I-NAIROBI - Ukudityaniswa phakathi kweBritish Airways kunye ne-Iberia yaseSpain kuya kubangela ukufikelela okwandisiweyo kwiindawo zase-Afrika zabakhenkethi baseYurophu kunye neLatin America, umlawuli oyintloko we-BA ngoLwesithathu.
UWillie Walsh uthe i-BA icwangcise ukwandisa imisebenzi e-Afrika, kubandakanywa nokuthatha ukuhanjiswa kweenqwelomoya ezintsha ngo-2012 ezibekelwe ukunyusa ubuninzi beenqwelo moya kwilizwekazi.
"(Ukudityaniswa) lithuba lokubonelela ngofikelelo olongezelelweyo ukusuka kwimarike yaseSpain ukuya e-Afrika kwaye iKenya iya kuba yenye yeendawo eziza kuxhamla," uWalsh uxelele iintatheli kwikomkhulu laseKenya, eNairobi, ngekhonkco levidiyo evela eLondon.
Walsh uthe BA iya kuba nako ukwakha kuthungelwano ekhoyo Iberia kaThixo, kuquka ubukho olomeleleyo Latin America, ukuvula imarike Afrika nge Madrid kunye London.
"Inxalenye yolwandiso iya kubandakanya iinkonzo ezintsha ezisuka eMadrid ukuya kwiindawo ezininzi zaseAfrika ... leyo yinjongo yeBritish Airways kunye nenkampani yase-Iberia edibeneyo," utshilo.
"Sibona ezi (iiBoeing 787s ezintsha) njengenqwelomoya ebalaseleyo yokusebenzela urhwebo lwaseAfrika kunye nokusivumela ukuba sandise amaza kwaye sijonge iindawo ezintsha eAfrika."
Iinqwelomoya ezongezelelekileyo kwiminyaka ezayo ziya konyusa amacandelo okhenketho abalulekileyo kulo mmandla, utshilo uWalsh, esongeza impuma Afrika kufuneka ilindele ukungena kwabakhenkethi bobabini endleleni kwaye bebuya kwindebe yehlabathi yebhola ekhatywayo eMzantsi Afrika, ukuqala ngoJuni.
“Siqikelela ukonyuka kwe-10 lepesenti kwingeniso ye-Afrika kulo nyaka-mali, ophela nge-31 kaMatshi ka-2011,” utshilo uGeorge Mawadri, umphathi wezorhwebo weBA waseKenya.
UKhenketho e-Afrika luthwaxwa kukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kwaye iKenya, apho ukhenketho lukwindawo yesithathu ngengeniso enkulu yangaphandle emva kokuthengisa izitiya kunye neti kumazwe angaphandle, yathwaxwa ngamandla lugonyamelo lwelizwe lwasemva konyulo ekuqaleni kuka-2008.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Iinqwelomoya ezongezelelekileyo kwiminyaka ezayo ziya konyusa amacandelo okhenketho abalulekileyo kulo mmandla, utshilo uWalsh, esongeza impuma Afrika kufuneka ilindele ukungena kwabakhenkethi bobabini endleleni kwaye bebuya kwindebe yehlabathi yebhola ekhatywayo eMzantsi Afrika, ukuqala ngoJuni.
- “We see these (new Boeing 787s) as being an excellent aircraft to serve the African market and to allow us to expand frequencies and look at new destinations in Africa.
- Walsh uthe BA iya kuba nako ukwakha kuthungelwano ekhoyo Iberia kaThixo, kuquka ubukho olomeleleyo Latin America, ukuvula imarike Afrika nge Madrid kunye London.
