(eTN) - Ruzivo rwakafukunurwa svondo rapfuura pamusoro pemutengo wekurenda kwendege yakare yeB737-200 iyo Air Tanzania inoita kunge yakatorwa mvura kubva kukambani yekuSouth Africa, Star Air Cargo. Ndege ine makore makumi matatu nemaviri ekuberekwa, iyo yakatanga kushanda muna 32 kuBritish Airtours kuUK isati yatama nehafu yegumi nevaviri vevaridzi kana vashandi muEurope neSouth America, ichabhadhara mutero weTanzania mari inosvika US$1980 pamwedzi yekutanga yemwedzi mitatu yekurenda, seATCL - ichipokana nezano riri nani zvakare inoratidzika - yakazvipira kubhururuka kwemaawa 200,000 pamwedzi neUS$3 paawa yega yega. Pamusoro pezvo, ATCL inofanirwa kubhadhara mari yekuchengetedza vashandi, inofungidzirwa kuti inosvika paUS$150–1,350 pazuva, pamunhu, iyo ichiri kudhura zvakanyanya. panguva iyo ndege inongobhururuka pakati peDar es Salaam - Kilimanjaro - Mwanza, inotsigirwa nemutero weTanzania.
Nyanzvi munyaya dzezvendege dzakakurumidza kupinda muchibvumirano ichi, dzichiti ndege dzachembera dzakadai dzinofanira kudhura mari shoma pane yayakabvumiranwa, vamwe vachiti mari yeawa imwe chete yainge “yakatakurwa” kuitira kuti zvinhu zvifambire mberi, vamwewo vachipokana nemari yekushandisa kwemudhara akadaro. ndege. "Kupisa kwemafuta erudzi rwendege iyi kwakakura kupfuura zvazvingave zvejeti yemazuva ano, uye, nekudaro, mutengo wekushandisa wakakwirisa zvakanyanya pakubhururuka kwega kwega. Nhasi vendege vanoti mutengo wemafuta wava kuita 40 muzana yemutengo wadzo wese, asi kana munhu ashandisa ndege yasakara, mutengo iwoyo unokwira. Chii chakaitika kuATCL ichiti ichashandisa jet dzemazuva ano?
“Vafambi havafanirwe kunyengedzwa nebhachi idzva rinopenya repende, nekuti zvakakosha zviri pasi uye hazvionekwe. Vakataura nezvekutora ndege dzeCRJ, jeti diki dzinobhururuka zvine hupfumi uye dzakakura zvakakwana kuti bhizinesi ritangezve. Asi sezvatinoona, ndeyekare imwe chete, yekare zvakare. Chekutanga kurojesana nekambani yeGulf kunogona kudyira nyika mari yakawanda sezvakaita saga reAirbus rakafukunurwa neparamende. Uye zvino vanounza ndege yakare.
"Ivo vanoshaya chiono zvinoita uye vanoshandisa stop gap matanho chete. Imbomirai, munguva pfupi inotevera munonzwa vaenda zvakare kunopemha zvakare kuhurumende kuti vadye mari yedu yemutero,” akadaro mumwe anogara achifambiswa nendege kubva kuTanzania vachikurukura nezvemashoko akaburitswa. Gwaro rimwe chetero rakasimbisawo kuti ATCL yanga ichishanda kuseri kwezvibodzwa kuti itangezve rwendo rwekuenda kuNairobi isati yatarisirwa kuvhurwa neFastJet ndokuti: “Kana paine kunonoka kwe FastJet kutanga ndege kuenda kuNairobi uye zvine chekuita nemvumo nemvumo. , unogona kubheja zvakachengeteka kuti chii chichava chikonzero cheizvi."
Air Tanzania yekupedzisira B737-200 yakatambura kupera nguva isati yakwana payakapinda mutsaona muMwanza, nekutenda pasina kurasikirwa nehupenyu, asi ichikuvadza giya, hull, uye neinjini imwechete kusvika pakutadza kugadzirisa.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- The 32-year-old aircraft, which first went into service in 1980 at British Airtours in the UK before migrating through half a dozen other owners or operators in Europe and South America, will cost the Tanzanian tax payer at least US$200,000 a month for an initial 3-month lease, as ATCL – against better advice once again it appears – committed to fly 150 hours a month at US$1,350 for each hour.
- Additionally, ATCL must meet the cost of upkeep for the crew, estimated to be in the region of a further US$80–100 per day, per individual, which while not out of range known from similar arrangements, still amounts to a significant cost outlay at a time when the airline only flies between Dar es Salaam – Kilimanjaro – Mwanza, funded by the Tanzanian taxpayer.
- Air Tanzania's last B737-200 suffered a premature end when involved in a crash in Mwanza, thankfully without the loss of life, but damaging the gear, hull, and at least one engine to the point of not being viable to repair.
