Ziyisikhombisa zamukelwe kwathi ezintathu zisele – leyo indaba yokuthi i-Ethiopian Airlines (ET) ithuthelwe indiza esezingeni eliphezulu njengamanje emhlabeni, i-Boeing B787 Dreamliner, okuyinkampani yezindiza yokuqala e-Afrika ukuthola le nyoni entsha enenguquko enkulu futhi eyinkampani enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. imikhumbi njengamanje okuzothi ekupheleni kuka-2014 ikhule ibe yizindiza ezinjalo eziyi-10.
Isikhulu se-ET, uTewolde Gebremariam, ucashunwe kwabezindaba lapho emukela le nyoni entsha: “Njengenkampani ethwala izinyoni e-Afrika, umTopiya ubelokhu engumholi wezobuchwepheshe kwezokundiza kuleli zwekazi ngokunikeza amakhasimende ayo ahlonishwayo indiza esezingeni eliphezulu. Njengamanje sinemikhumbi emincane kunazo zonke e-Afrika enesilinganiso sobudala seminyaka eyi-7. Ngokuvumelana nomhlahlandlela wethu weminyaka engu-15 wokukhula okusheshayo, okunenzuzo nokusimeme, Umbono ka-2025, sizoqhubeka nokwandisa futhi senze imikhumbi yethu ibe yesimanje ukuze siqhubeke nokunikeza induduzo enkulu kumakhasimende ethu.”
Isebenza ezindaweni ezingaba ngu-80 emhlabeni wonke kusukela esikhungweni sezindiza e-Addis Ababa e-Bole International Airport, uhlobo olusha lwendiza ludlale indima enkulu ekwandiseni amaza nezindawo eziya kuzo njengoba impi yokufuna ukuphakama e-Afrika iqhubeka. Umuntu wase-Ethiopia ubelokhu enezela izindawo okuyiwa kuzo kamuva nje, iVienna eyisibonelo futhi engomunye wamalungu amathathu e-Star Alliance anethuba elihle lendawo yendawo, isebenzela ukuxhumanisa amalungu e-Star traffic nge-Addis Ababa kuyo yonke i-Afrika.
Ngaleso sikhathi, ngaphesheya komngcele eNairobi, iKenya Airways ibilokhu iphambili ekudlaleni i-Pan African carrier ngokukhipha inethiwekhi yase-Afrika ehlaba umxhwele futhi ngokwengeza izindawo eziningi okuyiwa kuzo, nakuba kusenemikhumbi emincane kanye namadolobha amancane emhlabeni jikelele ahlinzekwayo ngalesi sikhathi. ngesikhathi.
Ngokungafani ne-Ethiopian, nokho, iKenya Airways izohoxisa kancane kancane imikhumbi yayo emidala i-B767-300 futhi njengoba abanye abahlanu be-Dreamliners bayo befika kulo nyaka bezojoyina i-“The Great Rift Valley,” kanti abanye abathathu ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo, ama-B5 abo azobuyiselwa kubaqashi. noma ithengiswe, ngokungafani ne-Ethiopian, lapho lokhu okubiza kakhulu ukusebenza kanye nohlobo lwendiza olungathandeki kangako luzohlala lusebenza kuze kube ngu-767.
Umshayeli wezindiza waseKenya waphawula lapho ebuzwa ngobuhle nobubi balesi sinqumo: “Ngicabanga ukuthi i-ET kufanele nje igcine lezo zinyoni zindiza ngemva kokutshala imali kwezinye izimpiko ezixubile ukuze zinciphise ukusha kukaphethiloli. Kodwa ikakhulukazi ngicabanga ukuthi kuwukugcina izinombolo zabo zemikhumbi ziphakeme ukuze zikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngenethiwekhi yabo enwetshiwe kuyilapho i-KQ [i-Kenya Airways] imelana nalesi silingo futhi izomane imise izinyoni ezindala ngama-B787 amasha. Mhlawumbe indlela izinto ebezihamba ngayo eKenya lokhu kuyisinqumo esifanele, ngokubheka emuva okungenani, kodwa kubeka amasu amabili ukuze aqhathaniswe, futhi ngokwami ngikhetha indlela ye-KQ, ngoba inikeza abagibeli umkhumbi omncane futhi ongcono futhi ukonga uphethiloli. Kungcono ulinde isikhashana futhi ubekezele ngokukhishwa, okuyothi ngo-2021, ngokuya ngohlelo lwabo lwamasu, noma kunjalo kube sezingeni elifanayo ngaleso sikhathi. "
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Perhaps the way things have been going in Kenya this is the right choice, in hindsight at least, but it puts the two strategies up for comparison, and personally I prefer the KQ way, because it gives passengers a fleet which is younger and better and more fuel efficient.
- Seven received and three to go – that is the story of Ethiopian Airlines' (ET) taking delivery of the world's presently most advanced aircraft, the Boeing B787 Dreamliner, the first airline in Africa to get this revolutionary new bird and the one with the largest fleet at present which by the end of 2014 will have grown to 10 such aircraft.
- Ngokungafani ne-Ethiopian, nokho, iKenya Airways izohoxisa kancane kancane imikhumbi yayo emidala i-B767-300 futhi njengoba abanye abahlanu be-Dreamliners bayo befika kulo nyaka bezojoyina i-“The Great Rift Valley,” kanti abanye abathathu ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo, ama-B5 abo azobuyiselwa kubaqashi. noma ithengiswe, ngokungafani ne-Ethiopian, lapho lokhu okubiza kakhulu ukusebenza kanye nohlobo lwendiza olungathandeki kangako luzohlala lusebenza kuze kube ngu-767.
