I-DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (eTN) – Ekugcineni, inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke yaseTanzania i-Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) ivinjelwe ukusebenzisa noma iyiphi indiza ngaphakathi nangaphandle kweTanzania, ngesikhathi esifanayo isitifiketi sayo sokusebenza sahoxiswa yiziphathimandla zezindiza zaseTanzania.
Imibiko evela eTanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) ithi inkampani yezindiza yezwe enezingqinamba futhi eyalahlekelwa yiyo yayingeyona intengo yomoya ngemuva kokutholakala okuningi kokungaboni ngaso linye kanye nokwehluleka ukusebenza kwabaphathi be-ATCL kule nyanga.
Iziphathimandla zamabhanoyi zihoxise isitifiketi sokundiza kwe-ATCL ngoLwesibili kuleli sonto (Disemba 8) nokuphoqe inkampani ukuthi imise izindiza zayo isikhathi esingaziwa.
Sekuyaziwa ukuthi i-ATCL yehlulekile ukuhlangabezana nezindinganiso nemithetho yokundiza ye-International Air Transport Association (IATA) ngemuva kokuhlolwa kochwepheshe bezindiza be-IATA ne-TCAA abavale izikhala zokusebenza ezingaphezu kuka-500 kule nkampani yezindiza.
I-IATA ibhalele iziphathimandla zezindiza zaseTanzania ifuna ukumiswa unomphela kwesitifiketi sokundiza se-ATCL kuze kufike isikhathi lapho inkampani yezindiza ixazulula izinkinga zayo zokusebenza.
Phakathi kwezinkinga eziphawuliwe ezitholwe ngaphakathi kwe-ATCL ukungahlolwa kahle kwendiza yayo, ukuntuleka kwabashayeli bezindiza nonjiniyela bezindiza, phakathi kokunye.
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-ATCL uMnuz David Mattaka sicashunwe sithi inkampani yamabhanoyi imisiwe okwesikhashana, kunethemba lokuthi izophinde iqhubeke nokundiza maduze.
Kodwa abenzeli bezokuvakasha emadolobheni amakhulu aseTanzania i-Dar es Salaam, Mwanza ne-Arusha bebematasa beqondisa amakhasimende abo ukuthi abheke ezinye izindiza zezindiza zasekhaya nezase-Afrika.
Iningi elihlaselwe ukumiswa kwe-ATCL bekuyizivakashi ezinezindiza ezixhumanisa phakathi kwenhloko-dolobha yase-Dar es Salaam nedolobha lezivakashi elisenyakatho ye-Arusha, obekuncike kakhulu ezindizeni ze-ATCL.
Kodwa iningi labahambi libhukhe i-Precisonair Services, inkampani yezindiza ezimele edlangile futhi ekhula ngokushesha okwathi eminyakeni yakamuva yabeka izinselelo zokuncintisana kuhulumeni ophethwe yi-ATCL.
Iningi lemizila ye-ATCL ingeyasekhaya futhi mancane amathemba okubona uhulumeni eqhuba inkampani yezindiza engena emkhathini wase-Afrika ngaphandle kwaseTanzania.
I-Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) eyayinezinxushunxushu yanqanyulwa inkontileka yayo yokuphatha neSouth African Airways (SAA) cishe eminyakeni emibili edlule, okwanikeza indlela ecacile kuhulumeni waseTanzania ukuthi alawule ngokuphelele, elinde umtshali-zimali oqondile.
Inkampani yezindiza ibe umthwalo omkhulu kubakhokhi bentela baseTanzania. Abagibeli bebelokhu bekhala ngokungabibikho kwezinsiza naphezu kokuthi amathikithi entengo ephakeme abekwe ngabaphathi benkampani yezindiza, kanti uhulumeni waseTanzania uxhasa ukusebenza kwawo ngama-US$ 500,000 njalo ngenyanga.
UNgqongqoshe wezokuThutha eTanzania, uShukuru Kawambwa, wake wathi i-ATCL kufanele ihwebe ngesikhathi uhulumeni efuna umtshali-zimali ofanelekile ukuze athathe le nkampani yezindiza enezinkinga kakhulu e-Afrika.
Le nkampani yezindiza eyenza ukulahlekelwa isebenzisa izindiza eziningi zasekhaya nge-Boeing 737 ezindizeni zayo zasekhaya kanye ne-Air Bus ezindizeni zayo zesifunda saseMpumalanga naseNingizimu Afrika.
