Air Tanzania yakonzekera maulendo aku South Africa

Ikufuna kukopa alendo odzaona ku South Africa ndi ena oyenda mabizinesi, kampani ya boma ya Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) ikukonzekera kutsitsimutsa njira yake yolumikizira okwera ndege yolumikiza ma eyapoti anayi akuluakulu ku Tanzania ndi bwalo la ndege la OR Tambo International Airport ku Johannesburg Lachisanu, Juni 28.

Ndege zinayi zachindunji pa sabata zizikhazikitsidwa ndi ndege ya ATCL ya Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner yomwe ili ndi mphamvu yonyamula anthu 262.

Ma eyapoti anayi aku Tanzania alumikizana mwachindunji ndi eyapoti yapadziko lonse ya OR Tambo ku Johannesburg. Awa ndi bwalo la ndege la Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) ku likulu la zamalonda la Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar International Airport, Kilimanjaro International Airport kumpoto kwa Tanzania, ndi Mwanza International Airport ku Lake Victoria.

Ndege ya Dreamliner yomwe yangopezedwa kumene isinthidwa ndi Airbus A220-300 panjira ya Johannesburg kuyambira pa Julayi 16, lipoti la ndegeyo lidatero. Maulendo apandege opita ndi kuchokera ku Johannesburg adzakhala Lolemba, Lachitatu, Lachisanu ndi Lamlungu. ATCL ikukonzanso kukhazikitsa maulendo ataliatali opita ku India ndi China chaka chino.

Dziko la South Africa ndi amodzi mwa misewu yomwe ikupanga phindu lalikulu kwamakampani ambiri a ndege kuchigawo chakum'mwera ndi kum'mawa kwa Africa. Mabwalo a ndege aku South Africa ndi omwe amalumikizana kwambiri ndi madera aku Australia ndi nyanja ya Pacific Ocean omwe akuwoneka ngati misika yatsopano yoyendera alendo ku Tanzania ndi mayiko ena aku East Africa.

Bungwe la Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB) lakhala likugwira ntchito limodzi ndi ATCL potsatsa malo oyendera alendo komanso mabizinesi. Dziko la South Africa palokha ndi msika wopezera alendo pafupifupi 48,000 opita ku Tanzania chaka cha peyala, makamaka apaulendo komanso apaulendo.

Ziwerengero zaposachedwa zikuwonetsa kuti alendo pafupifupi 16,000 ochokera ku Australia adapita ku Tanzania mu 2017, makamaka kudzera mumayendedwe a ndege ku Johannesburg.

Komanso mu 2017, New Zealand inali gwero la alendo 3,300 obwera ku Tanzania pamene Pacific Rim (Fiji, Solomon Islands, Samoa ndi Papua New Guinea) inabweretsa alendo pafupifupi 2,600.

ATCL ikuyembekezeka kukumana ndi mpikisano waukulu panjira yaku South Africa kuchokera ku Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Turkish Airlines ndi RwandAir, zonse zomwe zimayendera kale nthawi zonse pakati pa Dar es Salaam ndi Johannesburg mitengo ya matikiti kuyambira $296 mpaka $341. kwa mipando yamakalasi achuma.

ATCL idakhazikitsidwa ngati Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC) mu Seputembala 1977 pambuyo pa kugwa kwa dera la East African Airways (EAA). Mpaka posachedwapa, zaka zitatu zapitazo, ndegeyo inkagwira ntchito motayika, chifukwa cha thandizo la boma.

Pansi pa pulogalamu yotsitsimutsa, ATCL tsopano ili ndi gulu la ndege zisanu ndi zitatu, kuphatikiza ma Bombardier Q400 atatu, Airbus A200-300s awiri, Fokker50 imodzi, Fokker28 imodzi, ndi Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner imodzi.

M'nthawi yovuta yapitayi, ATCL idataya pafupifupi njira zonse zapadziko lonse lapansi zomwe zidalandidwa ndi oyendetsa ndege omwe amapikisana nawo m'chigawo komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Ena mwa misewu yopindulitsa kwambiri yomwe ATCL idapereka ndi Nairobi, Johannesburg, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Milan, Frankfurt, London, Victoria (Seychelles), ndi Mumbai.