Entsha Manzini eya eDurban Flight kwi-Eswatini Air

I-Eswatini Air, umthuthi wesizwe woBukumkani base-Eswatini, iqalise indlela entsha phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya iKing Mswati III eManzini, e-Eswatini, kunye neSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKing Shaka eDurban, eMzantsi Afrika. 

Indlela iqale ukusebenza ngomhla wesi-5 kuMeyi, 2023. Indlela iya kusetyenziswa ngabathile. Embraer Inqwelomoya ye-ERJ 145 enomthamo omkhulu wabakhweli abangama-50, kwaye ekuqaleni, iinqwelomoya ezintathu ngeveki ziya kufumaneka ngoMvulo, ngoLwesine, nangeMigqibelo, ngezicwangciso zokwandisa iifrikhwensi ukuya kumaxesha asixhenxe ngeveki ukusuka ngoJuni 2023, ngokusekelwe kwimfuno.

Ethetha ngale ndlela intsha, uMnumzana Siboniso Duma onguMphathiswa weSebe loPhuhliso loQoqosho, uKhenketho neMicimbi yokusiNgqongileyo kunye nenkokeli yezoShishino zikaRhulumente KwaZulu-Natal uthe, “Sinovuyo ukwazisa ngokusungulwa kwendlela yethu entsha phakathi kwe-Eswatini ne-Eswatini. Thekwini. Le ndlela ayiphuculi nje kuphela amandla okhenketho phakathi kweendawo ezimbini ekusingwa kuzo koko yomeleza ubudlelwane borhwebo. 

'I-Eswatini yenye yeemarike zokhenketho eziphambili zengingqi kwaye yabelana ngobudlelwane obuluqilima bembali nenkcubeko kunye nephondo laKwaZulu-Natal. Ngaphambi kobhubhani, abakhenkethi abafikayo besuka e-Eswatini babekwi-avareji yama-290 000 ngonyaka kwaye ngo-2022 abakhenkethi abafikayo babonise ukuchacha okumandla kwama-89%. Oku kuzisa ithuba elinika umdla le-Eswatini Air ukukhula njengeqabane ekukhawuleziseni ukubuyiswa kokhenketho phakathi kwezi ndawo zimbini. 

Ukwaziswa kwale ndlela intsha kulindeleke ukuba kuququzelele urhwebo phakathi kweKwaZulu-Natal ne-Eswatini, komeleza ngakumbi ubudlelwane bezoqoqosho esele buqinile phakathi kwezi ndawo zimbini. NgokweBhanki yeHlabathi, ngaphezulu kwe-60% yempahla ethunyelwa ngaphandle evela e-Eswatini iza eMzantsi Afrika, kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-80% yempahla ethunyelwa ngaphandle yase-Eswatini ivela eMzantsi Afrika. Le ndlela intsha iza kubonelela ngonyuso olubonakalayo kwimarike yokhenketho yommandla, i-Eswatini ibe yenye yeemarike zokhenketho ezingundoqo zengingqi kwaye inobudlelwane obuluqilima bembali nenkcubeko kunye nephondo laKwaZulu-Natal.

USekela Sihlalo weKomiti yoPhuhliso loQoqosho noCwangciso kuMasipala waseThekwini, uCeba Phili Ndlovu uthe: “Sichulumancile ngokumiselwa kwale ndlela intsha ingena eThekwini njengoko sisebenzela ukuvuselela icandelo lethu lezokhenketho. 

“SinguMasipala waseThekwini, sijonge phambili ekusebenzeni ngokusondeleyo ne-ESwatini Air, ngokwazisa indlela entsha kunye nokubonelela ngenkxaso kwinkampani yeenqwelomoya ngeenzame zokubonakalisa ukuzibophelela kwethu ekomelezeni ubudlelwane nabalingane bethu base-Afrika kunye nokubonisa izibonelelo zentlalo noqoqosho. ukwenza ukhenketho lube phambili ekuphumezeni i-ajenda yophuhliso. Ukutsalela iinqwelo-moya ezithe ngqo ukuya eThekwini kuhlala kungundoqo ukuze kunyuswe ukhenketho norhwebo.”

Ukubhiyozela ukusungulwa kwendlela entsha, urhulumente waKwaZulu-Natal kunye Eswatini Air, ibambe igqiza leendwalutho zase-Eswatini ezingama-40 kwinqwelomoya yokuqala, equka uMphathiswa weMisebenzi yoLuntu nezoThutho, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, amajelo eendaba aphambili, kunye nabakhenkethi abakhethiweyo, ukuze kube lula ukuququzelela ukhenketho kunye norhwebo kwindlela entsha. 

UMnu Nkosinathi Myataza, uMphathi Jikelele weNgingqi we-ACSA kwiSikhululo seeNqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe e-King Shaka uqukumbele ngokuthi “Inqwelo-moya yokuqala yomeleza ukubaluleka koshishino lwezophapho kunye nendlela elihlala lilolona hlobo lwezothutho olungundoqo, oluvelisa inzuzo ebalulekileyo kuqoqosho, ngokuvumela ukhenketho kunye norhwebo, kubaluleke ngakumbi kumxholo we-IAfCTA. Kodwa ngakumbi, ukudibanisa izihlobo nezalamane zala mazwe mabini ingakumbi uMmandla waseKZN onembali ende yobudlelwane bobuzalwana. Ayinakusibaleka into yokuba le yinyanga yeAfrika apho sibhiyozela khona ilizwekazi lethu.”