I-airbus i-A340-300, i-Melchsee Frutt yamukelwe ngenkonzo yesintu ye-canon yamanzi lapho ifika esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Pointe Larue e-Seychelles.
Ngemva kohambo lwendiza oluthatha amahora angu-9 lusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseZurich, i-Edelweiss Air, ephethwe yi-Swiss International Air Lines futhi engaphansi kweLufthansa Group yafika ngo-10 ekuseni ngeSonto zingama-23 kuSepthemba 2018 igibele abagibeli abangaba ngu-300.
Ithimba elakhiwe izikhulu zikahulumeni eziphakeme kanye nezinye izicukuthwane bezikhona ukuzobona ukufika kwenkampani yezindiza yokuqala yaseSwitzerland ezosebenzisa indiza eSeychelles.
Kulo mcimbi kuphawulwe ukuba khona kukaNgqongqoshe wezeziMali, ezoHwebo, Ukutshalwa kwezimali kanye nokuHlelwa koMnotho uMnu. Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, owayengungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha owabamba iqhaza elikhulu ezingxoxweni.
Ukuhlonishwa ngokusikwa kweribhoni kunikezwe uNgqongqoshe u-Loustau-Lalanne, iNxusa leNxusa lase-Switzerland lase-Madagascar, i-Comoros kanye ne-Seychelles uNk. Sabine Jenkins kanye noMphathi Omkhulu we-Edelweiss Air uMnu Bernd Bauer.
UNobhala Omkhulu Wezokundiza Kwezindiza, Ezamachweba Nezasolwandle, uNobhala uGarry Albert kanye noNobhala Omkhulu Wezokuvakasha uNkk. Anne Lafortune baphelezele ungqongqoshe uLoustau-Lalanne.
Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sebhodi Lezokuvakasha laseSeychelles (STB) uNkk. Sherin Francis kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu Seziphathimandla Zezokuvakasha Zase-Seychelles uMnu. Gilbert Faure nabo bebeyingxenye yethimba.
Phansi abaculi nabadansi babebingelela abagibeli abehla endizeni bebazwisa umoya wokungenisa izihambi ngesiCreole, naphezu kwemimoya enamandla nezihlambi ezidlulayo.
Ngesikhathi kuqhubeka isithangami sabezindaba esisemthethweni, uNgqongqoshe u-Loustau-Lalanne walandisa ngomlando wobudlelwane phakathi kweSeychelles neSwitzerland. Uzwakalise ukwaneliseka kwakhe ngokuthi sekunendiza eqonde ngqo eSeychelles njengoba i-Air Seychelles iyekile ukukhonza umzila.
“Ukufika kwe-Edelweiss Air eSeychelles kuzoba negalelo elihle kakhulu emnothweni wethu. Izindiza eziqondile ezisuka e-Europe ziye endaweni zivumela izivakashi ukuthi zibe nesikhathi esengeziwe sokuvakashela futhi zijabulele imisebenzi ehlukahlukene yokuzilibazisa nezinkonzo ezweni lethu elihle,” kusho ungqongqoshe u-Loustau-Lalanne.
Ngasohlangothini lwakhe, i-Edelweiss Air Chief Executive Officer uMnu Bernd Bauer uthe uyaziqhenya kakhulu futhi ujabule ngokuba seSeychelles. Uphinde waveza ukuthi u-Edelweiss ukuza eSeychelles kube umphumela wohlelo olude lokuhlela.
“Inkampani ibisebenzisa indlela ecophelelayo mayelana nebhizinisi lokuvula umzila oya eSeychelles, uma kubhekwa ubukhulu bemakethe. Silindele ukuletha izivakashi ezingaba ngu-13,000 ngonyaka kanti amaphesenti angama-60 kuzo kufanele kube yizakhamuzi zaseSwitzerland.
Sizosebenza ngokususelwa endizeni eyodwa ngesonto okwamanje futhi sizobuyekeza isu uma isidingo sikhuphuka, ”kusho uMnu. Bernd Bauer.
Ukufika kwendiza yesithathu engami exhumanisa iSeychelles ne-Europe kwamenyezelwa ngoNovemba 2017.
