Iinqwelo-moya zengingqi ye-Mpuma ye-Afrika ngoku zilwa idabi lokuphumelela nelokuphulukana nesibhakabhaka sase-Afrika i-Kenya Airways, i-Ethiopian Airlines kunye ne-South African Airways ebesiyalela amashumi eminyaka edlulileyo.
Ukhuphiswano ngesibhakabhaka sase-Afrika lube nzima emva kokuba amazwe aliqela ebhengeze izicwangciso zawo zokuvuselela iinqwelomoya zabo ezazingasekho ekupheleni kuka-2019, imeko eyanyanzelisa ukuba abaphathi beenqwelomoya abaphambili abathathu babeke izicwangciso ezinokubenza ukuba bahlale behamba ngaphezulu kweAfrika ngokucacileyo isibhakabhaka.
Njenge "wayini entsha kwibhotile endala", urhulumente waseTanzania uthenge iinqwelomoya ezithandathu kwi-Air Tanzania Company Limited (i-ATCL), umphathi wenqwelomoya waseTanzania osebenza nelahleko ukusukela oko yasekwa ngo-1977 emva kokuqhekeka kweMpuma Afrika. I-Airways (EAA) yayiyeyezizwe ezintathu zaseMpuma Afrika eKenya, Tanzania naseUganda.
UMongameli wase-Tanzania uJohn Magufuli wayalela wonke umsebenzi ukuba athenge iinqwelomoya ezithandathu zale mihla aze ke anikezele ngeenqwelo moya ezintsha kwi-ATCL phantsi komqathango wokuba inqwelomoya yenze ngokugqwesa ngoshishino olusebenzayo kunye nokhuphiswano lokubetha iinqwelomoya e-Afrika nazo ezo zisebenza eTanzania zisuka kwezinye amazwekazi.
Evula ukufika kwe-Airbus A220-300 entsha evela kumenzi wayo eCanada kwiveki ephelileyo, umongameli waseTanzania uxelele abaphathi be-ATCL ukuba baqinisekise ukuba umphathi weflegi yesizwe akajiki abe ngumthwalo kubahlawuli berhafu.
UMongameli uphinde wathembisa ukuba urhulumente uza kuthenga ezinye iinqwelo-moya ezimbini, zala maxesha phambi kokuphela kwalo nyaka noJanuwari kulo nyaka uzayo kwiphulo lakhe lokuhlaziya iflegi yelizwe.
Inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya eTanzania isebenze ngesantya senkuku esibhakabhakeni saseAfrika, isilele ukubamba kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya ezikhuphisanayo nezisebenza kakuhle kubandakanya iKenya Airways, iItiopiya Airlines kunye neMikhosi yoMzantsi Afrika yoMzantsi Afrika ethe yathimba ishishini labakhenkethi elinengeniso kolu hlanga lwaseAfrika.
Emva kokufumana izixhobo ezitsha, inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya eTanzania ngoku ijonge ukuqala iinqwelomoya eziya eZambia, eZimbabwe nase Mzantsi Afrika nase DR Congo.
Ukuthumela amaza othusayo kwezinye iinqwelomoya zeenqila, amanye amazwe aseMpuma Afrika ngoku ajonge ekomelezeni abathwali beflegi yesizwe ukuphela kwe-2019, bezisa ukhuphiswano oluphezulu kumzi-mveliso wenqwelomoya njengeenqwelomoya eziqhubela abathengi.
IKenya Airways ebikufuphi nokuzilawula kwezi ndlela phakathi kwezikhalazo kwizityholo ezixhomis 'amehlo, ikwajonge ukomeleza iinqwelomoya zayo, iinqwelo moya ezinde zokuya eUnited States, eYurophu, eAsia naseNtshona Afrika.
I-Kenya Airways isebenza ubuncinci iinqwelomoya ezisuka eNairobi ziye eDar es Salaam, ezintlanu mihla le ukuya e-Entebbe eUganda, ezine mihla le ukuya eLusaka eZambia kunye nokubhabha kube kanye kwidolophu yaseLivingstone eZambia nezinye izixeko ezibini eZambia.
Iinqwelo-moya zase-Ethiopia zikwafuna ukuseta amaziko akumazantsi, kumbindi kunye nephondo le-Afrika. I-airline esekwe eAddis Ababa ivuselele ezinye zezithuthi zelizwe ezomileyo, ngakumbi kwingingqi esemazantsi eAfrika apho zisebenza khona ngenqwelomoya.
I-Ethiopia Airlines ityikitye isivumelwano sezabelo kunye ne-arhente ephambili yophuhliso yaseZambia yokuphinda isungule umphathi weflegi yelizwe elisemazantsi e-Afrika ngexabiso lokuqala le-US $ 30 yezigidi eziza kubona ukuba inqwelo moya ehamba phambili e-Afrika ifumana iipesenti ezingama-45 kwiZambia Airways, eyi isetelwe ukumiliselwa kwakhona emva kweminyaka engaphezulu kwamashumi amabini emhlabeni.
Phantsi kwesivumelwano esitsha esatyikitywa kunyaka ophelileyo, urhulumente waseZambia uya kuba ngabona baninizabelo abanesabelo esineepesenti ezingama-55, ngee-Atiopiya Airlines zithathe ezinye ezingama-45 zeepesenti Ii-Airlines zifuna ukuseta amazantsi eMazantsi, embindini nakwiphondo leAfrika.
Ngenyanga kaCanzibe kunyaka ophelileyo, i-Ethiopian Airlines yathi yayikwingxoxo neChad, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea kunye neGuinea ukuseta abathwali ngokusebenzisana. Ikwajolise ekwakheni inqwelo moya entsha eMozambique eya kuba yeyayo ngokupheleleyo.
Emva kokuqalisa kokuxoka okuninzi, uMongameli uYoweri Museveni ungenelele ekuvuseleleni inkampani yezithuthi zaseUganda, iUganda Airlines, ngoku emiselwe ukuba isebenze ngoJuni kulo nyaka emva kweminyaka elishumi emhlabeni. I-Uganda yenye yeendlela ezinenzuzo kwiKenya Airways.
