Pamene Hardi Omer, mwamuna wa zaka 25 waku Kurdish, adafika ku Beirut International Airport, anali wokondwa kwambiri komanso wokondwa - inali nthawi yake yoyamba ku Lebanon monga alendo. Anakhumudwa mwamsanga ataona kuti ogwira ntchito pabwalo la ndege akugwira ntchito ndi anthu a ku Iraqi mosiyana ndi mayiko ena.
Omer anati: “Ndinaona [anthu akumadzulo] akungocheza ndi zochitika zonse ndipo ankapatsidwa ulemu waukulu. “Koma ife – ma Iraqi – tinakhala kwa ola limodzi; Msilikali wina pabwalo la ndege anatipempha kulemba fomu yofotokoza kuti ndife ndani, kumene tikupita, kaamba ka chifuno chotani, kodi tinali kukhala kuti ku Lebanon, nambala yathu ya foni, ndi mafunso enanso. Pandege yopita ku Beirut, ndinayiwala kuti ndine waku Iraq chifukwa ndinali wokondwa kwambiri, koma machitidwe a eyapoti adandikumbutsa kuti ndine waku Iraq, ndipo ma Iraqi salandilidwa, "adauza The Kurdish Globe.
Makampani ambiri oyendera komanso oyendera alendo atsegulidwa ku Iraqi Kurdistan Region kwazaka zingapo. Amapanga zokopa alendo m'magulu kupita ku Turkey, Lebanon, Malaysia, Egypt, ndi Morocco, komanso maulendo azaumoyo kwa odwala omwe sangalandire chithandizo mkati mwa Iraq - maulendo azaumoyo nthawi zambiri amakhala ku Jordan ndi Iran.
Hoshyar Ahmed, manejala wa Kurd Tours Company yoyendera ndi zokopa alendo, adauza Globe kuti pali zifukwa zitatu zomwe mayiko ena sakonda alendo aku Iraq.
Choyamba, pamene Saddam Hussein anali kulamulira, anthu ambiri a ku Iraq anachoka m'dzikoli kupita ku Ulaya ndi mayiko oyandikana nawo; othawa kwawo aku Iraq adakhala cholemetsa m'maikowa, komanso, aku Iraq adalephera kukhala ndi mbiri yabwino popeza ma Iraqi ena anali kuchita zinthu zoletsedwa monga mankhwala osokoneza bongo.
Chachiwiri, pamene Saddam adagwetsedwa, aliyense ankaganiza kuti zinthu zaku Iraq zikuyenda bwino, koma zinali zosiyana. Iraq idakhala pobisalira zigawenga, chitetezo chidali choyipa kwambiri, komanso ma Iraqi opitilira 2 miliyoni adathawira m'maiko oyandikana nawo.
Chachitatu, boma la Iraq silimateteza anthu ake akamanyozedwa kapena kunyozedwa m’mayiko ena; kwenikweni, boma la Iraq limalimbikitsa mayiko oyandikana nawo kuti azichitira nkhanza anthu aku Iraq.
Ahmed adati pamene anthu aku Iraq adadandaula kuti olamulira aku Jordan anali ankhanza ndi ma Iraqi pabwalo la ndege la Amman ndipo boma la Jordan lisanayankhe madandaulowo, kazembe wa Iraq ku Amman adatulutsa mawu akuti: pabwalo la ndege komanso m’malire.”
Ahmed adati ndiwomasuka kwambiri ndi Turkey. "Turkey sipanga vuto lililonse kwa aku Iraq," adatero.
Hardi Omer, amene anapita ku Lebanon monga woyendera malo, anati: “Anthu atazindikira kuti ndine wa ku Iraq, anangofunsa za nkhondo, mabomba a galimoto, ndi mikangano yandale ku Iraq; samakufunsani kapena kulankhula nanu nkhani zina.”
Imad H. Rashed, manejala wamkulu wa Shabaq Airline paulendo ndi zokopa alendo mumzinda wa Erbil, likulu la Kurdistan Region, adati anthu ambiri ku Kurdistan akufuna kupita kumayiko ena ngati alendo, nati, "Popeza momwe chuma cha Kurdistan chikuyenda bwino, kufunikira kwachuma kukukulirakulira. ulendo wopita ku mayiko ena unakula kwambiri.”
Shabaq ndi kampani yoyamba kuyambitsa zokopa alendo m'magulu ku Kurdistan, ndipo ndi kampani yoyamba kutsegula njira yoyendera alendo pakati pa Kurdistan ndi Lebanon.
“Nditapita ku Lebanon kukapangana ndi akuluakulu aboma ndi mahotela kuti ndibweretse anthu odzaona malo ku Lebanon, ndinakumana ndi mavuto ambiri. Ndinapita ku mahotela 20 ndipo palibe amene ankandikhulupirira, koma pambuyo pa mahotela 20, hotelo imodzi inavomereza mgwirizanowu, ndipo ndinadabwa kwambiri, "Rashed adauza Globe.
"Tsopano, nditatenga magulu ambiri oyendera alendo kupita ku Lebanon, aliyense akukhulupirira kampani yanga - ngakhale nduna ya zokopa alendo ku Lebanon idayendera [chigawo] cha Kurdistan," adatero.
Iye wanena kuti maiko ochepa pakali pano amavomereza alendo aku Iraq, ndipo mayiko ambiri akuganiza kuti Iraq si dziko lachilendo ndipo sakufuna alendo aku Iraq.
“Ndikulimbikitsa mayiko onse kuvomereza alendo odzaona ku Iraq, makamaka alendo ochokera ku [chigawo] cha Kurdistan; Ndikukutsimikizirani kuti alendo ochokera kuderali sangabweretse vuto lililonse,” adatero.
Kuphatikiza apo, adapempha kuti akazembe onse m'chigawo cha Kurdistan agawire ma visa kuti anthu athe kupita kumayiko ena.
Omer, woyendera alendo, adati maiko oyandikana nawo ndi mayiko ena achiarabu ali ndi ubale waudani wachikondi ndi alendo aku Iraq. "Amakonda alendo aku Iraq chifukwa ali ndi ndalama, ndipo amadana nawo chifukwa ndi aku Iraq."
