Iindaba eziqale zaqhambuka ngexesha loMboniso womoya waseDubai, ngokubhekisele kwiQatar Airways ejonge ezinye iindawo ezintathu zaseMpuma Afrika, iqinisekisiwe.
Ukuphendula umbuzo ngexesha lenkomfa yakhe noonondaba, umphathi weQatar Airways u-Akbar Al Baker uqinisekisile ukuba iinqwelomoya eziya eMombasa kunye 'neSpice Island' yaseZanzibar ziya kuphehlelelwa ekuqaleni kuka-2012.
Ezona ndaba zibangel 'umdla sisicwangciso sokubhabhela eKigali ekufuneka sidlule ngendlela nge-Entebbe, nangamalungelo ezithuthi phakathi kwezi zixeko zibini. Kuyaqondakala ukuba iQatar Air izakufuna ukumilisela iindiza ezinjalo ngaphambi kokumiliselwa kweTurkey Airlines ngo-Epreli weIstanbul- Kigali.
Ngelixa eKigali kwezi ntsuku zizayo kuza kwenziwa iinzame zokuqinisekisa ukuma kweRwandAir kwezi zicwangciso kodwa kuyaqondakala ukuba ugunyaziwe wezokundwendwela waseUganda akaphikisani ngokusisiseko ngokunika iQatar Airways loo malungelo ezendlela.
Nokuba yeyiphi na le ndlela, luphawu oluqinisekileyo lokubona inqwelomoya eneenkwenkwezi ezi-5 ezinje ngeQatar Airways ejolise ekungeneni kwimakethi yaseMpuma Afrika ngokubanzi, ibonelela ngeendlela zokuhamba kubahambi abangenayo nabaphumayo abasuka kude eZanzibar, Mombasa naseKigali, ngaphandle kwabo Iindawo ezikhoyo ngoku eNairobi, Dar es Salaam nase-Entebbe.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Nokuba yeyiphi na le ndlela, luphawu oluqinisekileyo lokubona inqwelomoya eneenkwenkwezi ezi-5 ezinje ngeQatar Airways ejolise ekungeneni kwimakethi yaseMpuma Afrika ngokubanzi, ibonelela ngeendlela zokuhamba kubahambi abangenayo nabaphumayo abasuka kude eZanzibar, Mombasa naseKigali, ngaphandle kwabo Iindawo ezikhoyo ngoku eNairobi, Dar es Salaam nase-Entebbe.
- While in Kigali over the coming days an effort will be made to ascertain RwandAir's stand on such plans but it is understood that the Ugandan Civil Aviation authority is not fundamentally opposed to granting Qatar Airways such traffic rights.
- In response to a question during his press conference, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker confirmed that the flights to Mombasa and the ‘Spice Island' of Zanzibar will be launched in early 2012.
