Ngentsimbi ye-13:00 Ixesha laseMbindi Afrika namhlanje, iQatar Airways Cargo's Cargo's Cargo ehanjiswe ngabantu iBoeing 777 ifike kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKigali. Kwinkampani yabahloniphekileyo basekhaya, abathumeli bempahla, amaqabane, kunye nabathengi, iGosa eliyiNtloko leQatar Airways Cargo, uGuillaume Halleux, kunye noYvonne Makolo, iGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko leRwandAir baphehlelele ngokusesikweni imisebenzi eKigali Africa Hub.
Inqwelomoya yeBoeing 777 iya kubhabha isuka eDoha iye eKigali, kabini ngeveki. Ukusukela ngoMatshi, iQatar Airways Cargo yenze inkonzo ye-intra-Afrika phakathi kweKigali neLagos (izihlandlo ezithathu ngeveki), kunye nenkonzo yeveki ukusuka e-Istanbul idlula eDoha ukuya eKigali, zonke ziqhutywa yinqwelomoya ye-Airbus A310. Iindawo ezintsha zokufikela ezisuka eKigali ziza kubhengezwa kungekudala.
Kwiphulo lokuphehlelelwa kwe-Kigali Cargo Hub, i-QAS Cargo, isebe le-Qatar Airways, ibonelele ngenkxaso yeengcebiso kwi-RwandAir Cargo ukuze incede ukuphucula ukusebenza kwayo komthwalo. Iqela elivela kwi-QAS Cargo lityelele amaziko okuphatha imithwalo laze lanikezela nge-RwandAir isicwangciso sokusebenza esineenkcukacha zophuculo lokusebenza kunye nokuphatha ukusebenza. Ngoku eli qela lisebenza kunye kumkhombandlela wexesha elizayo, kubandakanywa nesicwangciso sokuphucula esicetywayo seziseko zalo zophuhliso, esiza kuba yinxalenye yesicwangciso-qhinga sexesha elide sokwahlulwa kwempahla ye-RwandAir.
UGuillaume Halleux, iGosa eliyiNtloko yeCargo kwi-Qatar Airways uthe: “I-Afrika lelinye lawona mazwe akhula ngokukhawuleza uqoqosho, ukanti ukuze iphuhliseke kangangoko ifuna utyalo-mali kwiziseko zoncedo. I-Qatar kunye neRwanda kudala zonwabele izivumelwano zorhwebo zamazwe amabini, kunye neQatar Airways kunye neQatar Investment Authority bezityale imali kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKigali nakwiRwandAir. Ke ngoko yayilinyathelo elisengqiqweni ukuba iQatar Airways Cargo ixhase iRwandAir kumabhongo ayo omthwalo. Abaxumi bethu baya kuxhamla kuthungelwano oluthembekileyo lwangaphakathi kwe-Afrika ngokusebenzisa i-hub yethu yaseKigali, kunye namanqanaba eenkonzo aphuculweyo kunye nentsebenziswano yeendleko. Siyazingca ngokuba nentsebenziswano neRwandAir ekusekeni iKigali njengendawo esembindini weAfrika ukulungiselela isiZukulwana esilandelayo somthwalo womoya kweli lizwekazi likhula ngokukhawuleza.”
I-Qatar Airways Cargo okwangoku inceda izixeko ezingama-28 e-Afrika ngomxube weenkonzo zothutho kunye ne-belly-hold, ezithwala ukuya kwiitoni ezingama-2,800 ukuya nokubuya e-Afrika.
Ukuphehlelelwa kwe-Qatar Airways Cargo hub yokuqala yempahla ngaphandle kweQatar, kunye nentsebenziswano ne-RwandAir, kudala isiseko esomeleleyo sokwandisa uthungelwano lwempahla yomoya lwase-Afrika olujolise kwixesha elizayo kunye nokuhlangabezana ne-3% -5% yoqikelelo lokukhula koqoqosho lonyaka kwilizwekazi ngaphaya. ishumi leminyaka elizayo. Iindawo ezininzi zokusingwa zaseAfrika ziya kongezwa kuthungelwano kwixesha elizayo.
