IDAMASKO • Inqwelomoya yokuqala yaseSyria yabucala imiselwe ukuba yande kunye neendlela eziya eJiphutha, kodwa sele ijongene nokhuphiswano olunamandla emva kwamashumi eminyaka yolawulo lukarhulumente loyedwa kuthutho lomoya.
“Sisalivavanya ishishini. Imarike ivulwe mva nje kwaye kukho ukungaqiniseki. Ujoliso olulandelayo lokwandiswa ngabakhenkethi kunye nabaphambukeli baseSyria, ”utshilo uSalim Soda, usekela mongameli weSham Wings.
Urhulumente waseSyria uthathe amanyathelo alinganiselweyo ukukhulula uqoqosho kwiminyaka yakutshanje emva kwamashumi eminyaka yokwenziwa kwesizwe phantsi kweBaath Party elawulayo. Kunyaka ophelileyo, imimiselo emitsha yavumela iinqwelomoya zabucala ukuba zisebenzise iindlela ezingaqhutywanga ngurhulumente waseSyrianair.
USham Wings, okhokelwa ngusomashishini omncinci waseSyria u-Issam Shammout, uqeshe inqwelomoya yeMcDonnell Douglas enomzimba ophakathi kwaye waqala iinqwelomoya kathathu ngeveki phakathi kwekomkhulu laseSyria kunye neBaghdad, ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo.
Ngesigidi esi-1 ukuya kwi-1.5 yezigidi zeembacu zase-Iraq eSiriya i-Soda yathi indlela eya e-Baghdad inenzuzo kodwa imimiselo emitsha ye-visa yaseSyria ethintele kakhulu ukungena kwe-Iraqis ijongele phantsi ishishini. I-Iraqi Airways kuphela kwenye inqwelo moya ebhabha phakathi kweDamasko neBaghdad.
USoda uthe i-Sham Wings izakuqala ukubhabha kule nyanga isiya eSharm el-Sheikh e-Egypt, indawo ethandwa kakhulu ngabakhenkethi baseSyria.
“Kukwakho imarike enokuba nengeniso kumaqela abakhenkethi baseYurophu eyandayo ukwenza iSyria ibe yindawo ekusingwa kuyo. Ukuthenga enye inqwelomoya kuphakathi kwezicwangciso zethu,” utshilo uSoda.
Iindlela eziya eFrance naseSpain yayilukhetho kunye noluntu olukhulu lwaseSyria kumazwe aseScandinavia kunye nabafundi baseSyria eRussia, utshilo uSoda, owayesakuba ligosa lezomoya laseSyria.
Nangona kunjalo, i-Sham Wings kungekudala inokujongana nomntu okhuphisana naye kunye nezixhobo zokulawula imarike yezothutho zomoya eSyria. Urhulumente unike ilayisenisi kulo nyaka kwiSyria Pearl, enye inkampani yeenqwelomoya apho uRami Makhlouf, oyena usomashishini unamandla eSyria, ungumnini-zabelo omkhulu ngenkampani ebizwa ngokuba yiCham Holding.
UMakhlouf ngumzala kaMongameli uBashar al-Assad. Inqwelo-moya yakhe ibandakanya abatyali-mali baseKuwait kunye nesabelo seepesenti ezingama-25 esinikwe iSyrianair. Abanye oosomashishini balindele ukuba iSyria Pearl isebenze kwiindlela eziqhutywa yinqwelomoya karhulumente. ISyrinair ineenqwelomoya ezintlanu kunye nabasebenzi abangama-5,000.
Inqwelomoya ibone abathwali bamazwe angaphandle, ngakumbi i-Emirates kunye nabathwali be-Gulf abangenayo i-frills, baqhuba iinqwelomoya ezininzi eziya eDamasko, njengakwindlela enengeniso yaseDubai. ISyria ifumene abakhenkethi abangama-237,000 baseYurophu kulo nyaka uphelileyo xa kuthelekiswa ne-220,000 ngo-2006, ngokwedatha karhulumente, nangona i-United States iye yandisa izohlwayo kurhulumente ngokuxhasa amaqela angama-Arabhu alwayo.
I-traffic traffic kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDamasko inyuke nge-15 pesenti ngo-2006 ukuya kwi-3 yezigidi zabahambi. Urhulumente unike inkampani yaseMalaysia iMuhibbah Engineering isivumelwano se-$59m sokuphucula icandelo lesikhululo seenqwelomoya esidilikayo.
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