UmTopiya uqokwe Inkampani Yezindiza Yase-Afrika Yonyaka

I-Ethiopian Airlines, okuyinkampani yezindiza enkulu kunazo zonke nenenzuzo kakhulu e-Afrika, iyakuthokozela ukumemezela ukuthi iqokwe njengeNkampani Yezindiza Yase-Afrika Yonyaka yiNhlangano Yezindiza Yase-Afrika kuMhlangano Omkhulu Wonyaka Wawo wama-46 owawuse-Algiers phakathi kukaNovemba 9-11, 2014.
I-Ethiopian yaklonyeliswa njengeNhlangano Yezindiza Yonyaka ngenxa yemiphumela yayo emangalisayo ngo-2013, inzuzo engaguquki, kanye namasu aphusile, ayenze yakwazi ukwakha ubudlelwano obuphumelelayo nezinye izinkampani zezindiza zase-Afrika. Sekungunyaka wesithathu lona ongowokudabuka e-Ethiopia eqhubeka nokuthola le ndondo kwa-AFRAA.

Lapho ethola umklomelo, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Ethiopian Group u-Tewolde Gebremariam waphawula: “Sihlonipheke kakhulu ngalokhu kuhlonishwa yizinkampani zezindiza ezingodadewethu e-Afrika. Umklomelo uya, okokuqala nokubaluleke kakhulu, kubasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-8,000 base-Ethiopia, abasebenza kanzima nsuku zonke ukuze banikeze izinsizakalo ezihamba phambili emhlabeni nasemoyeni kumakhasimende ethu ayigugu. Siphinde sibonge amakhasimende ethu ngokusinika ithuba lokuwasiza nokuhamba ngobuningi babantu base-Ethiopia. Kuphinde kube wubufakazi bokuzwakala kwesu lethu le-Vision 2025 elisheshayo, elinenzuzo neliqhubekayo.

Nakuba i-Afrika ibhalisa ukukhula okusheshayo komnotho nezokuvakasha, lokhu kukhula kuzuzisa kakhulu abathwali abangewona ama-Afrika. Izikhathi ziyinselele ngempela ezinhlanganweni zezindiza zase-Afrika, ukusinda kwazo kusengozini, ngaphandle uma izinto ezimbili zenzeka ngokushesha okukhulu.

Okokuqala, abathwali base-Afrika kumele babheke ngaphakathi ezwenikazi ukuze basebenzise izinsiza ezikhona zangaphakathi ukuze bakhe ukuhlangana ngokubambisana ngokubambisana phakathi kwabo. Namuhla, i-Afrika ineZikhungo Zokuqeqeshwa Kwezokundiza ezisezingeni lomhlaba, izikhungo ze-MRO kanye nobuchwepheshe bokuphatha. Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi kunamathuba amaningi okujula kwezentengiselwano, ezobuchwepheshe kanye nezinye izinhlobo zobambiswano phakathi kwabathwali base-Afrika.

Okwesibili, i-Afrika kumele ibe yimakethe eyodwa ebumbene ngaphandle kwemikhawulo yezindiza zase-Afrika. Ukuhlukana okuqhubekayo kwesibhakabhaka sethu kuzuzisa kuphela abathwali bamazwe angaphandle futhi kuzoholela ekufeni kwethu okuthile. Ohulumeni base-Afrika kumele bathathe isinyathelo manje futhi ngokushesha ukuhlanganisa isibhakabhaka sase-Afrika, okuzophinde kufake umfutho omkhulu ekudidiyelweni komnotho wezwekazi.

I-Ethiopia iyinkampani yenethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke ye-Pan-African njengamanje ekhonza izindawo ezingama-84 zamazwe ngamazwe kuwo wonke amazwekazi angu-5 ngezindiza zansuku zonke ezingaphezu kuka-200 zisebenzisa izindiza zobuchwepheshe zakamuva ezifana nama-B777 nama-B787. Ngo-Agasti 2014, iphinde yathola imiklomelo ye-Passenger Choice njengeNkampani Yezindiza Ehamba Phambili e-Afrika ocwaningweni olubanzi kakhulu lwabagibeli embonini.