Inhlekelele ebilindelwe isikhathi eside abasebenzi abaningi bemboni yezokuvakasha nezokungcebeleka abebeyilindele ukuthi igadle eVirgin Nigeria isigcine yenzeka. Izindaba ezimbi zomuntu ophethe ifulegi lesizwe zavezwa obala ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule, ngoJanuwari 9, 2009, lapho kumenyezelwa ukumiswa kwezindiza eziya eLondon naseGoli, imizila engenisa imali eNingizimu Afrika.
Ukukhululwa okusayinwe ngumphathi wezindaba wenkampani yezindiza, uSamuel Ogbogoro uthe ukumiswa kuzoqala ukusebenza kusukela ngoJanuwari 27, 2009.
Ngokusho kokukhishwa, isinqumo sokumisa zombili lezi zinsizakalo siwukuvumela inkampani yezindiza ukuthi ibuyekeze yonke imisebenzi yayo yebanga elide ehlanganisa ukunikezwa kwemikhiqizo yayo kule mizila.
“Okwamanje, sigxile ekuhlanganiseni nasekuqhubekeni nokwandisa imisebenzi yethu yendiza yasekhaya neyesifunda enenzuzo. Uma ukubuyekezwa komkhiqizo omude sekuqediwe, siqinisekile ukuthi sizobuyela emizileni emide,” kusho u-Ogbogoro.
Ngakho-ke abaphathi benkampani yezindiza baqinisekise amakhasimende abo athembekile ohlelweni lwe-Eagleflier athole amamayela kusuka ezindizeni zalo ezithatha isikhathi eside ukufaneleka kwamamayela bethi uhlelo lusamile.
Inkampani yezindiza ithi iyaxolisa nganoma yikuphi ukuphazamiseka okungase kudaleke amakhasimende ayo ahlonishwayo nokuthi sekunezinhlelo zokuthi kuphinde kuvikelwe amakhasimende athintekile kwamanye amankampani ngaphandle kwezindleko ezengeziwe kubagibeli.
Khonamanjalo, umthombo osondelene nenkampani yezindiza utshele ezinye izinhlangano zabezindaba ukuthi isigameko sokugcina senzeke ngesikhathi ibhange lale nkampani, i-United Bank for Africa Plc [UBA], ifuna kulungiswe kabusha ukusebenza kwe-Virgin Nigeria okwaphoqa inkampani yezindiza ukuthi imise ukuhamba kwayo okude ukuya. I-London kanye neGoli kusukela mhla zingama-27 kuMasingana 2009, kusalindwe ukubuyekezwa kwemisebenzi yayo yamazwe ngamazwe.
Olunye uphenyo lwe-travelafricanews.com luveze ukuthi iVirgin Nigeria yaphoqeleka ukuthi imise izindiza zayo eziya eLondon naseGoli yi-UBA ngenxa yokukhula kwesikweletu senkampani yezindiza esifinyelela ezigidini ezimbalwa zamaRandi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, imiphumela engemihle yokusebenza, izindleko ezikhuphukayo, kanye nenani elandayo labaqhudelana nabo emzileni ohamba ibanga elide kwenza kwaba nzima ngeVirgin Nigeria ukuhlangabezana nezibopho zayo zezikweletu ku-UBA, ephethe ingxenye encane yamaphesenti angaphansi kwayisithupha enkampanini yezindiza.
Umbiko uphinde waveza ukuthi i-UBA icabanga ukuthi uma i-Virgin Nigeria ishintsha isu layo lebhizinisi ngokugxila kakhulu ekuthatheni kancane izindiza zasekhaya nezesifunda njengenkampani yezindiza ebiza kancane, ingakhuphula isabelo sayo semakethe futhi ibe nenzuzo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Yize lezi zindaba zingazange zimangele ngoba abantu abaningi baseNigeria babazi kudala ukuthi inkampani yezindiza ayikwazi ukuncintisana nezinkampani ezifana neBritish Airway, iSouth African Airways, izindiza zaseYurophu kanye neVirgin Atlantic. Njengoba i-frequency eyodwa kuphela yokuya e-London nenye eya eGoli nsuku zonke, kwakungeke kube yinzuzo enkampanini yezindiza.
Ngaphezu kokumiswa kwemizila yayo yamazwe ngamazwe, ingxenye yohlelo lokuhlela kabusha olwaqalwa yi-UBA iphinde yaphoqa i-Virgin Nigeria ukuthi idilize ezinye zezisebenzi zayo.
Ezinye izinyathelo zifaka phakathi isinqumo senkampani yezindiza sokungathengi ngokuqondile indiza yayo entsha sha i-Embraer eyalelwe eBrazil. Esikhundleni salokho, i-UBA yeluleke ngokuthi ibaqashise ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sokuqashisa esimanzi njengendlela yokonga imali.
IVirgin Nigeria yethula indiza yokuqala ye-Embraer ngoSepthemba ngonyaka odlule. Kusukela lapho, abanye ababili sebekhishiwe emgqeni womhlangano belinde ukulethwa eVirgin Nigeria. Inkampani yezindiza ngo-2007 yafaka ama-oda ezindiza eziyi-10 ze-Embraer.
Okungezwe kulokhu isincomo se-UBA sokumisa ukuthengiswa kwamaphesenti angama-42 emali ye-Virgin Atlantic endizeni yezindiza yaseNigeria, kusalindwe ukuthuthukiswa kwesimo somnotho.
IVirgin Atlantic njengamanje inamaphesenti angama-49 eNcasakazi yaseNigeria, kodwa ikhombise isifiso sayo sokuhlukanisa amaphesenti angama-42 emali yayo enkampanini ngasekupheleni kuka-2007 ngokubekwa kwangasese.
Kodwa-ke, i-Virgin Atlantic, ngabe iqhubekile nokuhlinzeka ngosizo lwezobuchwepheshe nokuphatha eNcasakazi yaseNigeria ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sezinsizakalo zobuchwepheshe, kodwa isalokhu ifisa ukushiya ngokuphelele ukutshalwa kwezimali kwayo.
Okwamanje, kunenkulumo ethi i-UBA ihlangane nabaphathi beVirgin Atlantic ukuze kubuyekezwe isivumelwano sezinsiza zobuchwepheshe esikhona neVirgin Nigeria nayo ekholwa wukuthi imigomo ayivuni inkampani yezindiza yaseNigeria futhi imosha imali eyitholayo.
Ephendula esimemezelweni senkampani yezindiza, umqondisi jikelele weNigerian Tourism Development Corporation [NTDC], u-Otunba Segun Runsewe, inkampani yezokuvakasha kuleliya lizwe engxoxweni yocingo ne-travelafricanews.com, uthe, "INigeria idinga inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke ezokweseka. yesikhungo sayo sokumaketha, ukukhangisa nokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha.”
Kwabanye abasebenza embonini, kuyadida ukuthi imakethe enkulu kangaka efana ne-Virgin Nigeria yehlulekile ukusebenzisa ubumnandi bemizila yaseLondon/Lagos noma yase-Abuja kanye nemizila yaseGoli/Lagos. Abaningi bathi ukwehluleka kweNcasakazi yaseNigeria kungenxa yobudedengu nokungabi nangqondo kwabaphathi bayo kanye nokubasola ngokubeka izinto eziza kuqala ngokungafanele.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule inkampani yezindiza isebenzisa imizila yaseLondon kanye naseGoli, inkampani yezindiza ayizange yenze noma yiziphi izinqumo eziphusile zokumaketha. Kuphakathi kokuthi ixhasa imicimbi yomculo, noma ithatha abalingisi nabalingisi ohambweni olungakhiqizi phesheya.
Khonamanjalo, izikhulu zezokuvakasha emikhakheni ezimele nekahulumeni zinxuse inkampani yezindiza ukuthi ihambele imicimbi emikhulu yezokuvakasha e-Afrika naseYurophu okungenani ukuze ifunde ukuthi ingaqhamuka kanjani namaphakheji azothuthukisa izinsizakalo zayo ezingenambala kanye nokusebenza kwe-flap.
Nokho, akumangalisi ukuthi izikhulu ze-Virgin Nigeria azikwazanga ukumaketha iNigeria kuma-Diasporas, ziqhudelana kakhulu nezindiza zaseBrithani ezizinze kahle. Kwabaningi abasemkhakheni wezindaba wezokuvakasha eNigeria, bekuyindaba yokuthi inkampani yezindiza izohamba nini emizileni ngaphambilini kodwa hhayi ukuthi izohamba kanjani.
Ngokudabukisayo, i-Virgin Nigeria ngabe yaba yinto yesikhathi esidlule, ukube bekungengenxa yokufihlwa kwayo—yayithokozela kwabezindaba ezweni njengenkampani yezindiza engenampilo, ikakhulukazi izintatheli zezindiza.
Njengoba cishe abantu baseNigeria abayizigidi ezine abahlala e-United Kingdom kuphela, kanye nenani elikhulu labantu baseNigeria eNingizimu Afrika, kungani umthwali wefulegi waseNigeria engakwazi ukuhamba ngaphezu kokundiza nsuku zonke eya ezindaweni ezishiwo ngenhla?
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