Nairobi, Kenya (eTN) - FLY540 Airlines, yonyamula zotsika mtengo yochokera kuno ku likulu la dziko la Kenya, igula ndege zina zisanu ndi zitatu za ATR kudzera ku kampani yawo yayikulu, Lonrho, kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito poyambitsa maulendo apandege kudutsa Africa kuchokera ku Nairobi.
Izi zimathandiza kuti ndege zapanyumba zaku Kenya zizitha kupikisana bwino ndi ma intra-chigawo, makamaka Kenya Airways ndi Ethiopian Airlines. FLY540 ikhazikitsa maulendo opita kumayiko asanu ndi atatu aku Africa koyambirira kwa chaka chino, ndipo ndege yatsopanoyi ipereka mwayi kwa oyendetsa ndege kuti apitilize mapulani ake okulitsa kulumikizana ndi mayiko aku Africa ndi ndege yabwino.
David Lenigas, wapampando wa Lonrho, adati Fly540 ikupanga ndege za pan Africa, zowuluka Kummawa kupita Kumadzulo ndi Kumpoto kupita Kumwera kwa Africa. "Ndili wokondwa kuti ATR, monga mtsogoleri wotsogola padziko lonse lapansi, wakhala gawo lofunika kwambiri pa nkhani yosangalatsayi," adatero Lenigas.
Ofufuza ati kusunthaku kukuwonetsa chidaliro cha Lonrho pazachuma ku Africa makamaka ku Kenya, komwe kwakhudzidwa ndi zipolowe zam'misewu ndi mikangano yamitundu yomwe idapha anthu opitilira 400 kutsatira Chisankho Chachikulu cha Disembala 27, zomwe zotsatira zake zapurezidenti zidatsutsidwa ndi chipani chotsutsa, ODM.
M'mawu ake, Lonrho adati kampani yake yonse, Lonrho Air (BVI), yasaina mgwirizano ndi Avions de Transport Régional, GIE (ATR) kuti igule ndege zisanu ndi zitatu zaposachedwa, zatsopano, ATR 72-500, zomwe zigwiritsidwe ntchito. pa Fly540.
Mtengo wa ndege zisanu ndi zitatuzi, kuphatikizapo zothandizira zonse ndi zosungirako, udzakhala m'dera la US $ 145 miliyoni (Kenya Sh9.5 biliyoni) ndipo kutumiza kudzamalizidwa malinga ndi ndondomeko yomwe anagwirizana. Ndege zinayi zikuyembekezeka ku Nairobi chaka chino, ndipo zina zinayi zidzalowa nawo zombo chaka chamawa.
Ndege yatsopanoyi idzakhala ndi Fly540 ndipo idzakhala ndi mipando 54 pazachuma komanso 12 mu kalasi yoyamba.
ATR ithandiza Lonrho Air (BVI) kupeza ndalama zogulira ndegeyi kuchokera ku COFACE ndi SACE, ma Export Credit Agency (ECA) aku France ndi Italy. Malamulo azandalama a ECA ndi monga momwe adavomerezera ndi Otenga nawo gawo pa Kumvetsetsa Kwakasinthidwe kagawo pa Ngongole za Kutumiza kwa Ndege za Civil, komwe kunayamba kugwira ntchito mu Julayi 2007.
"Thandizo la ECA litha kufikira 85 peresenti ya ndalama zogulira ndege. Ndalama zotsala za 15% zidzalipidwa ndi Lonrho Air (BVI) pang'onopang'ono, ndege isanaperekedwe," adatero Lonrho m'mawu ake.
ATR 72-500 ndiye chitukuko chaposachedwa cha mtundu wodziwika bwino wa ATR 72. Zimatengera zomwe zikuchitika muntchito za ndege zopitilira 700 za ATR zowuluka padziko lonse lapansi, zotsimikizika zapakati zotumizira zodalirika zopitilira 99 peresenti.
Lenigas anati: “Ndife okondwa kuti tatha kuvomereza kugulidwa kwa ndege zisanu ndi zitatu zatsopano kuchokera ku ATR kuti tiwonjezere zombo zathu za ATR zomwe zilipo kale. ATR 72-500 imapereka mtengo wocheperako wokonza injini ndi ma airframe komanso mtengo wochepera wamafuta kuposa ndege ina iliyonse pamsika uno, pomwe imapereka zida zamakono komanso kudalirika kwa ndege zatsopano.
Kampani yocheperapo ya Lonrho, Fly540 Africa, ikufunitsitsa kukulitsa maukonde ake andege mu Africa monse, kuti ipereke chithandizo chofunikira padziko lonse lapansi.
Wonyamula bajeti apita patsogolo kwambiri atakhazikitsa ndege yake yoyamba mu Novembala 2006, ndikuwulukira kumalo awiri. Ikuuluka kuchokera ku Jomo Kenyatta International Airport ku Nairobi, kupita kumizinda ikuluikulu ku Kenya- Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Malindi, ndi Lamu komanso kupita ku Maasai Mara National Park. Ikukonzekera kuphatikiza ndege zopita ku Eastern Democratic of Congo komanso ku South Sudan.
Maulendo apandege opita ku Kenya akuchulukirachulukira mzaka zisanu zapitazi pomwe ndege zazikulu zapadziko lonse lapansi zikuyika anthu ambiri mderali.
Kufika kwakukulu kunali Virgin Atlantic, yomwe inayamba kugwira ntchito tsiku ndi tsiku ku Nairobi's International hub ku Nairobi kuchokera pa June 1, 2007. Monga momwe amachitira anzawo, apeza msika wamphamvu komanso wosiyanasiyana womwe ungakhalepo mkati mwa Kenya ndi dera lonse la East Africa.
Lonrho Plc imachita bizinesi yomwe ikukula mwachangu mu Africa yonse. Pokhala ndi ogawana nawo opitilira 20,000, kampaniyo idalembedwa pa London AIM stock exchange.
