Lift Airlines, yayamba maulendo apandege maulendo atatu tsiku lililonse pakati pa Johannesburg ndi Durban lero. Ndege yoyambira, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa zaka ziwiri zapitazo yakulitsa njira zake zophatikizira ku Durban, kulowa imodzi mwanjira zodziwika kwambiri ku South Africa.
"Kukhazikitsidwa kwa ndege za Lift Airlines kupita ku Durban ndikowonjezera kolandirika ku King Shaka International Airport, kupititsa patsogolo mayendedwe ofunikira pa imodzi mwanjira zodziwika bwino ku South Africa ku Durban-Johannesburg." Atero a Siboniso Duma: MEC for Economic Development, Tourism & Environmental Affairs ku KwaZulu-Natal, mu uthenga wothandiza. Iye furthger anafotokoza kukhutitsidwa kwake ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Lift Airline ndipo anati. "Monga KwaZulu-Natal, tikufuna kupitilizabe kugwira ntchito ndi ogwira nawo ntchito pandege kuti tilimbikitse kukhazikika komanso bata pamsika kuti tiwonetsetse kuti maulendo apandege akukhalabe ofikirika, kuti onse omwe ali nawo apindule."
Ndege zapakhomo zimagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pakuwongolera ndikukonzanso zoyeserera zamakampani aku South Africa oyendetsa ndege kuwonetsetsa kuti akupitilizabe kupindulitsa mabizinesi ndi maulendo opuma.
Meya wa municipality ya Durban Cllr Mxolisi Kaunda anenanso zabwino zomwe zanenedwa poyambitsa mwambowu ponena kuti, “Tikufuna kulandila mwachikondi m’bale wathu watsopano wa ku Durban ndipo tikukhumba LIFT Airlines ikule ndi kulimba mtima zomwe zipangitsa wosewera padziko lonse lapansi pantchito zandege.”
Ananenanso kuti: "Kuti mzinda uliwonse upikisane pamlingo wapadziko lonse lapansi, ndikofunikira kukhala ndi bizinesi yopambana komanso yopikisana yoyendetsa ndege chifukwa imathandizira malonda apadziko lonse lapansi ndikupititsa patsogolo ntchito zokopa alendo. Ndife okondwa kuti kutseguliraku kukuchitika panthawi yomwe City ikukhazikitsa kampeni yake yachilimwe. Sitikukayika kuti mwambowu utithandiza kwambiri kukopa alendo oposa 900 000 kudzabwera ku City panyengo ya tchuthi.”
Mtsogoleri wamkulu komanso woyambitsa mnzake wa LIFT Jonathan Ayache anawonjezera kuti, "Si chinsinsi kuti Durban yakhala ndi zovuta zambiri m'zaka ziwiri zapitazi, ndipo ndife onyadira komanso okondwa kutengapo gawo pang'ono pobwezeretsa maulendo ndi zokopa alendo. ku Mzinda woyenera wotero. Durban ndi imodzi mwazopempha zomwe timalandira kwambiri pawailesi yakanema ndipo takhala tikugwiritsa ntchito kwanthawi yayitali ndipo chifukwa cha izi, sitidasangalale. ”
"Pofika mu June 2022, kuchuluka kwa magalimoto ku King Shaka International Airport kubweza 56% ya zomwe zidachitika kale. King Shaka International Airport ndi amodzi mwamabwalo a ndege omwe akuchira mwachangu kwambiri ku South Africa komwe kumakhala anthu ambiri oyenda mopupuluma komanso anthu okacheza ndi abwenzi ndi abale, kuyenda kunyumba kwathandiza kwambiri pakukula uku. Ndi Lift Airlines ikulowa mumsika, tikufuna kuwona kuti chitukukochi chikulimbikitsa kuyenda komanso kufulumizitsa kuchuluka kwa magalimoto. A Hamish Erskine CEO wa Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone komanso Co-wapampando wa Durban Direct.
Lift Airline yakulitsa zombo zake ndipo ili ndi ndege zina ziwiri zomwe zikufika chaka chino.
