Ibhodi yoKhenketho yase-Afrika ithi ukuzibophelela kweQatar Airways kuyakunceda ukuqaliswa kwakhona kwezokhenketho eAfrika.
Ezi ziindaba ezimnandi zokuphuhliswa kwakhona kweshishini lokuhamba nokhenketho eZambia naseZimbabwe, utshilo uSihlalo weBhodi yezoKhenketho yase-Afrika uCuthbert Ncube
I-airline ibonakalise ukuzibophelela kwayo e-Afrika kulo lonke ubhubhane ikhule kakhulu kwinethiwekhi ngokudibanisa iindlela ezine ukuya e-Accra, Abidjan, Abuja, Luanda kunye nokuqalisa iinkonzo e-Alexandria, Cairo nase Khartoum zizisa iinyawo zayo kwiindawo ezingama-27 kumazwe angama-21. Kwangoko kulenyanga, iQatar Airways ikwasayine iIsivumelwano seNterline kunye neRwandAir ukunika abathengi ukufikelela okukhulu kuthungelwano oluhlanganisiweyo lwazo zombini iinqwelomoya.
I-Qatar Airways ngoku isebenza ukusuka e-Doha ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Kenneth Kaunda saseLusaka (LUN). Esi sesona sixeko sikhulu saseZambia neziko lezorhwebo.
ILusaka lisango lokuzibonela indawo yaseZambia eyindumasi yabakhenkethi esuka eVictoria Falls eyabelana neZimbabwe, kwiindawo zokugcina izilwanyana nakwiintlobo-ntlobo zezilwanyana zasendle.
Okwangoku, iHarare, idolophu elikomkhulu laseZimbabwe, iza kunikezelwa ngeRobert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport (HRE) ikwayindawo ekuyiwa kuyo ngenkcubeko etyebileyo, indawo yeLifa leMveli ebhalwe kuluhlu lwezinto zakudala, kunye neendawo ezahlukeneyo zendalo. Inqwelomoya yabuliswa eLusaka naseHarare kukukhahlelwa kweenkanunu zamanzi xa zifika.
U-Arvind Nayer, Ummeli weBhodi yoKhenketho yase-Afrika, kunye ne-CEO yeVintage ToureZimbabwe, kunye noCuthbert Ncube, uSihlalo we IBhodi yezoKhenketho yaseAfrika yamkele ulwandiso lwamva nje lweQatar Airways.
I-airline ibonakalise ukuzibophelela kwayo e-Afrika kulo lonke ubhubhane ikhule kakhulu kwinethiwekhi ngokudibanisa iindlela ezine ukuya e-Accra, Abidjan, Abuja, Luanda kunye nokuqalisa iinkonzo e-Alexandria, Cairo nase Khartoum zizisa iinyawo zayo kwiindawo ezingama-27 kumazwe angama-21. Kwangoko kulenyanga, iQatar Airways ikwatyikitye isivumelwano seRlineAir nesinika abathengi ukufikelela okukhulu kuthungelwano oluhlanganisiweyo lwazo zombini iindiza.
UMlawuli oyiNtloko weQatar Airways Group, oHloniphekileyo uMnu. Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “Sinezicwangciso ezibalaseleyo zeAfrika engomnye wemimandla yezoqoqosho ekhula ngokukhawuleza emhlabeni, ngokunyuka kwemfuno yabathengi kunye nobutyebi bendalo. Sibona amandla amakhulu kungekuphela nje kuhambo oluphuma eZimbabwe naseZambia, kodwa nakwizithuthi ezivela eIndiya, e-UK naseMelika. Sijonge ukomeleza amakhonkco orhwebo nokhenketho phakathi kweZimbabwe neZambia, kunye neendawo zokuya kuthungelwano lweQatar Airways, kwaye sikhule ngokuzinzileyo kwezi ndlela ukuxhasa ukubuyiswa kwezokhenketho norhwebo kulo mmandla. ”
Amashishini kunye nabarhwebi bayakuxhamla kumthwalo wenqwelo moya, ukuvumela ngaphezulu kweetoni ezingama-30 zomthwalo wempahla ngeveki, indlela nganye yokuxhasa ukuthunyelwa kwamazwe amabini anje ngemifuno kunye neentyatyambo ukuya kwiindawo kuthungelwano lweQatar Airways ezinje ngeLondon, eFrankfurt kunye INew York kunye namanqaku aliqela eTshayina. Ukungeniswa elizweni kuyakuba namayeza, amayeza kunye nezixhobo zetekhnoloji.