IRwandAir ezinze e-Afrika iveze ukuzethemba kwayo ekubuyiseleni imizila yayo njengoba amazwe emhlabeni wonke evula izikhala zawo zomoya nemingcele yezokuvakasha.
Setha ukuqalisa kabusha i- ukusebenza kwe-air Ekupheleni kwesonto elizayo, izikhulu zeRwandAir zithe zinesiqiniseko sokuthi isidingo sokuhamba ngendiza sizoqala kancane kancane njengoba amazwe elungiselela ukuvula imingcele futhi njengoba izindiza ziqala ukusebenza ngemuva kwezinyanga zokumiswa.
Inkampani ethwala ifulegi kazwelonke yaseRwanda izoqala ukusebenza ngo-Agasti 1, ngemuva kwezinyanga ezi-5 selokhu inkampani yamisa ukusebenza ngenxa Ubhadane lomhlaba wonke lwe-COVID-19.
U-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) waseRwanda uYvonne Makolo uthe ukubhukha sekuvele sekuzongena.
Abazali batshele abezindaba ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi isidingo sokuhamba ngendiza sizokhula kancane njengoba abagibeli bekhululeka ukuhamba ngalesi sifo esiyi-COVID-19.
Uvumile ukuthi kunokukhathazeka okukhulu kubagibeli ngalesi sikhathi, kodwa inkampani yezindiza ibeka izindlela ezahlukahlukene zokuqinisekisa ukuthi kuphephile ukuthi abagibeli bahambe.
Iziphathimandla zezindiza ziqinise imizamo yokunqanda ukusabalala kwezindiza ze-coronavirus lapho izindiza zabagibeli zibuyela esibhakabhakeni nalapho izindiza ziqala kabusha izindiza zasekhaya, zezifunda nezamazwe aphesheya.
"Sizibekele zonke izinyathelo njengoba kuyalelwe yi-ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organisation] kanye ne-WHO [World Health Organisation] ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abagibeli bethu kanye nabasebenzi baphephile lapho siqala ukusebenza," kusho abazali ebatshela abezindaba enhlokodolobha yaseRwanda iKigali.
AbakwaRwandAir bazophinda baqale izindiza zabo eziqala ngezindawo eziya e-Afrika naseDubai eMiddle East ngaphambi kokunyusa amaza okuya kwezinye izindawo njengoba kudingeka ukuhamba komoya.
Ngaphambi kokundiza, umgibeli ngamunye kuzofanele akhombise isitifiketi se-COVID-19 esingesihle noma ngabe bayafika, bayadlula, noma basuka eRwanda, kanti abagibeli abazohamba bazohlonipha zonke izindlela zokuphepha ezempilo, kungezwe ngabazali.
Abagibeli abahamba besuka esikhumulweni sezindiza saseKigali bazoqondiswa yizimpawu zokukhishwa ezisabalalisiwe ezizungeze isikhumulo sezindiza.
Ama-sanitizers azotholakala emadeskini okungena kuwo, ezindaweni zokubala, nasezindaweni zokulawula amaphasipoti, ngenkathi abagibeli bezokwamukelwa ngamakhamera okushisa asetshenzisiwe azungeze izindawo zokuhamba nezokufika ukusiza ukubona abantu abangaba ne-coronavirus.
Abasebenza esikhumulweni sezindiza babeke izivivinyo zokuzihlola ezitolo ezivumela abagibeli ukuthi bazihlole ngokwabo ngaphandle kokuhlangana nabenzeli bethikithi. Umgibeli angachitha isikhathi esingaphansi komzuzu owodwa esitodlwaneni.
Yonke ikhawunta yokungena ifakwe i-sanitizer ukuze kungabikho ukungcoliswa ngokusebenzisa ukuphatha imibhalo, futhi izibali zivikelwe ngama-viser glass.
Izihlalo endaweni yokulinda zizomakwa ukuqondisa abagibeli ukuthi bashiye isikhala semitha elilodwa phakathi kwabo bonke abanye abagibeli, okubavumela ukuthi bahloniphe izindlela zezempilo zokuqhelanisa umzimba. Abagibeli abafikayo bazohlonipha izindlela ezifanayo zokuphepha kwezempilo.
Ngenkathi besendizeni yeRwandAir, abasebenzi bazobe begqoke okokuvikela (PPE) kusuka kuma-gown kanye nezibuko kuya kumafektri nasemagilobheni.
Inqubo yokugibela izokwenziwa maqondana nezinyathelo zokuphepha ezibhekene ne-COVID-19, futhi izokwenziwa ngamaqembu amancane, iqale ngemuva kwendiza yonke iye phambili.
"Siqinisekise ukuthi indiza ihlanzwa kahle (nge-disinfection) ngemuva kwendiza ngayinye," kusho uMzali.
Uthe zonke izindiza zifakwe izihlungi zomoya ezisebenza kahle kakhulu (i-HEPA), eziqinisekisa ukuthi wonke amagciwane namagciwane akhishwa ekamelweni ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umoya wasekhabini uphephile ukuphefumula.
"Siguqule nemenyu yethu esikebheni ukuzama ukugwema ukuxhumana phakathi kwabasebenzi bethu nabagibeli," esho.
Inkampani yezindiza ibuye isebenzise inqubomgomo yocezu olulodwa lwekhabhathi lomgibeli umgibeli ngamunye ukuze kugwenywe isiminyaminya emaphaseji nabantu bathinta izikhwama eziningi kakhulu ebhodini.
Ochwepheshe abaningi bezokundiza kwezindiza bathi ukuhamba ibangana ebhodini akwenzi mqondo ngezindiza ezifuna ukwenza ibhizinisi phakathi nalolu bhubhane, futhi izikhulu zeRwandAir ziyavuma ukuthi kuzocishe kungenzeki.
“Ukuzihambela esikebheni kunzima kakhulu. Ekuqaleni, silindele ukuthi isiminyaminya sikhule kancane, ngakho-ke kuzoba nesikhala esanele ekuqaleni sokubheka ukuhamba komzimba, ”kuphawula abazali.
Bonke abagibeli bazovula izifihla-buso zabo kulo lonke uhambo lwabo lokuhamba, futhi bazokhuthazwa ukuthi balethe izifihla-buso eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka ukuzishintsha njalo emahoreni ama-4, ikakhulukazi labo abasezindizeni ezihamba isikhathi eside.
Izisebenzi zezindiza zizohlala zibulala amagciwane ezindaweni eziqinisekisa ukuthi zihlanzekile.
USilas Udahemuka, onguMqondisi Jikelele weRwanda Civil Aviation Authority, uthe zonke izindiza zamazwe angaphandle eziyi-8 ezindiza eKigali zifake izicelo zokuvula kabusha ukusebenza.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Inqubo yokugibela izokwenziwa maqondana nezinyathelo zokuphepha ezibhekene ne-COVID-19, futhi izokwenziwa ngamaqembu amancane, iqale ngemuva kwendiza yonke iye phambili.
- Set to resume its air operations at the end of next week, RwandAir officials said were confident that demand for air travel will gradually pick up as countries prepare to open up borders and as airlines resume operations after months of suspension.
- “We have put all measures in place as directed by ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organization] and WHO [World Health Organization] to make sure that our passengers and staff are safe when we resume operations,” Makolo told the media in Rwanda's capital Kigali.
