I-ABU DHABI, UAE – Inkampani yezindiza yokuqala yabagibeli yasekhaya yase-UAE kulindeleke ukuthi yethule ukusebenza ngekota yokuqala yonyaka ozayo.
I-Eastern Express, inkampani yezindiza entsha esekelwe ebudlelwaneni phakathi kwe-Al Hajjar Aviation ne-Abulhoul Aviation, izosebenza ngaphandle kweFujairah ukuze inikeze izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe e-Abu Dhabi.
Indiza izoxhuma abahambi eFujairah nesikhumulo sezindiza senhloko-dolobha esikhathini esingaphansi kwemizuzu engama-40.
"Lokhu sekusetshenzwe cishe iminyaka emibili nengxenye manje," kusho u-Alex de Vos, oyiChief Executive Officer kanye noMongameli we-Al Hajjar Aviation.
I-athikili iqhubeka ngezansi
Izinkonzo zesifunda
“Kusobala ukuthi kuyisimo semakethe lapha futhi esikubonile ukuthi isimo somnotho ezweni nasemhlabeni siyaqina futhi, ngakho-ke kungenza kube yisikhathi esingcono manje kunonyaka odlule,” engeza.
UDe Vos uthe inkampani yezindiza ihlela ukuqala ngezindiza ezimbili zansuku zonke zisuka eFujairah ziye e-Abu Dhabi ngethemba lokuthi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi zingakhuphukela ezindizeni ezintathu zansuku zonke kuye ngemakethe. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uhlelo lwe-Eastern Express luwukuba inkampani yezindiza yesifunda esebenzela inethiwekhi ye-GCC, kwengeza u-De Vos.
“Yilowo mqondo,” kusho yena. “Kunokuntuleka kwezinsiza zesifunda emakethe yezindiza, okushiya ngaphandle abagibeli abafuna ukuhamba emizileni emifushane,” usho kanje, wengeza ngokuthi bazohlinzeka ngezikhathi ezihlukene kwabahamba ngebhizinisi nabahamba ngokukhululeka.
Imakethe engahloliwe
Yize iFujairah ingenazo izinkonzo zabagibeli esikhumulweni sezindiza sayo, uDe Vos uthe isathathwa “njengemakethe engahloliwe” okusho ukuthi izothatha isikhathi eside kunesinethemba lokuthi isuke. “Kusazothatha isikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi sifike lapho sifisa ukuba khona, kodwa sesifake yonke imingcele kumodeli wethu,” kusho yena.
I-Eastern Express izosuka ngendiza eyodwa - indiza ye-turboprop eklanyelwe imizila emifushane, yamaza aphezulu. Nakuba amathikithi kulindeleke ukuthi abize kancane kunokundiza ngendiza enkulu, i-Eastern Express ayiyona inkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kancane futhi izohlinzeka ngamasevisi endiza aphelele.
Lapho ebuzwa ngosuku oluthile lokwethulwa, u-De Vos uthe okwamanje bekungakacaciswa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “It’s obviously a condition of market environment here and what we’ve seen is that the economic situation in the country and in the world is strengthening again, so it would make it a better time now than a year ago,”.
- De Vos said that the airline plans to start off with two daily flights from Fujairah to Abu Dhabi with hopes that it could later go up to three daily flights depending on the market.
- In the long-run the plan for Eastern Express is to become a regional airline serving the GCC network, De Vos added.
