I-Ethiopian Airlines izoqala kabusha i-Addis Ababa iya eSingapore indiza eqondile

I-Ethiopian Airlines imemezele ukuthi izoqala kabusha izinsiza eziqondile eSingapore ngomhla zingama-25 kuNdasa wezi-2023.

Indiza izosebenza kane ngesonto ngendiza i-Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Mayelana nokuqalwa kabusha kwezindiza, isikhulu esiphezulu seQembu lase-Ethiopia uMesfin Tasew uthe: “Sijabule ngokuqhubeka nomsebenzi wethu eSingapore, owamiswa ngoMashi 2020 ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID. Indiza izophinde yandise inethiwekhi yethu e-Asia futhi idale ukuxhumana kwezindiza kubagibeli abahamba phakathi kwe-Afrika neSingapore. Indiza entsha izophinde futhi yenze lula ubudlelwano bezohwebo, ukutshalwa kwezimali, kanye nezokuvakasha phakathi kwe-Afrika neSingapore. Ngokuhambisana nohlelo lwethu lokukhulisa inethiwekhi yethu emhlabeni jikelele, sizoqhubeka nokuvula imizila emisha yokuthuthukisa ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-Afrika nomhlaba wonke ngokusebenzisa i-Addis Ababa.”

U-Lim Ching Kiat, uMqondisi Ophethe we-CAG we-Air Hub Development, uthe, “Sijabule kakhulu ukwamukela. Ama-Ethiopian Airlines kuya I-Airport ye-Changi futhi. I-Ethiopian Airlines ivotelwe ngokungaguquki njengeNkampani Yezindiza Ehamba Phambili e-Afrika, futhi inethiwekhi evela esikhungweni sayo sase-Addis Ababa ixhumene nezindawo ezingaphezu kwama-63 ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. Le ndiza phakathi kwe-Singapore ne-Ethiopia izonikeza izinketho eziningi zokuhamba kubagibeli abavela esifundeni sethu ukuvakashela e-Afrika. Kubantu abaningi baseSingapore, i-Ethiopia nayo ingaba yindawo entsha yokuvakasha ethokozisayo njengoba inezindawo eziningi ezikhangayo kusukela kumasayithi omlando afana ne-Axum kuya endaweni yemvelo emangalisayo njengezintaba zaseSimien kanye nezimpophoma zeBlue Nile.”

Isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Changi sase-Singapore singesinye sezikhungo zezindiza ezinkulu zomhlaba ezinengqalasizinda yakamuva yesikhumulo sezindiza kanye nezinsiza ezihamba phambili zokudlulisa ihabhu. I-Singapore nayo ingelinye lamahabhu amakhulu ezezimali emhlabeni.

I-Ethiopian Airlines, eyake yabizwa nge-Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL), iyinkampani ephethe ifulegi lase-Ethiopia, futhi ingaphansi kukahulumeni wezwe lonke.

I-EAL yasungulwa mhla zingama-21 kuZibandlela 1945 futhi yaqala ukusebenza ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuMbasa 1946, yadlulela ezindizeni zamazwe ngamazwe ngo-1951. Le femu yaba inkampani yamasheya ngo-1965 futhi yashintsha igama layo isuka e-Ethiopian Air Lines yaba yi-Ethiopian Airlines.

Inkampani yezindiza ibiyilungu le-International Air Transport Association kusukela ngo-1959 kanye ne-African Airlines Association (AFRAA) kusukela ngo-1968. U-Ethiopia uyilungu le-Star Alliance, ujoyine ngo-December 2011. Isiqubulo senkampani sithi The New Spirit of Africa.

Isikhungo nekomkhulu labantu base-Ethiopia lise-Bole International Airport e-Addis Ababa, lapho isebenzela khona inethiwekhi yezindawo ezihanjelwa abantu abangu-125—ezingu-20 zazo ezasekhaya—kanye nezindawo ezingu-44 zokuthutha impahla.

Inkampani yezindiza inezindawo zesibili eTogo naseMalawi. I-Ethiopian iyinkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke e-Afrika ngokuya ngabagibeli abathwalwayo, izindawo ezihanjiswayo, usayizi wendiza, nemali engenayo.