IKenya Airways iphehlelela iinqwelo moya ezingapheliyo eziya eAntananarivo naseGuangzhou

I-NAIROBI, Kenya (eTN) -I-Kenya Airways (KQ) ngoMgqibelo, isungule iinqwelo moya ezingamisiyo eziya e-Antananarivo, Madagascar kwaye ziqikelela ukuba indlela iya kwandisa umthwalo wenqwelomoya phakathi kwe-65 ukuya kwi-70 yepesenti.

"Sijonge i-65 ukuya kwi-70 yepesenti yokunyuka komthwalo kulo nyaka uzayo okanye oko kukusebenzisa i-737s ethwala umndilili, abakhweli abayi-120," utshilo uMnu. Titus Naikuni, umphathi weKQ uthe e-Antananarivo ngoMgqibelo, NgoNovemba 1, 2008.

Eli nyathelo liyinxalenye yesicwangciso senqwelomoya senqwelomoya yokuqhagamshela iziQithi zoLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya zaseMadagascar, iSeychelles, iComoros neMayotte ukuya eParis, eYurophu naseNtshona Afrika ngeNairobi.

I-KQ izakusebenzisa inqwelomoya i-KQ 464 kunye ne-KQ 465 ekugqibeleni ukuqhuba iinqwelomoya ezintathu ezingamisiyo phakathi kwe-Antananarivo naseNairobi ngoLwesibini, ngoLwesine nangoMgqibelo.

UNaikuni, nangona kunjalo, uthe inqwelomoya iya kuqala ngeenqwelomoya ezimbini ngeveki ngoLwesibini nangooLwezine kwaye yongeze umjikelo wesithathu rhoqo ngoMgqibelo ukuqala kweyoMnga ngo-2008. IMadagascar iba yindawo yama-44 ye-KQ ukuba isebenze e-Afrika, kwaye eyesibini ibe kuLwandlekazi lwase-India, emva kweComoros kunye neMayotte.

Uthe iMadagascar iyinkulumbuso kwi-KQ kuba njengeComoros neMayotte, iIindian Ocean Islands ibonelela ngebhulorho yodwa ngeenqwelomoya kwiMpuma Ekude. IMadagascar iya kuba luncedo kwi-KQ njengendlela yokutya kwiindiza zayo zaseParis. I-KQ ibhabha kathathu ngeveki kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iCharles de Gaulle.

Nangona ukuvulwa kweendlela ezintsha kuya kuxhomekeka ekubeni i-KQ iwafumana phi amalungelo amatsha endlela, uNaikuni uthe icebo elilandelayo lenkampani yeenqwelomoya kukwandisa amaxesha apho ibhabha khona ngoku ukuze kuphuculwe umgangatho wemveliso abayinikezelayo. “Umzekelo, sifuna ukukwazi ukuphinda-phinda indlela yaseDar-es Salaam ne-Entebbe, apho ukuba umthengi wethu uphose inqwelomoya enye kusasa, siphinde siyihlele ngenjikalanga yokuqala,” utshilo uNaikuni.

I-KQ isebenzisa i-hub kunye nemodeli ye-spook isebenzisa i-Jomo Kenyatta International Airport hub ukudibanisa i-Afrika ne-Yurophu, indawo ekuMbindi Mpuma nakwi Far East.

Uthe eyona njongo iphambili ye-KQ kukwenza ukuba abantu abahambahambayo kwilizwekazi bafike kwindawo abasingise kuyo ngodibaniso olunye. “Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ugqithe ngaphaya kwamakomkhulu amabini ukuze ufike kwindawo oya kuyo,” utshilo uNaikuni.

I-KQ 464 iya kuphuma eNairobi ngo-08.00 hrs (ixesha lasekuhlaleni) kwaye ifike e-Antananarivo ngo-11.45hrs (ixesha lasekuhlaleni). Indiza ebuyayo, i-KQ 465 iya kushiya i-Antananarivo nge-13.45hrs (ixesha lendawo) kwaye ifike eNairobi ngo-17.30hrs (ixesha lendawo).

U-Naikuni uthe i-KQ izakuxhasa isivumelwano sabo sokwabelana ngeekhowudi ne-Air Madagascar, engabhadlanga iye eNairobi phantse inani elifanayo lamaxesha ukuya kufezekisa inkonzo engenamthungo phantse iveki yonke.

Iinqwelomoya zaseMadagascar ziza kamsinya emva kokuba i-KQ iqalise iinqwelomoya ezingamisiyo ukuya eGuangzhou, eChina, ngomhla wama-28 kuOkthobha ka-2008.

Umanejala wezonxibelelwano wenqwelomoya, uNkosazana Victoria Kaigai, uthe inqwelomoya ibhengeza ixesha elitsha lasebusika ngokunyuka kweenqwelo moya eBangkok naseHong Kong.

Iinqwelomoya ezihamba iiyure ezili-12 ukuya eGuangzhou ziya kusebenza ngoLwesithathu, ngolwesiHlanu nangeeCawa kwinqwelomoya yenqwelomoya iBoeing 777. I-KQ ibhabhela eGuangzhou ngeDubai ukusukela ngo-2005.
I-Guangzhou yindawo enkulu yokuthenga kubarhwebi abavela e-Afrika, abadibanisa kwisikhululo senqwelomoya iJomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) eNairobi.

Ngaphandle kokunciphisa ixesha labo lokuhamba liqikelelwa kwiipesenti ezingama-20, abahambi kwiinqwelomoya baya kuphelisa ukumisa iiyure-2 eDubai.

UKaigai uthe ii-frequencies ukuya eBangkok ngoku ziya kunyuka ukusuka kwi-6 ukuya kwii-7 amaxesha ngeveki ngelixa eziya eHong Kong ziya kuhamba ukusuka kwi-4 ukuya kwi-5 amaxesha ngeveki. I-KQ isandula ukuphawula iminyaka emi-5 isebenza eBangkok. Imibhiyozo yesikhumbuzo yeminyaka idibene nokuthweswa izidanga kwabasebenzi baseThailand abangama-25 abaza kujoyina abasebenzi bekhabhinethi yenqwelomoya.

UKaigai uthe i-KQ ngoku inabasebenzi abangama-46 baseThai abaza kujoyina inkampani yeenqwelo moya enabasebenzi abangama-863. Umsitho wesikhumbuzo wawuhonjiswe ngunozakuzaku waseKenya eThailand, u-HE Dr Albert Ekai, izidwangube eziphezulu, ii-arhente zokuhamba, nabakhweli be-KQ.

Ngexesha lomsitho u-ambassador wayincoma indima edlalwe yiKenya Airways ekuququzeleleni urhwebo phakathi kweKenya neThailand.

I-KQ iqalise isicwangciso-qhinga sokudibanisa ukukhula kwayo ngokuphucula abantu bayo, iinkqubo kunye namaxesha okuhlangabezana neemfuno zabathengi.