havasi kubhadhara mari dzekuwedzera dziri kudiwa nevanhu vanenge vatatarika, sezvo iri dambudziko risati ramboitika. Asi mahotera anga achifunga nezvedambudziko revashanyi vane mari-nemari uye nekupa mitengo yekuderedzwa. "Mahotera anga achibatsira zvakanyanya," akadaro. "Vazhinji vevashanyi vakaungana munzvimbo yeNegombo."
Mune denderedzwa yakatumirwa kutanga svondo rino, Srilal Miththapala, mutungamiri weTourist Hotels Association yeSri Lanka (THASL), akati vafambisi vevashanyi nevamiriri vekufambisa vanoshanda neHotera Association vanofanirwa "kuratidza kubatana" nevashanyi vakashaya. Vashandi pamwe nevashandi vane hukama neTHASL vaikurudzirwa kuti vabhadhare vashanyi vakashaya mari yehotera yakapihwa vashanyi vakaramwa kune imwe nzvimbo.
VaMiththapala, avo pachavo vakavharirwa muLondon nekuda kwedambudziko, vakadzokera kuColombo mushure mekubata ndege yeSLA masikati kubva muHeathrow Airport muLondon neChitatu, Kubvumbi 21. Akataura kuti paakaenda kuHeathrow, imwe ye nhandare dzendege dzakabatikana zvikuru pasi rose, akaiwana isina chinhu. Nhau dzekuti ndege dzatangazve dzakanga dzisati dzasvika.
Cinnamon Grand, iyo hotera ine nyeredzi shanu kuColombo, yanga ine nhamba shoma yevaenzi muvhiki rapfuura. Vazhinji vacho vanobva kuUK. Mukuru wechikamu chemakamuri ehotera iyi Terence Fernando akati vashanyi vakamanikidzwa kugara nekuda kwekumisikidzwa nendege vaizvibhadharira mabhiri.
"Kazhinji ndege inotora tebhu kana ndege dzanonoka, asi mune iyi kesi mutengi anofanira kubhadhara kugara kwakawedzerwa," akadaro. Mari shoma yekamuri yakajairika muhotera yeColombo iUS$75, pamwe nemitero.
