Izindiza zokuqala ezimbili ebezilindelwe yi-Uganda Airlines zafika e-Entebbe International Airport ngoLwesibili zingama-23 kuMbasa wezi-2019.
Ikapteni yibo bonke abasebenzi base-Uganda - uKapteni Clive Okoth, uKapteni Stephen Ariong, uKapteni Michael Etiang kanye noKapteni Patrick Mutayanjulwa, indiza entsha sha yaseCanada ekhiqizwa eCanada i-CRJ900 Bombadier ifike e-Entebbe International Airport cishe ngo-09:30 amahora ukuya ekwamukelweni okuhle. eholwa nguMhlonishwa uMongameli wase-Uganda u-Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, ehambisana no-VI P kanye noNgqongqoshe wezeMisebenzi kanye nezokuThutha (i-MoWT) uMhlonishwa uMonica Azuba Ntege.
Okuxakayo ukuthi njengoba eyalele ukuthi kuvalwe inkampani yezindiza ngo-2001, okwakusolwa ukuthi ngenxa yokungaphathwa kahle, izikweletu kanye nokugxambukela kukahulumeni, uMongameli waba nokubuyisana emazwini akhe.
"Izivakashi ezifika e-Uganda zihlala ziphazamiseka ngenxa yokuma kaningana ezindlini ezihlukene njengeNairobi, i-Addis Ababa neKigali."
“Kuzokwenzekani uma isivakashi singandizela ngokuqondile sisuka e-UK siye e-Entebbe noma sisuka e-Guangzhou siye e-Entebbe noma sisuka e-Amsterdam siye e-Entebbe?” ' kusho uMuseveni.
UNgqongqoshe we-MoWT, uNtege, uthe inkinga yabantu base-Uganda abakhokha amanani entengo yohambo ekugcineni isixazululiwe.
“Abase-Uganda bathembele ezindizeni zakwamanye amazwe kodwa banezindleko eziphakeme ngendlela engafanele kanye nezinsiza ezingafanele. Kuyisiqalo senkathi entsha lapho abantu base-Uganda bezothola izinsiza zomoya abazidingayo nezibafanele,” kusho u-Azuba.
Nokho, uvumile ukuthi ukwakha inkampani yezindiza akuwona umsebenzi olula. Uthe umgwaqo osazobhekana nawo unenselelo enkulu. Kepha usheshe wengeza ngokuthi njengohulumeni, banolwazi olucacile lwendlela yokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinkinga, eziphoqe ezinye izinkampani zezindiza ukuthi zivale izitolo, aziphinde zenzeke.
Impela, izinkundla zokuxhumana zigcwele ongoti mayelana nokuphikisana nokuvuselelwa kwenkampani yezindiza.
Labo abamelene nabo abakwazi ukwethemba uhulumeni ukuthi uzophatha inkampani yezindiza, becaphuna ulwazi lwangaphambilini ne-Uganda Airlines engasekho kuhlanganise nazo zonke izinkampani ezithwala ukulahlekelwa endaweni, ngaphandle kwe-Ethiopian Airlines.
Abasekeli bemvuselelo baphikisa ngokuthi izinkampani zezindiza zizovala ibhizinisi nokuxhumana nomhlaba wonke. Umakadebona uKaputeni uFrancis Babu uthi 'uma iphathwa ngendlela efanele , inkampani yezindiza ingadala amathuba omsebenzi kusukela konjiniyela babasebenzi, kuya kumlimi wasemaphandleni ohlinzeka ngokudla okuvela ezweni.
Ngokusho kwebamba lesikhulu esiphezulu se-Uganda Airlines u-Ephraim Bagenda izindiza ezimbili ezisele ze-Bombardier zizolethwa ngoJulayi noSepthemba ngokulandelana ngemva kwalokho uhlelo lokukhishwa kwezitifiketi luzoqhutshwa yi-Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) okuholela ekukhishweni kwesitifiketi somqhubi wendiza.
I-Uganda Airlines izoqala ngezindawo eziyi-12 zezifunda. Zihlanganisa; Nairobi, Mombasa, Goma, Zanzibar, Dar es Salam, Harare, Mogadishu, Kigali, Kilimanjaro and Addis Ababa. Inkampani yezindiza evuselelwe yase-Uganda izoba ngeyokuqala inkampani ezosebenzisa i-CRJ-series Atmosphere cabin entsha e-Afrika. Inkampani yezindiza izosebenzisa i-CRJ900 ekucushweni kwezigaba ezimbili enezihlalo ezinomnotho ezingama-76 kanye nezihlalo eziyi-12 zekilasi lokuqala.
Njengokulindelekile, owokuqala ukuhalalisela uHulumeni wase-Uganda ngokuvuselela umthwali wefulegi lezwe kwakunguJean-Paul Boutibou, iPhini Likamongameli, Ukuthengisa, Middle-East kanye ne-Afrika, iBombardier Commercial Aircraft okwathi lapho kulethwa amajethi endlunkulu eMontreal, eCanada, uthe 'sijabule kakhulu ukuthi inkampani yezindiza entsha ikhethe i-Bombardier kanye nezindiza zesifunda i-CRJ900 ukuze zizoqala ngqa."
Izindiza zamabanga amade zizoqala ngo-2021 ngemuva kokuthi ezokuqala kwezimbili ze-Airbus A330-800 neo zilethwe ngoDisemba 2020.
Ekuqaleni eyasungulwa ngaphansi kombuso ka-Idi Amin, ngemva kokuwa kwe-East African Airlines, i-Uganda Airlines yasungulwa ngo-1976 njengeNational Carrier, imisebenzi yayihlanganisa indawo enenzuzo nokuphathwa kwempahla kuze kube yilapho iqedwa ngo-2001.
Ukuvuselelwa kwayo kuncike ekuqokeni ithimba elinekhono elikhona, izibalo zezokuvakasha eziphindaphindayo, amathuba amasha emkhakheni kawoyela negesi noma injabulo nje esekelwe ukuqinisekiswa nguMkhuzi Omkhulu owathi 'izinkampani zezindiza ezindala zase-Uganda zafa futhi sazingcwaba, manje uthole umntwana omusha'.
