HARARE, Zimbabwe – Inkampani yezindiza yase-Angola, i-Linhas Aereas de Angola (Taag), ihlela ukwethula izindiza eziqondile njalo phakathi kwe-Harare ne-Luanda ngenxa yokwanda kwebhizinisi phakathi kwezwe ne-Zimbabwe.
Titus Chapfuguma, umphathintambo wenkampani yendizamtshina, uthi inhlelo lezi sezisezingeni eliphezulu.
Okwamanje, u-Taag undizela umzila kanye ngeviki.
"Sibheke izindiza ezintathu noma ngaphezulu ngesonto," kusho uChapfuguma.
Lokhu kuza ngesikhathi inkampani yezindiza eZimbabwe ecindezelekile, i-Air Zimbabwe, imise izindiza eziya e-Angola, kusale iTaag kuphela esebenza kulo mzila.
IZimbabwe ibixoxisana ne-Angola mayelana nezivumelwano zokutshalwa kwezimali kanti kulindeleke ukuthi izithunywa ziphume kuzo ngoMeyi.
Ngo-Agasti nyakenye, iMalawi Airline Limited (Mal) yamemezela izinhlelo zokuthi baqale kabusha izindiza eziqondile phakathi kweHarare neLilongwe.
Ngemuva kokuthi uMal emise izindiza ngo-2004 ngenxa yezinkinga zokusebenza, abahambi okwamanje bebexhuma phakathi kwamadolobha amabili adlula eGoli, eNingizimu Afrika, eLusaka yaseZambia naseNairobi, eKenya.
UMal - owasungulwa ngemuva kokuwa kwe-Air Malawi - uyibhizinisi elihlanganyelwe phakathi kukahulumeni wezwe, ophethe amasheya angama-51%, kanye ne-Ethiopian Airlines njengenhlangano yamasu okulingana enamasheya angama-49%.
Uhlelo lokuqalwa kabusha kwezindiza luvela ngemuva kweMalawi neZimbabwe ukusayina isivumelwano samazwe amabili, esibhekiswe embonini yezindiza kanye nomhlangano weSadc ozokuba seLilongwe.
"Naphezu kwezinkinga ze-Air Malawi, uhulumeni usebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uxhumanisa izindiza eziqondile neZimbabwe," ungqongqoshe wezokuThutha nokuSebenza koMphakathi eMalawi uSidik Mia ucashunwe esho kanjalo yiNyasatimes.
USimbarashe Mumbengegwi, ungqongqoshe wezangaphandle eZimbabwe, uthe isivumelwano sizodala isidingo somthamo emkhakheni wezokundiza.
“Kuzokwenza ukuhamba kube lula kulawa mazwe womabili kube kuvumela ukufinyelela ezimakethe okukhulu ukweseka ukukhula nokuncintisana emkhakheni wezokundiza,” esho.
Laba ozakwabo ababili nokho, abazange badalule usuku lokuphinda kuqalwe kabusha izindiza eziqondile.
Lokhu kuza ngesikhathi izindiza ezimbalwa zezifunda kanye nezamazwe ngamazwe seziqale kabusha izindiza eziya eZimbabwe ngemuva kokushiya izwe ngenxa yezinkinga zomnotho kanye nokuntengantenga kwezombusazwe eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
Muva nje, iCivil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) iveze ukuthi okwamanje izindiza ezili-13 zifika esikhumulweni sezindiza iHarare International Airport.
I-Air France-KLM iphinde yaqala kabusha izindiza eziya eZimbabwe ngonyaka odlule, ngemuva kweminyaka engu-13 ingekho ngenkathi iLam Mozambique yethula izindiza iHarare-Beira kanye neHarare-Maputo.
INKAMPANI enguzakwabo yeSouth African Airways (SAA), iSouth African Express Airways (SAA), yethule nezindiza eziqondile phakathi kweTheku, iNingizimu Afrika neHarare.
Ezinye izindiza okwamanje ezifika esikhumulweni sezindiza iHarare International Airport zihlanganisa iKenyan Airways, Air Botswana, Ethiopian Airways, BA Comair, Air Namibia, South African Airlink, Taag, Emirates kanye neZambezi Airlines.
I-Emirates yethula umzila waseHarare ngoFebhuwari kwathi iZambezi Airlines yaqala kabusha ngoMeyi.
Inengi lenkampani zendizamtshina kade lifaka izicelo zokuthola amalayisensi okusebenza emigwaqweni eye Air Zimbabwe osekunesikhathi eside ingasasebenzi.
