Ua hoʻopau maikaʻi ka International Air Transport Association (IATA) i kāna 4th ʻO Caribbean Aviation Day, i mālama ʻia ma lalo o ke kumumanaʻo "Recover, Reconnect and Revive" a ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ma mua o 250 mau ʻelele mai kēlā ʻaoʻao aʻe o ke kaulahao waiwai mokulele a me ka huakaʻi. He ʻāpana koʻikoʻi kēia hanana o nā hanana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mokulele mokulele i mālama ʻia e ka Caribbean Tourism Organization a me ke Aupuni o nā mokupuni ʻo Cayman.
Ma kāna ʻōlelo hoʻomaka, ʻo Peter Cerdá, IATAUa ʻōlelo ka Hope Pelekikena ʻĀpana no ʻAmelika aia ka ʻāina i kahi ala hoʻōla maikaʻi ma hope o nā hopena pōʻino o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID-19 a me ka ʻoihana ʻoihana kūpono, hiki ke lilo hou ka mokulele i mea kōkua ikaika i ka nohona socio-economic. o ka moku Karipiana.
Ma mua o 2020 ua hāʻawi ka mokulele a me ka mākaʻikaʻi i 13.9% o GDP a me 15.2% o nā hana āpau ma ka ʻāina Caribbean. Wahi a ka World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), ʻewalu o ka ʻumi o nā ʻāina e hilinaʻi nui ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi a puni ka honua i ka makahiki 2019 ma kēia ʻāina.
No ka loaʻa hou ʻana a ma mua o kēia hāʻawi ʻana, pono e hoʻokō ʻia kēia mau mea nui:
- hoʻolele mokulele: ʻOiai ua hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia ka pilina ma waena o ka Caribbean a me nā mākeke kumu koʻikoʻi o Kanada, ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hōʻea wale nā pae kaʻa kaʻa intra-Caribbean i 60% o nā pae pre-pandemic. ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kēia e pono ai ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻonui i nā loulou ea i loko o ka Caribbean. He mea mua kēia no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā koho huakaʻi huakaʻi lehulehu.
- ʻO nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu: No ka hoʻokūkū ʻana me nā mākeke mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, pono e nānā nā lāhui like ʻole o ka Caribbean i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā makana lehulehu i ka mākeke.
- ʻIke huakaʻi hele ʻole: No ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka huakaʻi i, mai a i loko o ka ʻāina, pono nā aupuni e hana like i mea e hoʻololi a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā kulekele a me nā kaʻina hana kahiko e hoʻopilikia ai i nā ʻoihana mokulele a e hoʻopilikia i ka ʻike o ka poʻe huakaʻi.
- Kaiapuni kumu kūʻai hoʻokūkū: I kēia manawa aia ka Caribbean i kekahi o nā ʻauhau kiʻekiʻe loa a me nā uku ma nā hana mokulele a me nā tiketi. Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ma ka pae honua, ʻo nā ʻauhau a me nā uku e pili ana i ka 15% o ke kumukūʻai tiketi a ma ka Caribbean he pālua ka awelika ma kahi o 30%. Hiki i ka poʻe huakaʻi i kēia lā ke hiki i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka honua me hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau mokulele, me ka nui o nā kumukūʻai o nā hoʻomaha e lilo i kumu hoʻoholo. No laila pono nā aupuni e makaʻala a ʻaʻole kūʻai iā lākou iho mai ka mākeke. Ma nā laina like, pono nā mea hoʻolako lawelawe hoʻokele ea e hōʻoia i ka kūpono o kā lākou uku no ka lawelawe maoli i hāʻawi ʻia.
"Ua hōʻike nā aupuni a me nā mea kuleana i kā lākou kākoʻo no nā mea nui i ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka Aviation Day. Manaʻo mākou i kēia manawa e ʻike i nā hana kūpono a me nā hoʻoholo. No ka laʻana, pono e hōʻemi ʻia nā ʻauhau tiketi, nā uku a me nā uku no ka lawe ʻana iā lākou i ka laina me ka awelika honua. ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia mau mea e pōʻino ai ke koi. Pono nā poʻe a pau i komo i ke kaulahao waiwai huakaʻi e hana i ka lokahi e kūkulu hou i ka mokulele a me ka mākaʻikaʻi ma ka honua post pandemic. Ua mākaukau kā mākou ʻoihana e hāʻawi i kā mākou kākoʻo e kōkua i ka ʻāina e hoʻokō i ka hiki ke 6.7% huakaʻi a me ka hoʻonui GDP mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma waena o 2022 a me 2023, e like me ka wānana e ka WTTC," i hoʻopau ai ʻo Cerdá.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- In his opening remarks, Peter Cerdá, IATA's Regional Vice President for the Americas stated that the region was on a good recovery track following the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and that with the right business environment, aviation could once again become a strong contributor to the socio-economic wellbeing of the Caribbean region.
- To facilitate travel to, from and within the region, governments need to work together in order to modernize and simplify the outdated policies and procedures which pose operational challenges to airlines and adversely affect the travelers' experience.
- By way of comparison, at a global level, taxes and charges make up approximately 15% of the ticket price and in the Caribbean the average is double this at approximately 30%.
