I-Arusha, eTanzania (eTN) – Kwakhona, i-Ethiopian Airlines ibhengezwe njengenkampani esemthethweni yokuthwala abathunywa beNgqungquthela yesibhozo yeSullivan, eza kubanjelwa eTanzania kwiveki ezayo.
Umongameli weLeon H. Sullivan Foundation kunye nomququzeleli weNgqungquthela yesibhozo ye-Sullivan, i-Hope Masters, ibhengeze eWashington kutshanje ukuba i-airline iya kuba ngumqhubi osemthethweni we-2008 Leon H. Sullivan Summit.
Isebenza njengothutho lomoya olwanda ngokukhawuleza e-Afrika, i-Ethiopian Airlines yaba ngumthwalo osemthethweni kunye nomxhasi we-Africa Travel Association (ATA) 33rd Congress, ephele kwidolophu yabakhenkethi yaseTanzania esemantla e-Arusha kwimpelaveki edlulileyo.
I-airline iya kuzisa i-jetliners ezimbini ze-767 ukusuka eWashington, DC ukuya e-Arusha eTanzania kwingqungquthela, eyenzeka ngoJuni 2 ukuya kwi-6. Nangona iinqwelomoya ziya kuphuma kwi-Airport yeDulles International ngeentsuku ezimbini ezahlukeneyo (ngoMeyi 28 noMeyi 30), zombini iinqwelomoya. iza kufika eArusha nge-31 kaMeyi.
Abathunywa abathatha i-28 kaMeyi ngenqwelomoya baya kufumana ubusuku obubini kwidolophu yase-Ethiopia e-Addis Ababa. Abo bakwinqwelomoya ye-30 kaMeyi baya kumisa eZanzibar ubusuku obunye ekuqukunjelweni kwengqungquthela.
“Ingqungquthela ka-2008 sisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba sisingathe lo msitho kwilizwe elikwiMpuma yeAfrika. Kufanelekile nje ukuba inkampani yeenqwelo moya yaseMpuma Afrika efana ne-Ethiopian Airlines iqalise kolu hambo kunye nathi,” utshilo uMasters. Abaninzi baya kuyibona i-Afrika okokuqala kwaye ndinebhongo lokuba i-Ethiopian Airlines ayizukuba ngabaphathi bolu hambo kuphela, kodwa nabathathi-nxaxheba kumava.
Njengenkampani yeenqwelomoya esemthethweni, i-Ethiopian iya kwamkelwa kwiinzame zengqungquthela yesizwe neyezizwe ngezizwe phambi kunye nayo yonke inkomfa.
I-Ethiopian Airlines yeyona nto inkulu kwaye ikhula ngokukhawuleza e-Afrika kwaye yenza inqwelomoya yayo yokuqala ukusuka kwikomkhulu layo e-Addis Ababa ukuya eCairo ngo-1946 kwaye ukusukela ngoko, umthwali uye wakhula ukuze akhonze kwiindawo ezingama-50 kwihlabathi liphela, ezingama-30 zazo ziseAfrika namhlanje. . Ukongezwa kweenkonzo eKuwait naseRiyadh kuya kuzisa inani lilonke leendawo zokuya kumazwe ngamazwe kwi-airline kwi-52.
I-Ethiopian ikwaceba ukuba ngumthwali wokuqala ukusebenzisa i-Dreamliner-B787 e-Afrika, kuMbindi Mpuma naseYurophu.
I-Ethiopian Airlines isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezintandathu ngeveki, ifika kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseTanzania eDar es Salaam naseZanzibar kunxweme loLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya kunye neKilimanjaro kwisekethe yabakhenkethi esemantla eTanzania.
Bamalunga nama-4000 abathathi-nxaxheba abavela eUnited States ekulindeleke ukuba bazimase lo msitho kunye neqela labanye abathunywa abavela eAfrika. Le nkomfa iya kuqhutywa phantsi kwemixholo emibini engundoqo eyile, “ukhenketho” kunye “neziseko zophuhliso.”
Ingqungquthela yesibhozo kaLeon Sullivan iza kuba yeyokuqala ngqa indibano eMpuma Afrika eza kuqhutyelwa kumazantsi eentaba ezikufutshane neNtaba iKilimanjaro, eyona ncopho iphakamileyo eAfrika.
