EHARARE, Zimbabwe – Umphathiswa welizwe laseAngola, uLinhas Aereas de Angola (Taag), uceba ukwazisa iinqwelomoya ezithe ngqo phakathi kweHarare neLuanda emva kokwanda kweshishini phakathi kwelizwe neZimbabwe.
UTitus Chapfuguma, umanejala wecandelo lenkampani yeenqwelomoya, uthe izicwangciso zikwinqanaba eliphezulu.
Okwangoku, iTaag ibhabha indlela kanye ngeveki.
“Sijonge kwiinqwelomoya ezintathu nangaphezulu ngeveki,” utshilo uChapfuguma.
Oku kuza njengoko inkampani yeenqwelomoya yaseZimbabwe, iAir Zimbabwe, iye yanqumamisa iinqwelomoya eziya eAngola, ishiya iTaag kuphela ukuba isebenze kule ndlela.
IZimbabwe ibincokola ne-Angola malunga nezivumelwano zotyalo-mali kwaye igqiza lilindeleke ukusuka ekupheleni kukaMeyi.
Ngo-Agasti wonyaka ophelileyo, iMalawi Airline Limited (Mal) yabhengeza izicwangciso zokuphinda iqalise iinqwelomoya ezithe ngqo phakathi kweHarare neLilongwe.
Emva kokuba uMal enqumle iinqwelomoya ngo-2004 ngenxa yeengxaki zokusebenza, abahambi ngoku bebeqhagamshela phakathi kwezixeko ezibini ukuya eRhawutini, eMzantsi Afrika, eZambia eLusaka naseNairobi, eKenya.
I-Mal - eyakhiwe emva kokuwa kwe-Air Malawi - yindibaniselwano phakathi kukarhulumente welizwe, ibambe izabelo ze-51 pesenti, kunye ne-Ethiopian Airlines njengeqela lobuchule bokulingana kunye ne-49 yezabelo zepesenti.
Isicwangciso sokuphinda siqalise iinqwelomoya siza emva kweMalawi kunye neZimbabwe zityikitya isivumelwano samazwe amabini, esijoliswe kushishino lwezophapho kunye nengqungquthela ye-Sadc eza kube iseLilongwe.
“Nangona kukho iingxaki ze-Air Malawi, urhulumente usebenza ngokungadinwayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba uqhagamshelanisa iinqwelomoya ezithe ngqo neZimbabwe,” umphathiswa wezoThutho neMisebenzi yoLuntu eMalawi uSidik Mia ucatshulwe esitsho yiNyasatimes.
USimbarashe Mumbengegwi, umphathiswa wemicimbi yezangaphandle eZimbabwe, uthe isivumelwano siza kudala imfuno yomthamo kwicandelo lezophapho.
“Iya kwenza ukuhamba lula kula mazwe mabini lo gama ivumela ufikelelo olukhulu lweemarike ukuxhasa ukukhula kunye nokhuphiswano kwicandelo lezomoya,” utshilo.
Aba balingane babini nangona kunjalo, abazange bachaze umhla wokuqaliswa kwakhona kweenqwelo-moya ezithe ngqo.
Oku kuza njengoko iinqwelomoya ezininzi zengingqi nezamazwe ngamazwe ziye zaphinda zabuyela eZimbabwe emva kokulishiya ilizwe ngenxa yemingeni yezoqoqosho kunye nokungazinzi kwezopolitiko kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.
Kutshanje, i-Civil Aviation Authority yaseZimbabwe (Caaz) ibonise ukuba iinqwelomoya ezili-13 ngoku zifika kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHarare.
I-Air France-KLM iphinde yaqala ngeenqwelomoya eziya eZimbabwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo, emva kokungabikho kweminyaka eli-13 ngelixa iLam Mozambique yazisa iHarare-Beira kunye neHarare-Maputo ngenqwelomoya.
Inkampani yeeNqwelomoya zoMzantsi Afrika, iSouth African Airways (SAA), ikwazise iinqwelomoya ezithe ngqo phakathi kweDurban, uMzantsi Afrika kunye neHarare.
Ezinye iinqwelomoya ezifikayo ngoku kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHarare zibandakanya iKenyan Airways, Air Botswana, Ethiopian Airways, BA Comair, Air Namibia, South African Airlink, Taag, Emirates kunye neZambezi Airlines.
I-Emirates yazisa indlela yaseHarare ngoFebruwari ngelixa iZambezi Airlines yaqala kwakhona ngoMeyi.
Iqela leenkampani zeenqwelo moya zifake izicelo zokufumana amaphepha-mvume okusebenza kwiindlela ezithi iAir Zimbabwe ibisilela kudala ukuzinikezela.
