Ntchito zoyendetsa ndege ku Kenya ndizofunikira kwambiri pakukweza chuma cha Kenya, malinga ndi zomwe IATA, idapereka 5.1% ku GDP (pafupifupi Sh330 biliyoni / $ 3.2 biliyoni) mu 2017. Izi zikuphatikiza kuthandizira ntchito pafupifupi 620,000 muntchito zosiyanasiyana magawo kuphatikiza zokopa alendo.
Mu posachedwapa Mlendo Wochereza alendo 2018, Jumia Travel imagwira a Kelvin Mwasi, Commerce Manager wa Skyward Express yomwe ndi imodzi mwamayendedwe akumayiko omwe akugwira ntchito mdziko muno; kuti tiwunikire za boma komanso kuthekera kwa gawo lazoyendetsa ndege ku Kenya.
Jumia Travel (JT): Kodi mbiri yayikulu ndi iti yaomwe akuyenda ndi Skyward Express?
Omwe tikukwera amakhala makamaka apakhomo, azaka zapakati pa 18 ndi 65 zaka. Potengera njira zachigawo, gombe limakopa pafupifupi 28% yaomwe tikukwera, pomwe ena 72% amagwiritsa ntchito njira zakumtunda. Tidalemba okwera okwana 40,583 pofika pa 12th June 2017, ndikuwonjezeka kochititsa chidwi kwa 55% munthawi yomweyo mu 2018 kufikira okwera 63,199.
Kelvin Mwasi (KM): Kodi mungati ndi chiyani chomwe chimayambitsa ukadaulo wakunyanja?
Kupezeka kwa maulendo apandege kudzera pa intaneti ndichinthu chofunikira kwambiri m'malingaliro mwanga. Ichi chakhala chochitika chachikulu mu makampani. Mwachitsanzo, momwe tidasungilira malo akuwonetsa kuti pofika 12th June 2017, kusungitsa masamba kuma 11%, kusungitsa mwachindunji ku 60%, pomwe ma Travel Agents adapereka 29% yazomwe adasungitsa. Mofananamo, pofika 12th June 2018, kusungitsa mawebusayiti kudakwera mpaka 23% pomwe kusungitsa mwachindunji kudatsikira ku 47%. Agent Travel tsopano amawerengera 30% yamasungidwe athu.
Kuphatikizidwa kwa injini yathu yobwezeretsera ku Mpesa tsopano kumawerengera zoposa 60% zamitundu yathu yonse yosungira ndalama. Njira yamakonoyi, yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ku Kenya yathandiza kuti makasitomala athu azitha kuchita ndi Skyward Express m'malo mwaofesi kapena zipinda zawo m'njira yosavuta, yodalirika, komanso yotsika mtengo. Tsopano tikufuna kupititsa patsogolo digito pazomwe timachita ndi makasitomala athu pakuphatikiza mautumiki athu ndi othandizira ena monga Hotels, Car Rental services ndi ena kuti awonetsetse kuti makasitomala athu athandizidwa bwino kudzera pa digito.
JT: Kodi makampani oyendetsa ndege akumayiko akusintha bwanji zokopa alendo mdziko muno?
Kutsatira kufalikira kwa malo obwera kudzaona alendo kumsika wapanyumba, Skyward Express yatenga nawo gawo pantchito yopititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo zakunyumba poyambitsa maulendo apandege kumadera akutali oyendera alendo omwe ndi Mombasa, Lamu, Eldoret ndi Lodwar. Kuonetsetsa kuti pali kusinthasintha komanso kuchuluka kwa alendo obwera kudzawona malo omwe amatchulidwa pafupipafupi, tapitanso patsogolo kukakhazikitsa maulendo apandege opita kumalo amenewa. Kwa Mombasa, Eldoret ndi Lodwar, tsopano tili ndi ndege pafupifupi ziwiri tsiku lililonse ndi mwayi wowonjezera pakufunika.
Mitengo yathu yakonzedwa kuti ikhale yotsika mtengo kwa apaulendo omwe angakonde kukaona awa. Kuphatikiza apo, tili ndi malingaliro okulitsa njira zathu zapakhomo kuti tipeze malo ena okopa alendo monga Malindi, Ukunda ndi Kisumu. Izi zipangitsa kuti wapaulendo wakomweko azitha kuyendetsa dzikolo mosavuta komanso mosavuta. Momwe timatsegulira njira zatsopano pamsika wanyumba - tikuwona zokopa alendo zakunyumba zikuchulukirachulukira pomwe a Kenya akuwona kuti ndizosavuta, zodalirika, komanso zotsika mtengo kutenga tchuthi cha sabata kumapeto kwa Skyward Express.
KM: Makampani opanga ndege aku Kenya akuwonetsa chiyani mu 2018, makamaka kukhazikitsidwa kwa mfundo yofika ma visa kwa anthu aku Africa?
Kukhazikitsidwa kwa mfundo zakufika kwa ma Africa - kumatsegula makampani opanga ndege kuti awonjezere bizinesi. Chifukwa cha kusunthaku, padzakhala kuwonjezeka kwa malonda pakati pa Kenya ndi Africa kwakukulu. Izi zithandizira kuyenda pamalire a dziko chifukwa chake kuchuluka kwa okwera ndikulowa mdzikolo, ndikupangitsa kuti Kenya ipite patsogolo ngati malo oyendetsa ndege komanso mabizinesi ku Africa. Zotsatira za izi pamapeto pake zitha kukopa mabizinesi apadziko lonse lapansi kwa omwe akutenga nawo mbali chifukwa chakuwonjezeka kwamabizinesi andege mdziko muno.
