KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) – Indiza yeKenya Airways iBoeing 737-300 ibandakanyeke esigamekweni esenzeke esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Entebbe International Airport e-Uganda. Kodwa-ke, abagibeli abangu-113 kanye nabasebenzi abayisikhombisa abekho abekho abalimele noma abalimele abekho futhi akukho monakalo endizeni.
Esitatimendeni, iKenya Airways ithe ngenxa yemvula enamandla kanye nokungaboni kahle e-Entebbe, umshayeli wendiza wehlela phansi waze wangena emgwaqeni wezindiza, wacwilisa isondo ngenxa yalokho. "Isondo libe selishintshwa emizuzwini engu-35, indiza yaqala uhambo lokubuyela eNairobi inabagibeli abangu-66 nabasebenzi abangu-7," kusho isitatimende esikhishwe ehhovisi elikhulu lenkampani yezindiza eNairobi eKenya.
Le nkampani yezindiza indiza izikhathi ezingaphezu kwesihlanu nsuku zonke iya e-Entebbe, isikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe enhloko-dolobha yase-Uganda, iKampala, isuka esikhungweni sayo saseNairobi.
Enye yezindiza ezenza kahle kakhulu e-Afrika, umthuthi walahlekelwa enye yendiza yayo i-Boeing 737-700 eduze kwaseDouala eCameroon ngoMeyi 2007 engozini eyaholela ekufeni kwabagibeli nabasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-100.
Ngoxhaxha lwezindiza ezingama-23, iKenya Airways isiza abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2.5 ngonyaka futhi indizela ezindaweni ezingama-43 emazweni angama-36, okuhlanganisa amadolobha ase-Afrika yonkana, kanye ne-Amsterdam, London kanye nezindawo ezikhethiwe e-Asia, okuhlanganisa i-Dubai, i-Mumbai, i-Guangzhou, i-Hong. I-Kong ne-Bangkok.
Inkampani ethwala impahla iphethwe nguhulumeni waseKenya ngamaphesenti angama-23, amaphesenti angama-26 iRoyal Dutch KLM Airlines, kanti amaphesenti angama-51 aphethwe ngabantu abangaphezu kuka-80,000 nabatshalizimali bezikhungo ikakhulukazi abavela eKenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, Britain naseNetherlands. Isebenza ngekhodi share, inkontileka yokuphatha kanye nobudlelwano ne-KLM.
I-Kenya Airways ingenye yezinkampani ezintathu kuphela ezicashunwe kuzo zontathu izimakethe zamasheya zaseMpumalanga Afrika - iNairobi, iKampala neDar es Salaam.
Khonamanjalo, inkampani yezokuthutha yaseKenya ibhekene nomncintiswano onzima emizileni yayo esuka eNairobi iya e-Entebbe kusukela kwabasanda kungena i-Fly540 Aviation Kenya Airlines kanye ne-Air Uganda. I-Fly540 yethule izindiza ezimbili zansuku zonke phakathi kweNairobi ne-Entebbe kusukela ngomhlaka-27 Febhruwari, 2008 ngemali yohambo olulodwa yama-Us 79 dollar. Izinsizakalo zase-Uganda zilandele ukwethulwa kwezindiza eziya eJuba ekuqaleni kwenyanga efanayo.
Ekuqaleni indiza ye-ATR 42-320 turbo prop elayisha abagibeli abangu-48 isetshenziswa emzileni waseNairobi oya e-Entebbe. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi inkampani yezindiza izokwethula i-ATR 72-500 enkulu nayo enezinjini ze-turbo prop futhi izothwala abagibeli abangu-12 besigaba samabhizinisi nabangu-50 abasezingeni eliphezulu.
Ekhuluma ngokuthuthukiswa kwe-Fly540, uDon Smith, isikhulu esiphezulu sale nkampani, uthe, “Ukuduma kwezindiza zethu phakathi kweNairobi, Mombasa, Malindi, Lamu, Kisumu ne-Eldoret kwenze uhlelo lwethu lokusungula imisebenzi efanayo nakwamanye amazwe ase-Afrika.
Wengeze wathi, “I-Uganda kuzoba eyokuqala ochungechungeni lwamayunithi e-Fly540 ngalinye elizoba nendiza yalo esikhathini esizayo. Inhloso yethu ukuthi ekupheleni konyaka kube nokusebenza okusekelwe kumodeli waseKenya emazweni ayisishiyagalombili ase-Afrika.
Ekhuluma eKampala muva nje, isikhulu se-Uganda Airline, uPeter De Waal, uthe izingxoxo zisaqhubeka, mayelana nokuqashiswa kwendiza ethwala impahla. “Sixoxisana ngokuthi kungenzeka kuqashwe indiza ethwala impahla esesigabeni sokuzikhethela futhi sinomuzwa wokuthi sikhona isikhala salokho,” usho kanje.
Le nkampani, eyaqala ukundiza emzileni we-Entebbe-Nairobi ngoNovemba odlule, isingene ezivumelwaneni ezihlukahlukene ze-interline ezihloselwe ukuthuthukisa izinsiza zayo. Umphathi wendiza uphinde wamemezela ukuthi sebethuthe abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-22,000 selokhu baqala.
UDe Waal wengeze ngokuthi inkampani yezindiza iyahlolwa, ngemuva kwalokho izophothula izivumelwano ze-interline nezinkampani eziningi ezihlanganisa iSouth African Airways, KLM kanye neQatar Air.
Selokhu yasungulwa, inkampani yezindiza inesabelo semakethe esingamaphesenti angama-35 futhi ihlose ukwabelana ngamaphesenti angama-50 ngasekupheleni kuka-2008.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Enye yezindiza ezenza kahle kakhulu e-Afrika, umthuthi walahlekelwa enye yendiza yayo i-Boeing 737-700 eduze kwaseDouala eCameroon ngoMeyi 2007 engozini eyaholela ekufeni kwabagibeli nabasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-100.
- “The tire was subsequently changed in 35 minutes and the plane embarked on the return journey to Nairobi with 66 passengers and 7 crew members on board,” the statement issued from the airline's Nairobi head office in Kenya said.
- In a statement, Kenya Airways said that owing to heavy downpour and poor visibility in Entebbe, the pilot landed long and into the runway, deflating the tire as a result.
