Amaphoyisa alwa nodlame enhlokodolobha yezentengiselwano yaseTanzania Dar es Salaam Ubambe abantu abathathu abasolwa ngokuhlela imibhikisho ehhovisi leNxusa laseNingizimu Afrika befuna kudedelwe inkantolo Airbus Indiza i-A220-300 eboshwe eGoli ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule.
Ababhikishi babuthane ehhovisi lenxusa laseNingizimu Afrika eliseCentral Business District (CBD) e-Dar es Salaam bephethe izingqwembe befuna kudedelwe indiza entsha eyaboshwa ngomyalelo okhishwe yiNkantolo yesiFundazwe saseGauteng ovuna isimangalo esifakwe umlimi waseNingizimu Afrika osewathatha umhlalaphansi.
Bangaphezu kuka-100 ababhikishi abahlangene ezindlini zeNxusa laseNingizimu Afrika ngoLwesithathu ekuseni bephethe izingqwembe ezinemiyalezo eqondiswe kuhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi angenele engxabanweni futhi akhulule indiza yaseTanzania esanda kuthengwa.
Umkhuzi wamaphoyisa kaMasipala waseDar es Salaam uLazaro Mambosasa uthe udaba lwendiza selulungiswa yizikhulu zikahulumeni waseTanzania eNingizimu Afrika.
Okungenani abantu abathathu, okuthiwa ngabagqugquzeli balo mbhikisho, bagcine bevalelwe amaphoyisa ukuze baphendule amacala obugebengu bokuhlela umbhikisho ongagunyaziwe.
Akukho emthethweni ukubamba imibhikisho engagunyaziwe, imibuthano yomphakathi noma imibhikisho yasemgwaqweni eTanzania. Phambilini amaphoyisa axwayise ababhikishi ukuthi baphume endaweni yesigameko.
I-Air Tanzania ithole i-Airbus A220-300 yayo yokuqala, ebhaliswe njenge-5H-TCH, ngoDisemba 2018. Inkampani yezindiza ibe umqhubi wokuqala wase-Afrika walolu hlobo lwendiza kanye nenkampani yezindiza yesihlanu emhlabeni wonke enendiza yomndeni i-A220.
Indiza eshayiwe yethula uhambo lwayo lokuqala isuka eDar es Salaam ilibangise eGoli ngoJuni 28 nonyaka.
Le Airbus ibisetshenziselwa indiza esuka eGoli eya e-Dar es Salam izolo futhi yathathwa yiziphathimandla zaseNingizimu Afrika ngesinqumo senkantolo esivuna uMnu. Hermanus Steyn, umlimi odumile waseNingizimu Afrika owake waphatha ingxenye enkulu yomhlaba esifundeni sase-Arusha enyakatho. ITanzania kanye namaMaasai ahlala eKenya.
Imibiko evela eNingizimu Afrika ithi umlimi osewathatha umhlalaphansi wabamba ibhanoyi laseTanzania ngenhloso yokuphoqa uhulumeni waseTanzania ukuthi amkhokhele isinxephezelo esisasele sika-$33 million.
INingizimu Afrika ingenye yemizila ephezulu eyenza inzuzo yezinkampani zezindiza eziningi esifundeni saseNingizimu ne-Afrika eseMpumalanga. IJohannesburg iyindawo exhumanisa umoya ne-Australia kanye nogu lolwandle iPacific okuyizimakethe zezivakashi ezintsha nezizayo zaseTanzania nakwamanye amazwe aseMpumalanga Afrika.
I-Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) ibisebenzisana ne-Air Tanzania ukumaketha kokubili izindawo zokuvakasha nezamabhizinisi. INingizimu Afrika ngokwayo iwumthombo wemakethe yezivakashi ezingaba ngu-48,000 eziya eTanzania ngonyaka wamapeya, ikakhulukazi abavakashi nabahamba ngamabhizinisi.
Izibalo zakamuva ezisemthethweni zibonisa ukuthi izivakashi ezingaba ngu-16,000 ezivela e-Australia zavakashela eTanzania ngo-2017, ikakhulukazi ngokuxhuma emoyeni eGoli.
Futhi ngo-2017, iNew Zealand ibingumthombo wezivakashi ze-3,300 eTanzania ngenkathi iPacific Rim (iFiji, iSolomon Islands, iSamoa nePapua New Guinea) ilethe izivakashi ezingaba ngu-2,600.
Inkampani yezindiza yaseTanzania isabhekene nokuncintisana okunzima emzileni waseNingizimu Afrika nezinye izindiza zase-Afrika naseMpumalanga Ephakathi njengeKenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Turkish Airlines kanye neRwandAir, zonke ezihamba ngezindiza ezijwayelekile ezixhuma iDar es Salaam neJohannesburg.
I-Air Tanzania yasungulwa ngo-1977 ngemva kokuwa kwe-Regional East African Airways (EAA). Kuze kube muva nje eminyakeni emithathu edlule, inkampani yezindiza ibisebenza ngokulahlekelwa, ixhaswa kuphela uxhaso lukahulumeni.
Ngaphansi kohlelo oluphelele lwemvuselelo, inkampani yezindiza yayithole uxhaxha lwezindiza eziyisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa ama-Bombardier Q400 amathathu, ama-Airbus A200-300 amabili, i-Fokker50 eyodwa, i-Fokker28 eyodwa, kanye ne-Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner eyodwa.
