LUANDA – Inkampani yezindiza ephethwe nguhulumeni wase-Angola, i-TAAG, ivinjwe ukuba indize iye e-European Union kusukela ngo-2007, inethemba lokuthi izophinde iqale lezo zindiza ngoJuni, kusho ilungu lekhomishana elawula le nkampani ngoLwesithathu.
Uhulumeni wase-Angola usanda kuxosha ibhodi ye-TAAG futhi wasungula ikhomishini ekhethekile esiza ukuhlela kabusha inkampani yezindiza futhi iyenze ihambisane nezindinganiso zokuphepha zomhlaba wonke.
Le nkampani yezindiza ilahlekelwe yirekhodi kusukela yavalwa ku-EU eminyakeni emibili edlule, ngawo lowo nyaka enye yezindiza zayo yaphahlazeka e-Angola, kwashona abantu abayisithupha.
"Senza umzamo futhi sisebenza kuzo zonke izindaba ezingahambisani nezinqubo ezinhle zamazwe ngamazwe," kusho u-Rui Carreira emazwini asakazwa emsakazweni wombuso i-Nacional de Angola.
"Kuzoba nokuhlolwa okusha kwe-EU ngoMeyi ... futhi inhloso yethu ukuthi i-TAAG iqale kabusha izindiza eziya e-EU ngoJuni."
Isizwe esinothe ngowoyela njengamanje siqasha izindiza zakwaSouth African Airways ukuze indize ziye e-EU. I-TAAG yathumela ukulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-$70 ngo-2008.
Ezinye izindiza zase-Europe ezifana neLufthansa, i-TAP yasePortugal, iBrussels Air, iBritish Airways kanye ne-Air France-KLM bazwakalise intshisekelo yokwakha ubudlelwano nenkampani yase-Angola, kusho ungqongqoshe wezokuthutha kuleliya lizwe u-Augusto Tomas etshela abeReuters.
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