UMongameli waseSeychelles uJames Michel uvakashele ikomkhulu le-Air Seychelles esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe namhlanje ekuseni, lapho ehlangane khona neBamba likaSihlalo weNxusa uMaurice Loustau Lalanne kanye nabasebenzi beminyango eyahlukene ukuze akhulume nabo ngomsebenzi wabo kanye noshintsho olwenzeka esikhumulweni sezindiza. inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke, kanye nobunzima bezezimali ekusebenzeni kwayo.
“NjengoMongameli wase-Seychelles angisoze ngakuyeka inkampani yethu yezindiza… Ziningi izinselelo namuhla, futhi beziningi esikhathini esidlule, futhi size sazinqoba. Namuhla ngiyaziqhenya nge-Air Seychelles,” kusho uMongameli Michel kubasebenzi bezigaba ezahlukene ze-Air Seychelles ebhodini.
UMongameli ubonge abasebenzi base-Air Seychelles ngokusebenza kwabo ngokuzikhandla nokuzinikela futhi wathi uzobanika konke ukwesekwa abakudingayo ukuze babe nomsebenzi ophumelelayo embonini yezindiza.
Izinkinga zezimali ze-Air Seychelles kube yindaba yokuqagela kuleli sonto futhi uMongameli uqinisekise abasebenzi base-Air Seychelles ukuthi uhulumeni uzoqhubeka nokweseka ukuphepha kwabo emsebenzini.
“I-Air Seychelles iyisizinda somkhakha wethu wezokuvakasha… ngingakuqinisekisa ukuthi izosinda. Izisebenzi zase-Seychellois ngeke zilahlekelwe yimisebenzi yazo, futhi sizoqinisekisa ukuthi inkampani iyachuma ngezinhlaka ezintsha zokuphatha ezizoqala ukusebenza… Kufanele sihambise umoya wethu wesiCreole emhlabeni wonke… Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi i-Air Seychelles izoqhubeka nokwenza kanjalo.”
Ngemva kokuvakasha kwakhe ekomkhulu le-Air Seychelles, uMongameli waphawula ukuthi imboni yezindiza emhlabeni wonke ibhekene nezinkinga ezifanayo nenkampani yezindiza kazwelonke, nokuthi ezimweni eziningi, ukungenelela kukahulumeni kwakudingeka.
“Akuqali ukuthi i-Air Seychelles ilahlekelwe futhi ibhekane nezinkinga zezimali. Kwenzeke esikhathini esidlule lapho bekunesiyaluyalu somnotho emhlabeni wonke, futhi sabunqoba lobu bunzima... Izinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni wonke zibhekene nokuncipha kwemisebenzi, nokuhlanganiswa kwezinkampani ngenxa yezinkinga zomnotho, isikhathi esinzima embonini yezindiza, futhi lokho kungani ohulumeni abaningi, njengeNdiya, iTanzania, neMauritius, nabanye emhlabeni wonke, bengenela ngosizo lwezimali ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi izinkampani zabo zezindiza zikazwelonke ziyaqhubeka nokundiza. Izinkampani zezindiza eziningi ziwile, kodwa lo hulumeni ngeke akuvumele lokho kwenzeke. Sizoqhubeka nokweseka i-Air Seychelles,” kusho uMengameli uMichel.
Esihlokweni somncintiswano obhekene ne-Air Seychelles, ngokwanda kwenani lezindiza ze-Emirates kanye ne-Qatar Airways, uMongameli uthe lokhu kuzoba yinselelo ye-Air Seychelles nokuthi kuzokwenziwa umsebenzi wokunciphisa umthelela enkampanini.
“Uma ngibheka umqhudelwano i-Air Seychelles ebhekene nawo, kufanele ngicabangele izidingo [ze]mboni yezokuvakasha kanye nomnotho waseSeychelles. Sinamahhotela amaningi, izindlu zezivakashi, nosomabhizinisi abahlomulayo embonini yezokuvakasha. Kufanele sibhekane namaqiniso; I-Air Seychelles ayikwazi ukuletha izivakashi eSeychelles iyodwa, futhi uma kwenzeka, amahhotela amaningi azobe engenalutho. Yingakho sidinga izindiza ezivamile ezivela kwezinye izinkampani zezindiza ukuze sigcwalise amahhotela nezindlu zezivakashi. I-Air Seychelles isenezinzuzo eziningi zokuncintisana ngezindiza zayo eziqondile ezisuka e-Europe okudingeka izenzele imali ngazo. ”
