Iinqwelomoya ezimbini zokuqala ze-Uganda Airlines ebezilindelwe zifike kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Entebbe ngoLwesibini wama-23 kuTshazimpuzi ka-2019.
Iphethwe ngabo bonke abasebenzi baseUganda - uKapteni uClive Okoth, uKapteni Stephen Ariong, uKapteni Michael Etiang kunye noKapteni Patrick Mutayanjulwa, iinqwelomoya ezimbini zeCRJ900 Bombadier ezenziwe eKhanada zafika e-Entebbe International Airport malunga ne-09:30 iiyure ukuya kulwamkelo olukhulu. ikhokelwa ngoBekekileyo uMongameli wase-Uganda u-Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, elandelwa ngoo-VI P kunye noMphathiswa weMisebenzi noThutho (i-MoWT) oBekekileyo uMonica Azuba Ntege.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, wayalela ukuvalwa kweenqwelo moya ngo-2001, etyholwa ngokungalawulwa kakuhle, ityala kunye nokuphazamiseka kukarhulumente, uMongameli wayexolelanisa ngakumbi kwintetho yakhe.
"Abakhenkethi abaza eUganda bahlala bephazanyiswa kukuma kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezifana neNairobi, Addis Ababa neKigali."
"Kuza kwenzeka ntoni ukuba umkhenkethi angabhabha ngqo esuka e-UK aye e-Entebbe okanye ukusuka eGuangzhou ukuya e-Entebbe okanye ukusuka e-Amsterdam ukuya e-Entebbe?" Utshilo uMuseveni.
Umphathiswa we-MoWT, uNtege, uthe ingxaki yabantu baseUganda abahlawula amaxabiso aphezulu okuhamba sele isonjululwe.
“Abantu baseUganda baxhomekeke kwiinkampani zeenqwelo moya zangaphandle kodwa baneerhafu eziphezulu ngokungaqondakaliyo kunye neenkonzo ezingalunganga. Sisiqalo sexesha elitsha apho abantu baseUganda beza kufumana iinkonzo zomoya abazidingayo nezibafaneleyo, ”utshilo u-Azuba.
Nangona kunjalo uvumile ukuba ukwakha i-airline ayisiyonto ilula leyo. Uthe indlela engaphambili inzima kakhulu. Kodwa ukhawuleze ukongeza ukuba njengorhulumente, banendlela ecacileyo yokujonga ukuba iingxaki, ezinyanzele ezinye iinqwelomoya ukuba zivale ivenkile, aziphindi zenzeke.
Ewe, imithombo yeendaba zentlalo ibisoloko igcwele iingcali ngokuchasene nokuvuselelwa kweenqwelo moya.
Abo bachaseneyo abanakuthembela kurhulumente ukuba asebenze ngenqwelomoya, ekhankanya amava angaphambili ngeeUgirl Airlines ezingasasebenziyo kubandakanya zonke izinto ezenza ilahleko kulo mmandla, ngaphandle kwe-Ethiopian Airlines.
Abaxhasi bemvuselelo baxoxa ukuba iinqwelomoya ziyakuvala ishishini kunye noqhagamshelwano kwihlabathi liphela. Igqala uKapteni uFrancis Babu uthi 'ukuba ilawulwa ngokufanelekileyo, inkampani yeenqwelomoya ingadala ingqesho ecaleni kwekhonkco lonikezelo ukusuka kwiinjineli zabasebenzi bekhabhathi, ukuya kumafama asemaphandleni abonelela ngokutya kwicala lelizwe.
Ngokutsho kwebamba le-CEO ye-Uganda Airlines u-Ephraim Bagenda iijethi ezimbini eziseleyo ze-Bombardier ziya kuhanjiswa ngoJulayi noSeptemba ngokulandelelana emva koko inkqubo yoqinisekiso iya kuqhutywa nguGunyaziwe wezoPhapho kwi-Civil Aviation (CAA) ekhokelela ekukhutshweni kwesatifikethi somsebenzi womoya.
I-Uganda Airlines iza kuqala ngeendawo ezili-12 zommandla. Ziquka; ENairobi, Mombasa, Goma, Zanzibar, Dar es Salam, Harare, Mogadishu, Kigali, Kilimanjaro nase Addis Ababa. Inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya evuselelweyo yaseUganda iya kuba yeyokuqala ukuphatha i-CRJ-series Atmosphere cabin e-Afrika. I-airline izakusebenzisa i-CRJ900 kulungelelwaniso olukumgangatho ophakathi kunye nezihlalo zoqoqosho ezingama-76 kunye nezihlalo zokuqala ezili-12.
Ngokwemvelo, okokuqala ukuvuyisana noRhulumente wase-Uganda ngokuvuselela umthwali weflegi yelizwe nguJean-Paul Boutibou, uSekela Mongameli, uThengiso, uMbindi-Mpuma kunye ne-Afrika, i-Bombardier Commercial Aircraft ekuhanjisweni kweejethi kwikomkhulu eMontreal, eCanada, uthe 'siyavuya kuba inqwelomoya entsha ikhethe iBombardier kunye neejethi zengingqi zeCRJ900 ukuze ziqale."
Iinqwelomoya ezihamba umgama omde ziya kuqala ngo-2021 emva kokuba kuhanjiswe eyokuqala yee-Airbus A330-800 neo ngoDisemba 2020.
Ekuqaleni yasekwa phantsi kolawulo lwe-Idi Amin, emva kokuwa kwe-East African Airlines , i-Uganda Airlines yasekwa ngo-1976 njenge-National Carrier, imisebenzi yayiquka umhlaba ozuzayo kunye nokuphathwa kwempahla de kwagqitywa ngo-2001.
Ukuvuselelwa kwayo kuxhomekeke ekuchongeni iqela elinobuchule endaweni, ukubuyisa amanani ezokhenketho, amathuba amatsha kwicandelo leoyile kunye negesi okanye ukugcoba okuthandabuzekayo okuxhaswe kukuqinisekiswa nguMlawuli oyiNtloko owathi 'iinqwelomoya ezindala zaseUganda zasweleka saza sangcwaba, ngoku thina Unomntwana omtsha '.
