Vafambi vazhinji vanozoyeuka zvinongedzo zvakapihwa neLufthansa kuMabvazuva kweAfrica, pavakanga vachiri kufambisa ndege dzavo dzemazuva ese kupinda mudunhu (Nairobi neDar es Salaam) kusvika pakupera kwema1990. Panguva iyoyo, LH yakabuda neziviso shoma kubva kunyika mbiri idzi, ichitaura nezvegoho rakashata uye kushomeka kwendege dzakakodzera, vachangobva kutengesa zvikepe zvavo zveA310s uye vasina ndege yakaenzana yaivepo panguva iyoyo, kana kuti vakataura uye vakaudza nyaya yacho. .
Vamwe vatakuri, zvisinei, vakabatirira pabudiriro iyi, uye kusvika parizvino, Frankfurt inogona kungosvikwa pasina kumira mushe kubva kumabvazuva kweAfrica kana ichibhururuka nehotera yezororo kuenda nekubva kuMombasa kana neimwewo ndege dzakarongwa kuburikidza neBrussels, Zurich, Amsterdam, London, Addis Ababa, kana Dubai.
Pakusangana nemukuru weLufthansa muBrussels pachiitiko cheStar Alliance chekupemberera kuve nhengo yeBrussels Airlines, mukana wakamuka wekutaura naWolfgang Mayrhuber nezvehurongwa hwavo hwekumabvazuva kweAfrica. Achibvunzwa nezve mukana weLH kutangazve nendege dzakananga, akati kunyange Lufthansa yaigara ichitarisa kudiwa uye mafambiro emotokari kuenda nekubva kumabvazuva kweAfrica, ndege parizvino iri kufara nehurongwa hwavo hwekushandisa kodhi yekugovana neBrussels Airlines kuenda kuEntebbe nepo, , tichifunga nezvekuwedzera migove yekodhi kune dzimwe nhatu dzekumabvazuva kweAfrica SN kuenda kuBujumbura, Kigali, neNairobi, zvichienderana nemvumo yemutemo.
Lufthansa inotova nezvikamu makumi mana nezvishanu kubva muzana zvezvigove zveBrussels Airlines uye ine sarudzo yekutenga chikamu chezvikamu muna 45.
Izvi zvinoshandawo kuSwitzerland, iyo LH yatove yakanyatso kusanganisa muLufthansa Group. Iye zvino Swiss inobhururuka ichipinda muNairobi neDar es Salaam uye inopa nzira iri nyore kuvafambi vanobva kuGermany, vachishandisa ndege dzeLufthansa neSwiss dziri pakati penhandare dzendege dzekuGermany neZurich, kwavanogona kutamira kundege yenhambwe refu kuenda kuNairobi kana kuDar.
VaMayrhuber vakati vari kugutsikana kuti makambani maviri endege aya ari kuita basa rakanaka mukupa zvigaro kumusika wekuGermany kuburikidza nenzvimbo dzawo uye nekudaro, hapachave nekutangwazve kwendege dzinoshandiswa neLH kuenda kumabvazuva kweAfrica chero nguva munguva pfupi iri kutevera. kwete kutonga kudzoserwa kwenguva refu, kana kudiwa kwange kwakwira zvakakwana kuzvipembedza.
Lufthansa, zvisinei, inoramba yakazvipira, yakataurwa kuchikamu ichi neimwe tsime mukati meLufthansa, kushanda nendege dzinotakura zvinhu mukati nekubuda muKenya uye pazvinenge zvichidiwa machata ekutakura kune dzimwe nhandare dzendege dzekumabvazuva kweAfrica sezvinodiwa nguva nenguva.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Asked about the chances of LH resuming direct flights, he said that while Lufthansa was always monitoring demand and traffic flow to and from eastern Africa, the airline presently is happy with their arrangements of using the code share with Brussels Airlines to Entebbe while, in fact, considering expanding code shares to the other three eastern African SN destinations of Bujumbura, Kigali, and Nairobi, subject to regulatory approvals.
- Mayrhuber said he was satisfied that these two group airlines were doing a good job in offering seats for the German market via their respective hubs and there would, therefore, not be a resumption of LH operated flights to eastern Africa any time soon – while not ruling out a return in the long run, once demand had sufficiently risen to justify it.
- Swiss presently flies into Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and provides an easy connection for passengers from Germany, using Lufthansa and Swiss's joint flights between the German airports and Zurich, where they can transfer to the long-haul flight to Nairobi or Dar.
