I-Seychelles yamazwe ngamazwe iqinisekisiwe kwi-SNA (i-Seychelles News Agency) ukuba izakuqala ukusebenza kwayo ixesha elide ngenqwelomoya yokuqala ukuya kwisizwe esisesiqithini ngoSeptemba 10 kubahambi kunye nemithwalo.
I-airline yinkampani yabucala, eyabanini baseSeychellois enabaphathi beenqwelomoya ezikwiziqithi ezili-115 zeziqithi zolwandle lwasentshona Indian Ocean. Umphathi wayo omkhulu nguRobert Marie.
Umxholo wenqwelomoya wazalwa ngo-2011 xa i-Air Seychelles, umphathi wesizwe, yaqala ukuba neengxaki zemali ezikhokelela ekunciphiseni. UMarie, owayengumqhubi wenkampani ngelo xesha, wathi wayenexhala lokuba xa iAir Seychelles ithe yonakala, Seytshels ingabona imeko efanayo neye-1985 xa iBritish Airways, iAir France, kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya zazilawula kwisizwe esisesiqithini.
Ukuzama ishishini lokubhabha ngenqwelomoya, uMarie uthe utyalomali lwe-20 yezigidi ukuya kwi-50 yezigidi zeerandi lwenziwe ziibhanki zalapha ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe kunye nobambiswano nenkampani ese-France, i-EuroAfrica Trading. Inqwelomoya yokuqala eza kuqhutywa yiAirbus A340-600 eqeshiweyo yeyenkampani engaziwayo iya kuthwala igqiza labantu abangama-40 ukuya kudibana neqela lenkampani kunye namagosa aseburhulumenteni, kunye neetoni ezingama-30 zemithwalo.
UMarie uxelele inkomfa yoonondaba ngolwe-Sihlanu ukuba ngenxa ye COVID-19 bhubhane, inqwelo moya iya kugxila kwiinqwelo moya ukuqala. Ucacisile ukuba okwangoku kukho imfuno enkulu yokuhamba kwemithwalo kwihlabathi liphela.
“Asizukugxila kwiinqwelo-moya zabakhweli ngalo mzuzu ngaphandle kokuba kukho imfuneko okanye inqwelo-moya eqeshiweyo, eza kulandela zonke iinkqubo zesebe lezempilo. Sijonge ukuzisa imithwalo kweli lizwe njengoko siziva kwaye sinobungqina bokuba iSeychelles ifuna imithwalo, ”utshilo uMarie. “Iirhafu zemithwalo zisukile kwi- $ 1 kwaye ziye zafikelela kwi-14 yeedola ngokuxhomekeke kwiinqwelo-moya. I-airline yethu iqhuba uthethathethwano oluninzi ukuze sifumane umyinge ophantsi wempahla, nto leyo ethetha ukuba siyakwenza indima yethu ukwehlisa ixabiso lezinto zorhwebo. Sijolise kwizinga eliphakathi kwe- $ 3 kunye ne- $ 4.55, kuxhomekeke kwilizwe lokuzalwa, utshilo.
Isicwangciso sokuqala seSeychelles International Airways yayikukuhamba ngeenqwelomoya ixesha elide. Le misebenzi ngoku kulindeleke ukuba iqale ngeposi i-COVID-19. UMarie uchaze ukuba "ukusukela oko i-Air Seychelles ingahambi ixesha elide, andiboni khuphiswano malunga noku ngaphandle kwabanye abaphathi abaza kungena. Njengokuba isiseko sethu siza kuba lapha eSeychelles, siza kusebenza njengeziko. Ukuphuhlisa ihabhu, ngokomzekelo, singabhabha siye eFrankfurt, eJamani, sithathe abakhweli apho size nabo eSeychelles naseSeychelles siye kwenye indawo, ”utshilo. Le yinxalenye yesicwangciso sexesha elifutshane lenqwelomoya.
Njengenxalenye yesicwangciso sexesha elide senkampani, uMarie ufuna ukubona inqwelo moya iyeyona nto iphambili ekutsaleni iSeychelles kwaye ujonge nokwakhiwa kwesiphelo sendlela yezixhobo zangoku. Ngexesha lenkomfa yoonondaba, iqela lase-Seychelles International Airways likwadize uphawu lwenqwelomoya-oluvela kwenye yeentaka zeli lizwe-i-Seychelles blue pigeon. I-logo inombala obomvu obomvu, ekwangoyena ndoqo uphambili kwaye uqhubeka ngombala oluhlaza.
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