I-Dubai yethula ibhajethi yendiza

I-DUBAI - I-Gulf emirate yaseDubai imemezele ngoMsombuluko ukwethulwa kwendiza yokuqala yebhajethi yayo ebizwa ngokuthi i-flydubai, ezokhuphukela esibhakabhakeni ezinyangeni ezimbili naphezu kwezinkinga zezimali zomhlaba.

I-Flydubai izoqala ngezindiza eziya enhlokodolobha yaseLebanon i-Beirut ngoJuni 1 bese iya enhlokodolobha yase-Jordan i-Amman ngoJuni 2, usihlalo wenkampani uSheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum etshela izintatheli.

"Sizibophezele ekuletheni inketho entsha emakethe kanye nokukhulisa isabelomali sebhizinisi lesifunda sokuhamba ngendiza," kusho uSheikh Ahmed esithangamini nabezindaba.

“Lokhu kuzohlomulisa umnotho wethu, abantu bethu kanye nebhizinisi lezokuvakasha wonkana.”

I-Dubai yaqala ukumemezela ukusungulwa kwe-flydubai ngo-March 2008, enenhloko-dolobha yokuqala yama-dirham ayizigidi ezingu-250 (ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-67). Izosebenzisa izindiza ezimbili zesizukulwane esilandelayo i-Boeing 737-800 kuyo yomibili imizila yaseBeirut nase-Amman, kusho uSheikh Ahmed.

I-emirate ingumnikazi wenkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke eMpumalanga Ephakathi, i-Emirates, futhi inesikhumulo sezindiza esimatasa kakhulu esifundeni esasingatha abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-37 ngo-2008, okuwukunyuka ngamaphesenti ayisishiyagalolunye kusukela ngo-2007.

Inkampani yezindiza entsha izozinze e-Dubai Airport, lapho izosebenza khona kusukela ku-Terminal Two.

Kukhona okungenani ezinye izindiza ezine ezibhajethi ezisebenza esifundeni.

I-emirate engumakhelwane yaseSharjah isebenzisa i-Air Arabia, kuyilapho i-Jazeera Airways yase-Kuwait, isebenza futhi ivela e-Dubai nase-Kuwait, i-Bahrain Air indiza isuka eziqhingini ezingomakhelwane ze-Gulf, kanye ne-Nas isuka e-Saudi Arabia enothe ngowoyela.

Umnotho wase-Dubai owake wadlondlobala wakhahlanyezwa kanzima ngenxa yezinkinga zomnotho emhlabeni wonke ngenxa yokushoda kwemali emakethe yezikweletu zomhlaba wonke, okubangele ukwehla komkhakha wezindlu ezithengiswayo e-emirate.

I-International Air Transport Association (IATA) ngenyanga edlule ithe kwehle kakhulu ukuhamba ngezindiza ngoFebhuwari, njengoba amanani abagibeli emhlabeni wonke ehle ngo-10.1% ngaphansi kwamazinga aqoshwe ngonyaka owedlule, kanti ukuhamba kwezimpahla kwehle ngamaphesenti angama-22.1.

Abathwali baseMpumalanga Ephakathi kuphela abaphumelele lo mkhuba ngokukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angu-0.4 ezimoto zomhlaba wonke, kusho i-IATA.