UmTopiya ogama linguAfrican Airline yoNyaka

I-Ethiopian Airlines, eyona nkampani yeenqwelo moya inkulu kunye neyona inengeniso e-Afrika, iyavuya ukwazisa ukuba iye yabizwa ngokuba yi-Airline yase-Afrika yoNyaka nguMbutho we-Airlines yase-Afrika kwiNdibano yoNyaka ye-46 eyayibanjelwe e-Algiers phakathi kwe-9-11 kaNovemba 2014.
I-Ethiopian iye yathweswa isithsaba seNqwelo-moya yoNyaka ngenxa yeziphumo zayo ezibalaseleyo ngo-2013, ingeniso engaguqukiyo, kunye nesicwangciso-qhinga esivakalayo, esiyenze yakwazi ukwenza ubambiswano oluphumeleleyo kunye nezinye iinkampani zeenqwelomoya zase-Afrika. Lo ngunyaka wesithathu e-Ethiopia eqhubeka nokufumana iwonga kwi-AFRAA.

Esakufumana eli wonga, iCEO yeQela lase-Ethiopia uTewolde Gebremariam uthe: “Siwongeke kakhulu ngokuwongwa ngoogxa bethu beenkampani zeenqwelomoya eAfrika. Ibhaso liya, okokuqala, kubasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-8,000 baseTopiya, abasebenza nzima kakhulu imihla ngemihla ukubonelela ngeenkonzo ezingcono kakhulu emhlabeni kunye nomoya kubathengi bethu abaxabisekileyo. Sikwabulela abathengi bethu ngokusinika ithuba lokubakhonza kunye nokuhamba ngama-Ethiopia ngamanani amakhulu. Ikwabubungqina bokuchaneka koMbono wethu wowama-2025 okhawulezayo, onengeniso nesicwangciso esizinzileyo sokukhula.

Nangona i-Afrika ibhalisa ukukhula okukhawulezayo koqoqosho kunye nohambo, oku kukhula kuxhamlisa kakhulu abathwali abangengabo abaNtsundu. Amaxesha anzima kakhulu kwiinqwelomoya zaseAfrika, ezisinda kakhulu emngciphekweni, ngaphandle kokuba izinto ezimbini zenzeke ngokukhawuleza.

Okokuqala, abathwali baseAfrika kufuneka bajonge ngaphakathi kwilizwekazi ukuze baxhamle kwimithombo yangaphakathi ekhoyo yokudala intsebenziswano ngokusebenzisana ngokubambisana phakathi kwabo. Namhlanje, iAfrika inaMaziko oQeqesho lokuPhatha ngeenqwelomoya akumgangatho wehlabathi, amaziko e-MRO kunye nobuchule bolawulo. Ndiqinisekile ukuba kukho amathuba amaninzi oshishino olunzulu, ubugcisa kunye nezinye iintlobo zentsebenziswano phakathi kwabathwali baseAfrika.

Okwesibini, iAfrika kufuneka ibe yimarike enye emanyeneyo ngaphandle komqobo kwiinqwelomoya zaseAfrika. Ukuqhekeka okuqhubekayo kwesibhakabhaka sethu kunceda kuphela abathwali bamazwe angaphandle kwaye kuya kukhokelela ekubhubheni kwethu okuthile. Oorhulumente base-Afrika kufuneka bathathe amanyathelo ngoku kwaye ngokukhawuleza ukumanyanisa isibhakabhaka sase-Afrika, nto leyo enokuthi inike amandla amakhulu kumanyano lwezoqoqosho lwelizwekazi.

I-Ethiopia ngumthuthi wehlabathi jikelele wePan-Afrika ngoku esebenza kumazwe angama-84 kumazwekazi ama-5 ngeenqwelomoya ezingaphezu kwama-200 mihla le zisebenzisa inqwelomoya yamva nje yobugcisa efana nee-B777 kunye nee-B787. Ngo-Agasti ka-2014, iphinde yafumana amabhaso okuKhetha aBakhweli njengeyona nqwelomoya iBalaseleyo e-Afrika kolona phando lubanzi lwabakhweli kushishino.