Ngabe indiza yendiza yesabelomali esihlangene ye-Air Arabia-Etihad isethwe ukuthi yehluleke kusukela ekuqaleni?

Izindiza ze-Etihad kanye I-Air Arabia umemezele ukuthi ngeke bakubambezele ukwethulwa kwenkampani ephethe izindleko eziphansi e-Q2 2020, Ukuhamba okunjalo kungabeka impumelelo yokubambisana engcupheni, ngokusho kochwepheshe bemboni.

Ukungalibazisi ukwethulwa kungaba ukusetha inkampani yezindiza ebiza izindleko ukwehluleka kusukela ekuqaleni. Esikhathini esifushane inkampani yezindiza ingahle ibonakale iyinselelo yezomnotho ngenxa yesidingo esiphansi samanje esibona izinkampani eziningi zezindiza ziqinisa imikhumbi futhi zifuna usizo kuhulumeni.

Ikusasa aliqinisekile kangako njengoba ubude bayo yonke imikhawulo yezokuvakasha buhlala bungacaci kahle. Covid-19 kumise ukuhamba kwamazwe omhlaba futhi nesinqumo sokungalibazisi ukwethulwa siyasoleka ngoba kungathatha isikhathi eside kuze kube yilapho imboni yezindiza ibuyisa uhlobo oluthile lokujwayelekile.

Ezinye izinkampani zezindiza zibambezele ukwethulwa ngenxa yemikhawulo yokuhamba nokungaqiniseki. IQatar Airways imemezele ukwethulwa kwemizila emisha yezindiza kuze kube nguJulayi kanti ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ithe lokhu kuzobuyiselwa emuva. Lokhu kunengqondo uma kubhekwa isimo samanje embonini yezindiza, kuphakamisa ukuthi i-Air Arabia ne-Etihad kufanele balandele.  

Inkampani yezindiza yesabelomali kufanele ibe yimpumelelo esikhathini esizayo uma ukwethulwa kuphathwa ngendlela efanele manje. Umqondo we-no-frills uvumela ukuhamba okungabizi kubahambi futhi unamandla okuphatha isabelo semakethe yezindiza njengoba kubonakala eYurophu. Ngokwemiphumela yocwaningo lwakamuva lwabathengi, ama-54% wabaphenduli be-UAE bathe ukutholakala kwemali kuyisisusa esikhulu lapho kuya eholidini.

I-UAE kulindeleke ukuthi ifinyelele ezingeni eliphakeme lokutheleleka emasontweni amane futhi uma lokhu kwenzeka, imikhawulo yokuhamba ingasuswa ngokushesha kunokulindelekile. Kodwa-ke, ukufunwa kohambo kuzothatha isikhathi ukusimama njengoba izihambi zizoba nokungabaza kanti amanye amazwe manje ancoma ukuthi angahambi unyaka wonke.

I-Air Arabia ne-Etihad kumele basabele ezibuyekezo zezindaba bese besabela ngokufanele ukuqinisekisa impumelelo yebhanoyi lendiza. Uma umkhakha wezindiza wase-UAE usamile eduze nokusungulwa, ukubambezela ukwethulwa kungaba lusizo.