I-Royal Dutch Airline, i-KLM ithumele i-Dreamliner yayo yokuqala esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) isuka e-Amsterdam, inikela ngemisebe yethemba embonini yezokuvakasha yaseTanzania eyizigidigidi zamarandi.
Ukubhaliswa okusha kweBoeing 787-10 Dreamliner, "i-Oranjebloesem" (i-Orange Blossom) i-PH-BKA, kwethulwe e-Amsterdam ngeSonto ngoJuni 30, 2019 kanti indiza yayo ebihleliwe bekuyi-KIA noma i-JRO ngoLwesibili ngoJulayi 2, 2019.
Ngempela, ukufika kwezintombi ngendiza kanokusho e-KIA, okuyisango elikhulu lokuya esifundeni esisenyakatho sezokuvakasha eTanzania, esinabavakashi abangama-344 abavela kulo lonke elaseYurophu, empeleni sekuthokozise ukuqala kwesizini ephezulu yezokuvakasha.
Kwabingelelwa iKIA ngokuhalalisela amanzi ngemuva kokuthinta ngempumelelo indlela egijimayo ye-JRO ngo-7: 40 ebusuku i-East African Time, njengoKhomishani wesiFunda saseKilimanjaro, uDkt. Annah Mghwira ehola izixuku ukuba zijabule ngokufika komlando kwendiza.
I-KLM yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala yase-Europe ukusebenzisa le ndiza endizayo futhi ebiza kakhulu imali. IBoeing 787-10 Dreamliner inezinjini ezisebenza kahle njenge 787-9. Ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zinjini nokusetshenziswa kwezinto ezilula ku-787-10 kusho ukuthi ikhiqiza ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni ephansi nomsindo omncane.
"Umklamo ka-787-10 usezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu, unamafasitela amakhulu nengaphakathi elibanzi elihlinzeka indawo ethe xaxa nokunethezeka" kusho uCaptain Tom Van Hoorn eTurboNews e-KIA. I-KLM ihlela ukuthi kube ne-15 Boeing 787-10s emikhunjini yayo ngo-2022.
UMphathi weSifunda saseKilimanjaro, uDkt Mghwira uzwakalise ukubonga kukahulumeni waseTanzania kwi-KLM ngokuhlonishwa okukhulu kokuthumela iDreamliner yayo yokuqala ukuba ifike e-KIA nenani elikhulu lezivakashi ekuqaleni kwenkathi ephezulu yezokuvakasha.
"Leli yivoti lokuzethemba eliqhamuka ku-KLM futhi siyaphindisela futhi ngoba sizokwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi bonke abenza amaholidi bayazithokozisa ngokuheha kwethu," kuchaza yena, egcizelela isidingo sabanikeza izivakashi ithuba lokubamba izivakashi okungcono kakhulu izinsizakalo.
Ngasohlangothini lwakhe, iMenenja Yezokuthuthukiswa Kwebhizinisi, uNks Chirstine Mwakatobe waseKilimanjaro Airports Development Company (KADCO), oyisikhulu esiphezulu se-KIA, ubonge i-KLM ngokunikeza udumo olukhulu eTanzania.
"Namuhla usuku olukhethekile njengoba sithola iDreamliner yakamuva, eyokuqala ezosetshenziswa yi-KLM kanti futhi ne-KIA kube yisikhumulo sezindiza sokuqala ukuba indiza ifike," kuchaza uNkk Mwakatobe.
Ubheka ukwenziwa ngcono kwengqalasizinda ye-KIA elukhuni futhi ethambile, kanye nobudlelwano obuhle phakathi kweKLM nesikhumulo sezindiza njengezinto ezibalulekile ekusatshalalisweni kweDreamliner B787-10.
Ngempela muva nje, iTanzania yathatha, inkampani yezinkontileka i-BAM International yaseNetherlands, ukwenza lokho okwabizwa njengokukhishwa okukhulu kunakho konke, emizameni yayo yokuphakamisela i-KIA esangweni labavakashi eliphelele.
Ixhaswe yiTanzania kanye nohulumeni baseDashi ngo- $ 39.7 million, lo msebenzi wokwenziwa kabusha, ubone yonke imigwaqo yokugijima, iphinifa, amatekisi kanye nendawo yokuphumula yabagibeli eyenziwe yaba yesimanjemanje ngenhloso yokunikeza abavakashi bamaholide uhambo olungenazihibe esifundeni sezwe sabavakashi abasenyakatho.
Ngokwanda kwezimoto, izidingo zokwaneliseka kwamakhasimende, ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha kanye nomncintiswano okhulayo, i-KIA ikuthole kubalulekile ukuzilinganisela nezinhlangano ezibeka ijubane, ukuhlangabezana kanye nokunqoba izinselelo ezivelayo endleleni.
Isikhumulo sezindiza esineminyaka engama-47, ebesiphakathi kwezifunda zase-Arusha neKilimanjaro, kule minyaka edlule sike sathintwa futhi salungiswa, kepha manje sesithole isikhundla esisezingeni lomhlaba ngokwenziwe ngcono.
UMwakatobe weKADCO uthe ukwenziwa kwesimanje esikhumulweni sezindiza kufaka ukunwetshwa kwamabhilidi, kwandisa ubude nobubanzi bemigwaqo yamatekisi nemigwaqo ebalekayo, amaphinifa endiza anwetshiwe kanye nokusungula ezinye izinsiza ezibalulekile kulesi sikhumulo.
UNkk Mwakatobe uphinde waveza ukuthi, i-BAM iphinde yafaka amalambu amasha e-airfield namalambu ezikhukhula eduze kwama-aprons, yavuselela ababaleki, futhi yakha i-loop eqhubekayo yokuxhumanisa imigwaqo kanye nemigwaqo yamatekisi ukuqeda ukubambezeleka kokufika nokusuka.
Ukuncoma ukwanda minyaka yonke kwamaphesenti angama-25 ethrafikhi yabagibeli, abaphathi beKIA balindele ukuphatha cishe amakhasimende ayi-1.2 million ezindizayo kulo nyaka. Yavulelwa ibhizinisi ngo-1972, i-KIA yayenzelwe ukuphatha abagibeli abangama-200,000 kuphela ngonyaka.
