Abase-Uganda bathole umbono wokuqala kwalaba ababili Izindiza zase-Uganda Izindiza ze-A330neo - i-A330-800 - ukukhishwa egcekeni ngemuva kokufaka uphawu ngemibala kazwelonke. Lokhu kuthunyelwe ekhasini le-facebook le-AirbusNeo330 nokuholele ekuphenduleni kwesasasa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Itwitter esekhasini lezindiza elisemthethweni e-Uganda ithe, "Kungekudala uGeneral Wamala (uNgqongqoshe Wezemisebenzi Nezokuthutha e-Uganda) uzohola ithimba eliya eFrance ukuyomaka leli nyoni."
Ngaphambi kokuvalwa nokuvalwa kwesikhumulo sezindiza i-Entebbe International Airport ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19, ibhanoyi lalindizela eNairobi, Mombasa, Dar es Salam, naseMogadishu futhi lalihlelele izikhumulo zezindiza iHarare, iKigali, iZanzibar neKilimanjaro njengengxenye yesifunda salo izindawo.
I-Uganda Airlines ihlela ukusebenzisa i-A330-800 ukwakha amanethiwekhi ayo aphakathi nendawo kanye namabhanoyi ngezindiza ezinikeza ubuchwepheshe obunqenqemeni nokusebenza okusebenzayo. Lokhu kuzokwengeza kumikhumbi ekhona yamamodeli amane weBombardier CRJ 900 Atmosphere cabin eyalelwa ngaphambi kokwethulwa kwenkampani yezindiza ngo-Ephreli 2019.
UCornwell Muleya, oyi-Acting CEO ye-Uganda Airlines, uthe banethemba lokuthi bazokwamukela le ndiza yezindiza ezimbaxa ebanzi ngoDisemba, ukubambezeleka okuncane ohlelweni lwangaphambilini luka-Okthoba 2020 - okwenza ukuthi kuqale izindiza zomhlaba ziye ngonyaka ozayo. UMuleya uthe, "Sikhombe ukuthi le ndiza siyithole ekoteni yokugcina yonyaka, okungenani ngoDisemba, ukuze ekuqaleni konyaka omusha sikwazi ukuqala ukusebenza kwethu."
Kube nokungaqiniseki ukuthi ngabe ama-oda azoqinisekiswa yini njengoba ubhadane lwe-COVID-9 lube nokuhambela amazwe omhlaba kume kancane.
Kodwa-ke, uMaleya esithangamini nabezindaba sangaphambilini ngaphambi komgubho wonyaka owodwa uthe inkampani yezindiza izoqhubeka nezinhlelo zayo zokwenza udumo ezwenikazi lase-Afrika nakwezinye izindawo.
“Izinhlelo zethu ziyaqhubeka futhi sisazibophezele kulokho esazibophezela ngakho ekuqaleni - ukuthi ngaphezu kokuthuthukisa amanethiwekhi ezifunda esesithuthukise kuwo ayisishiyagalolunye, sisenabanye abambalwa okufika kwabayishumi nesishiyagalombili noma abangamashumi amabili esikudingayo Afrika. Sithe sizokwelula inethiwekhi ezindaweni ezingamazwekazi; sifuna ukuya eLondon, sifuna ukuya eDubai, sifuna ukuya eGuangzhou nama-A330s. Njengesiqalo, sifuna ukuxhumana neNtshonalanga Afrika kanye ne-Afrika eseNingizimu lapho kudingeka khona lokho. ”
Ifakwe i-Airspace entsha yi-Airbus cabin, i-A330neo izoletha izinzuzo eziningi ku-Uganda Airlines nakumakhasimende ayo, inikeze ukusebenza okungenakuqhathaniswa okuhlanganiswe nekhabhathi lesimanje kakhulu.
I-A330neo inikwe amandla yizinjini zakamuva zakwaRoll-Royce zeTrent 7000 futhi ifaka iphiko elisha elinobude obukhulayo kanye namaSharklets amasha aphefumulelwe yi-A350 XWB. Leli gumbi lihlinzeka induduzo yezinsiza ezintsha ze-Airspace ezibandakanya ukuzijabulisa okwenziwe ngobuningi kwabagibeli kanye nezinhlelo zokuxhuma i-Wi-Fi, phakathi kokunye.
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