(eTN) – Kwamukelwe ulwazi lokuthi isevisi ye-Egypt Air phakathi kweCairo idlula e-Khartoum iya eJuba, phambilini ibisebenza kabili ngesonto, imisiwe unomphela.
Ngenkathi kukhulunywa 'ngokuqalwa kabusha kwezindiza esikhathini esizayo' lokhu kucatshangelwe ngokuthi 'okubi' ngumuntu wezindiza e-Juba ongeze wathi: 'bahlulekile ukuheha isabelo semakethe. Ukuthutha kwabo usuka eCairo kuqala ukuya eKhartoum kugxeke lo msebenzi ngokungaphumeleli. Thina baseNingizimu manje sesibheke ekuzimeleni futhi ukuphoqwa ukuthi sidlule eKhartoum akuyona into abaningi bethu abayithandayo. Isikhathi sendiza naso sibi. Uma kukhona ukubambezeleka, futhi kube kuningi, indiza esuka e-Khartoum iya e-Juba ayikwazi ukusebenza kalula ngoba i-Juba ivulekele ukusebenza emini kuphela. Ngakho-ke ngesikhathi esithile babesuka eKhartoum bandize baphindele eCairo bese behlisela abagibeli eJuba futhi babamise endaweni enobutha. Okungenani kuze kube yi-09th July sisenawo amapasi afanayo kodwa kuthiwani ngemva kwenkululeko, abantu bakithi bazodinga i-Visa futhi baphathwe njengezinhloli noma kabi'.
Muva nje kusanda kufakwa umbiko mayelana nezinsolo ezinkulu zokungaphathwa kahle nokucwasa okwenziwa ngabahambi baseSouthern Sudan kule ndiza ngabasebenzi besikhumulo sezindiza saseCairo, lapho betshelwa ukuthi ukubambezeleka kuzoholela ekutheni bangahambi nhlobo njengoba indiza izohamba nje kude le eKhartoum. Ngenkathi lezi zindaba zisabalala lokhu kwacishe kwacishe kwabulala abantu kulo msebenzi, ngaphandle kwezinxushunxushu zezombangazwe zakamuva e-Egypt lapho kungekho muntu owayefuna ukuhamba edlula eCairo kunemithetho yewashi kanye nokukhanselwa kwendiza okwande kakhulu.
Akunasiqiniseko sokuthi i-Egypt Air ingase iqale nini futhi nini izindiza eziya eJuba, kodwa kungenzeki ngaphambi kokuba ithole inkululeko - okumele ikhokhwe zingama-09 kuJulayi - bese kuba yinkonzo enganqamuki eshiya ngaphandle eKhartoum, ngoba uma kungenjalo umzila ubuzophinde ube ngaphansi kwe. zonke izinkinga ezifanayo manje eziholele 'ekumisweni' kokusebenza.
Buka lesi sikhala ukuze uthole izindaba ezihamba phambili zezindiza ezivela eMpumalanga Afrika nasesifundeni sase-Indian Ocean.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- It is not sure if and in fact when Egypt Air may resume flights to Juba, but not likely before independence – due on 09th July – and then only as a non-stop service leaving out Khartoum, as otherwise the route would again be subject to all the same issues which now led to the ‘suspension' of operations.
- Only recently was a report filed here over massive allegations of mistreatment and racist comments being made towards Southern Sudanese travellers on this flight by Cairo airport staff, when they were told the delay would result in them not travelling at all as the flight would only go as far as Khartoum.
- When these news spread this was almost the death knell for the operation, besides the recent political upheavals in Egypt when no one wanted to travel via Cairo with curfews in place and flight cancellations galore.
