Imarike yezophapho yase-Afrika iya kukhula ibe ngaphezulu kwe-356 yezigidi zabakhweli ngo-2038, ngokutsho kwe-International Air Transport Association. Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-24 zemisebenzi kwilizwekazi lase-Afrika esele ixhaswa lishishini lezohambo nokhenketho. Iindlela zaseAfrika iya kudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuxhaseni ukukhula kwiinkonzo zomoya kunye nokuvuselela uphuhliso loqoqosho kummandla wonke.

Iinkokeli eziphuma kumzi mveliso wezophapho waseAfrika zimanyana eKenya lelona qonga lide kwaye lineyona yasekwayo yezophapho ezinikele ekwandiseni uqhagamshelo lomoya kwi-Afrika. I-Routes Africa 2019 isingathwe yi-Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), i-State Corporation ejongene noxanduva lokubonelela nokulawula inkqubo elungelelanisiweyo yezikhululo zeenqwelo-moya eKenya.

IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika imelwe kwiforam nguMongameli wayo uAlain St.Ange – owayesakuba nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseSeychelles, uPhapho lwaseKhaya, amaZibuko kunye nezaseLwandle.

Ethetha ngexesha lengqungquthela yeendaba kulo msitho, u-Alex Gitari, uAg. UMlawuli oLawulayo kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko, i-KAA ithe: “Kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, besiphumeza isicwangciso-qhinga esinamabhongo sokuqubisana nomnye wemingeni engundoqo ekwajongene necandelo lezophapho kweli lizwekazi, oko kukuthi, ukwandiswa nokuphuculwa komthamo kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya zethu eziphambili. . Iindlela zaseAfrika zibaluleke kakhulu, hayi kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKenya kuphela kodwa kwisizwe sethu nakummandla ngokubanzi. Ishishini lezophapho lidlala indima ebalulekileyo kwi-ajenda yophuhliso lwaseKenya.”

USteven Small, umlawuli wohlobo lweeRoutes, uthe: “Ngaphezu kwe-5% yeGDP yaseKenya iveliswa ngokhenketho, olukhuthazwayo noluxhaswa lishishini lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya. IiRoutes Africa 2019 iza ngexesha elinomdla kwi-Kenya Airports Authority. Ndonwabile ukuba uninzi lweenqwelomoya ezikhokelayo zikhona ukuze zibone utyalo-mali olukhulu oluthe lwenziwa, liqela, ukuququzelela oku kunyuka kwemfuno yentengiso. ”

U-Raphael Kuuchi, i-Vice-President, i-Afrika, i-IATA, wongezelela: "Iindlela ze-Afrika zibalulekile ekuphuhliseni iinkonzo zomoya kwilizwekazi kwaye ezi ngqungquthela zenze impembelelo yangempela kummandla. IKenya zezona ntengiso zintathu ziphezulu ngenqwelomoya eAfrika apho ukukhula kuqikelelwa ukuba kolona qilima kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini izayo kodwa ukuba amandla apheleleyo oshishino e-Afrika anokuqondwa, indawo yomoya kulo mmandla kufuneka ikhululwe. ”

Uhlaziyo kunye nokuphuculwa kwezikhululo zeenqwelomoya zaseKenya yiprojekthi ephambili ephambili phantsi koMbono wama-2030, isicwangciso soqoqosho saseKenya. Ngokukhuthaza uphuhliso lwendlela entsha, i-KAA inethemba lokukhulisa ukuthuthwa kwabakhweli kunye nempahla kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iJKIA, iMombasa International Airport (MIA), iKisumu International Airport (KIA) kunye ne Eldoret International Airport (EIA), zonke ngoku ziphantsi kophuculo kunye neziseko zophuhliso. isebenza.

I-Routes Afrika idibanisa abenzi bezigqibo abangama-250 abasuka kwiinqwelo-moya, kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya, koorhulumente nabasemagunyeni kwezokhenketho ukuze bacwangcise iinqwelomoya ezintsha kunye nokomeleza iindlela ezikhoyo. Uchulumanco kurhwebo lwezophapho lwase-Afrika lubonakala kwizinga eliphezulu lokuzimasa inqwelo-moya kulo msitho. Ii-CEO ze-Airline kunye nabacwangcisi abaphezulu bothungelwano abavela kwiinqwelomoya ezihamba phambili zommandla kuquka i-Air Zimbabwe, i-Egyptair, i-Emirates kunye ne-Uganda Airlines baya kujonga ukuva amathuba amatsha eendlela.

Inkqubo yenkomfa ibona izithethi ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu zixoxa ngezinto eziqhuba utshintsho, ezibonisa imingeni kunye nokubonelela ngamathuba kwimarike yezophapho yaseAfrika. UVuyani Jarana, Owayesakuba yi-CEO ye-South African Airways; U-Allan Kilavuka, uMlawuli oyiNtloko kunye noMlawuli oLawulayo weJambojet; kunye noRaphael Kuuchi, i-VP ye-Afrika, i-IATA iphakathi kweempembelelo zeshishini ezithatha inxaxheba kwiingxoxo eziza kunceda ukuseta i-ajenda yorhwebo kunye nezopolitiko kuluntu lwe-aviation kunyaka ozayo.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Kenya is the top three aviation markets in Africa where growth is forecast to be the strongest over the next two decades but if the full potential of the industry in Africa is to be realised, airspace in the region needs to be liberalised.
“Over the last two years, we have been implementing an ambitious strategy to deal with one of the key challenges also facing the aviation sector in the continent namely, expansion and improvement of capacity at our main airports.
“Routes Africa is critical to the development of air services on the continent and these forums have made a real impact on the region.