I-DHAKA – Imimoya ebhudlayo yokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi ityhale inani leenqwelomoya zangaphandle ukuba zisondele ukuba zipakishe okanye zithobe ukusebenza kwazo zisuka e-Bangladesh, zishiya ishishini lezokhenketho lelizwe likwimeko emaxongo, abangaphakathi kwezoshishino batsho ngoMvulo.
UNobhala Jikelele we-Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) AKM Bari uthe ngoMvulo ukuhamba kwabakhweli ukuya nokubuya e-Bangladesh kwehle ukuya kwi-2.7 yezigidi ngo-2008, ukusuka kwi-3.3 yezigidi ngo-2007.
Uqikelele ukuba umyinge wokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya uya kutyibilika ubuncinane nge-14 ekhulwini ngowama-2009 ukusuka kulo nyaka uphelileyo. Uninzi lweenqwelomoya ezingama-20 zangaphandle, ezisebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezisuka e-Bangladesh, zibonakala ngathi ziya kupakisha okanye zinciphise imisebenzi yazo, utshilo.
I-RAK Airways esekwe kwi-UAE, eyangena kwimakethi yase-Bangladesh ngo-2007, sele ivaliwe ukusebenza kwayo elizweni kulandela ukwehla kwemfuno ngenxa yokudodobala kwemali yehlabathi.
I-Singapore Airlines, enye yeenqwelomoya eziphambili kwihlabathi, ibhengeze ukuthoba inani leenqwelomoya ukuya kwezintlanu ukusuka kwisixhenxe ngeveki ukusuka phakathi kuFebruwari ngelixa i-Thai Airlines yamisa inqwelomoya enye edibanisa isixeko sase-Bangladesh esisempuma-mpuma saseChittagong naseBangkok.
Amagosa azo zombini iinkampani zeenqwelomoya atyholwa ngokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi ngenxa yezigqibo ezinjalo zabasemagunyeni.
Ukunqunyulwa kweenqwelomoya kwafika ngexesha uMbutho wezoThutho loMoya waMazwe ngaMazwe woyika ukuba abathwali be-Asia Pacific baya kubetha kanobom ngelahleko ephindwe kabini ukuya kwi-1.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zaseMelika ngo-2009 ukusuka kwi-500 yezigidi zeedola zaseMelika ngo-2008.
Yatsho ukuba aba bathwali be-Asia Pacific bathatha phantse isithathu se-traffic yabakhweli behlabathi kunye neepesenti ezingama-45 zentengiso yempahla yehlabathi.
Ngaphandle koko, ngokutsho kwemithombo yeendaba yasekhaya, iBritish Airways iza kumisa iinqwelomoya zabakhweli eDhaka-London-Dhaka ukusuka ngoMatshi walo nyaka njengoko isakhono somthwali wenzuzo kwindlela siyehla.
I-Saudi Airlines, eyona nto ihamba phambili kwi-Arab, inokuphinda inqumle isinye kwisithathu seenqwelomoya zabakhweli phakathi kweDhaka kunye nezixeko ezikhulu zoBukumkan ukusukela ngo-Epreli walo nyaka njengoko abakhweli behamba, iingxelo zasekhaya zatsho.
Inani labakhweli bayo, uninzi lwabasebenzi baseBangladesh baphesheya kweelwandle, bawela ngasemva komkhenkce ekuqeshweni kwabasebenzi baseSaudi Arabia besuka eBangladesh.
Unobhala jikelele we-ATAB u-Bari uthe, ngokusisiseko, ukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kube sesona sizathu sibangela ukutsalwa kweenqwelomoya zangaphandle, ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo.
Uthe ushishino lwezophapho lwase-Bangladesh oluye lwakhula emva kokukhula kwengqesho yaphesheya kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo lunokujongana nomqobo ukuba ukuthunyelwa kwabasebenzi kumazwe angaphandle kwehle kakhulu njengoko amazwe akuMbindi Mpuma ethoba imisebenzi yawo yophuhliso phakathi kokudodobala kwemali.
UShahana Pervin, igosa le-Emirates Airlines, uthe intshukumo yenqwelomoya yomqhubi ukusuka eBangladesh ukuya kumazwe akuMbindi Mpuma yehle ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba elithile. “Sibonelela ngeepakethi ezinengeniso ukurhwebesha abakhweli abaninzi,” utshilo.
Ukulandela le meko imbi kangaka, inani elikhulu labantu baseBangladesh abasebenza neenqwelomoya ezahlukeneyo zangaphandle banexhala lokuphulukana nemisebenzi.
“Sinexhala lokuba siza kuphelelwa ngumsebenzi na njengoko inkampani yethu ikwanciphisa iinqwelomoya,” utshilo umphathi wenqwelomoya waseBangladeshi ophethe inqwelomoya yelizwe langaphandle.
U-Bari uthe isigqibo seenqwelomoya zangaphandle sokuthoba okanye ukupakisha imisebenzi ayizukubangela usizi kubakhweli kuphela, ngakumbi izigidi zabantu baseBangladesh abahlala nabasebenza phesheya, kodwa bayakuchaphazela ishishini leearhente zokuhamba zelizwe ezingaphezu kwe-1,400.
