Njenge-US-ikarikuni Ubudlelwane buwohloka ngakumbi ngenxa yezivumelwano zezixhobo, uMongameli waseTurkey u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan ukhuphe isoyikiso esifihliweyo sokuba i-Ankara inokuphinda ithathele ingqalelo ukuthengwa kwe-100. iBoeing Inqwelomoya yabahambi, ngelixa ibongoza i-United States ukuba ibe "nengqiqo" kunye nesohlwayo esinokubakho kwiTurkey.
“Nokuba asizifumani ii-F-35s, sithenga iinqwelo-moya ze-Boeing ezili-100 eziphambili, isivumelwano sityikityiwe… Okwangoku, enye yeenqwelo-moya ze-Boeing ifikile kwaye siyahlawula, singabathengi abalungileyo,” uRecep. U-Tayyip Erdogan uthe e-Ankara ngoLwesihlanu, esongeza ukuba "ukuba izinto ziqhubeka ngolo hlobo, kuya kufuneka siphinde sicinge ngalo mbandela."
Uluhlu oluqhubekayo phakathi kwe-Ankara kunye neWashington malunga neenkqubo ze-missile ze-S-400 ezenziwe eRashiya sele zibangele ukunqunyanyiswa kokuhanjiswa kweejethi zokulwa ze-F-35 eTurkey kwimizamo yokuyicinezela ukuba ilahle isivumelwano. I-US ithe ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba izixhobo ezenziwe eRashiya zilimaza ukhuseleko lwe-NATO kwaye zinokubeka esichengeni i-F-35s ukuba zimbini zisondele.
I-Turkey, nangona kunjalo, ibonile isivumelwano - ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ibhetshi yokuqala yeenkqubo ezenziwe eRashiya yafika. Ukuhanjiswa kubangele ukuba uNobhala Welizwe laseMelika uMike Pompeo abongoze i-Ankara ukuba inganikezeli ii-S-400 "zisebenze" - okanye iya kujongana nezohlwayo ezingakumbi.
Nangona kunjalo, u-Erdogan waseTurkey ubhengeze ukuba ukuthunyelwa kwe-S-400 kuya kuhamba ngokweshedyuli kwaye iinkqubo ziya kuba kwi-intanethi ngo-Ephreli 2020, emva kwayo yonke imisebenzi yendibano efunekayo kunye nokuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi. Ngaphandle kokuphazamisa ukucinywa kwezivumelwano ze-Boeing, u-Erdogan wafunga ukuba uya “kusebenzisa ngokusebenzayo” iinkqubo ezichasene neenqwelomoya emva kokuba zingene kwi-Intanethi.
Isoyikiso esichasene ne-Boeing sinokuba sibi kakhulu - kwinkampani, ubuncinci - ngokunikwa inani leenqwelomoya eziyalelwe ngu-Ankara. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ine-odolo esebenzayo kwiinqwelomoya ze-Boeing ezili-100, ezixabisa malunga ne-10 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Ngo-2013, umphathi welizwe, iTurkish Airlines, yabhengeza isigqibo sokuthenga iinqwelomoya ezingama-75 '737 MAX', iijethi ezimiswe ngoku emva kwengozi ezimbini ezibulalayo. Ngo-2018, inkampani yathi iya kuthenga iijethi ezongezelelweyo ze-25 Boeing 787-9. Iinqwelomoya ezininzi ezitsha zaziswa eTurkey ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
Zonke iinqwelomoya zicwangciselwe ukuhanjiswa ngo-2023, kwaye kulindeleke ukuba zikhulise kakhulu ubukho beBoeing kwiinqanawa zeTurkey Airlines. Umthwali sele esebenza malunga ne-150 yeenqwelomoya eziveliswe ngumenzi, kodwa uninzi lwazo luqeshiwe.
