I-TAAG Angola Airlines ithenga indiza ye-Boeing 777-300ER

WASHINGTON - Inkampani ephethe ifulegi kazwelonke yase-Angola, i-TAAG Angola Izindiza (i-Linhas Aereas de Angola) ithenga indiza ye-Boeing 777-300ER enezinjini ze-GE90 esizwa yisiqiniseko semalimboleko yesikhathi eside esilinganiselwa ku-$256 million evela eBhange Lokuthekelisa-Import lase-United States ( Ex-Im Bank). Indiza izosetshenziselwa ukukhulisa isevisi ye-TAAG yamazwekazi ehlinzekwa ngemikhumbi yayo yonke yama-Boeing.

Umbolekisi oqinisekisiwe yi-Private Export Funding Corporation (PEFCO) e-New York, i-NY HSBC Bank PLC e-London, e-UK, ingumhleli.

Ukusayinwa komkhosi kwenzeke namuhla ekomkhulu le-Ex-Im Bank eWashington, DC Abahlanganyeli kwakunguSihlalo we-Ex-Im Bank uFred P. Hochberg, uSihlalo we-TAAG Angola Airlines uDkt. Pimentel Araujo kanye nePhini Likamongameli Eliphezulu le-PEFCO uRichard Youtz. Abanye abasayiniwe nguMatinho Codo, ophethe i-Affaires of the Republic of Angola e-United States; uMiguel Santos, umqondisi Wezokuthengisa Kwamazwe Ngamazwe Ngezindiza Zezindiza Ze-Boeing; kanye no-Richard Hodder, umqondisi, i-Sub-Saharan Africa, i-Project and Export Finance, i-HSBC.

“I-Ex-Im Bank iyakuthokozela ukungeza lo msebenzi ekusekeleni kwethu ukuthengiswa kwe-Boeing ku-TAAG Angola Airlines. Iziqinisekiso zethu zokubolekwa kwemali zisize inkampani yezindiza ukuthi ifinyelele uxhaso oluthengekayo futhi yakhe izimoto zayo ukuze inikeze isevisi yendiza enwetshiwe e-Angola. Ukuthunyelwa kwe-Aerospace yase-US okuxhaswe yilokhu kuthengiselana kuzophinde kusekele imisebenzi kwa-Boeing namakhulu abahlinzeki bayo kulo lonke elase-United States,” kusho uSihlalo we-Ex-Im Bank uFred P. Hochberg.

“Lokhu kuthengiselana futhi kwengeza ekwenyukeni okukhulu kokwesekwa kwe-Ex-Im Bank ekuthengisweni kwe-US emazweni ase-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara ngonyaka wezimali ka-2011, okuphindeke ngaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kunerekhodi langaphambilini elabekwa ngonyaka odlule,” kwengeza uHochberg.

“Uxhaso lwezimali lwe-Ex-Im Bank ekuthengeni kwethu indiza engu-777-300ER lubalulekile empumelelweni ye-TAAG ekuzuzeni isikhundla sokuncintisana kakhulu endaweni yemakethe ye-Afrika ukuya eYurophu,” kusho uDkt. Pimentel Araujo, usihlalo we-TAAG Angola Airlines.

Umsebenzi uhlelwe njengesivumelwano sokuqashisa sezimali esisekelwa impahla lapho i-Ex-Im Bank igcina khona inzalo yezokuvikela ebaluleke kakhulu endizeni exhaswa ngemali. Isiqinisekiso se-Ex-Im Bank sisekelwa isiqinisekiso esizimele esivela kuhulumeni wase-Angola.

Ngaphambilini i-Ex-Im Bank ihlinzeke ngeziqinisekiso zokubolekwa kwemali ezilinganiselwa ku-$338.5 million ngo-2006 ukuze isize i-TAAG Angola Airlines ekuthengeni kwayo indiza ye-B737-700 kanye ne-B777-200ER.

I-TAAG Angola Airlines yasungulwa ngo-1938 futhi izinze eLuanda, inhloko-dolobha yase-Angola. Inkampani yezindiza engaphansi kukahulumeni isebenzise izindiza ngaphakathi nangaphandle futhi isebenzela amadolobha amakhulu ase-Angola kanye namadolobha aseYurophu naseNingizimu Melika.