KUWAIT - Kuwait National Airways yakati nemusi weMuvhuro inoronga kutanga kushanda muna Ndira, ichiva mutakuri wechitatu muGulf state inotarisira kuwedzera kukura kwekufamba nendege kuMiddle East.
Mutakuri achashanda pasi pezita rezita reWataniya Airways - "wataniya" chiArabic che "nyika" - uye kutanga nendege mbiri dzeAirbus A320 dzichibhururuka dzichienda kuGulf uye kuMiddle East yakafara, Chief Executive Officer George Cooper akaudza vatori venhau.
Zvigove zvayo zvichanyorwa gore rino, akadaro.
"Isu tiri muhurukuro nemafemu kuti tibhadhare dzimwe ndege nhanhatu nekutakura kutanga muna 2010," Cooper akadaro. Kambani yaigona kuzotenga ndege, akadaro, pasina kutsanangura.
Kodzero dzemigwagwa dzichiri kutaurirana, Cooper akadaro padivi pemusangano wevanogovana.
Indasitiri yeGulf yezvendege iri kusimukira sezvo hupfumi hwenyika huchisimudzirwa nemitengo yemafuta zvakanyanyisa kukwezva vashanyi, vemabhizimisi nevashandi kunzvimbo huru pasi rose inotengesera mafuta.
Dubai-based Emirates, United Arab Emirates 'Air Arabia neQatar Airways vakatenga mabhiriyoni emadhora emadhora kubva kuAirbus neBoeing mumakore apfuura, vachitarisira kuunza vanhu vakawanda kunyika dzavo, uye vanotakura vafambi pasi rose.
Maererano nemushumo webhodhi, Wataniya anoronga kutanga kubhururuka kuenda kumaguta eSaudi eRiyadh neJeddah; Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Cairo, Damascus, Beirut neJordan Amman.
Ndege yeGerman Lufthansa yakabatsira kuraira Wataniya nezve zano rayo.
Muchikamu chechipiri, mutakuri ane chinangwa chekubhururuka kuenda kuLondon, Frankfurt neParis, pamwe neguta guru rePhilippines Manila, uye Thailand's Bangkok, maererano neshumo rakawanikwa neReuters uye rakagadzirira musangano wevanogovana.
Mutakuri anoda kunge aine ndege gumi nembiri, kusanganisira ndege dzakakura-muviri, panosvika 12, maererano neshumo. Cooper akaudza Reuters kuti mutakuri acharenda matatu maA2012 kubva kuKuwaiti lessor Aviation Lease & Finance Co (Alafco).
Kuwait National Airways - iyo Kuwait Projects Co nevamwe vanoisa mari mumakambani vane zvikamu makumi matatu kubva muzana - inotarisira kunyora migove yayo pamusika weKuwait pakupera kwegore, Sachigaro wendege Abdul Salam al-Bahr akaudza vane masheya.
Ichave yechitatu muKuwait mushure mekurasikirwa-inogadzira nyika inotakura Kuwait Airways - iyo hurumende inoda kutengesa - uye inodhura Jazeera Airways.
Ndege nhatu chete dzeMiddle East dzakanyorwa: Jazeera, Air Arabia uye Royal Jordanian.
Wataniya inoda kutarisa kune vafambi vebhizinesi nekupa nzvimbo yakawanda mundege yayo kupfuura vakwikwidzi, ine zvigaro zana nemakumi maviri nemaviri pamaA122s, Cooper akadaro. Iyo A320 inogona kutakura vanosvika zana nemakumi matanhatu nevapfuuri, maererano neAirbus webhusaiti.
Yakavambwa muna 2006 ine share capital ye50 miriyoni madinari ($188.8 miriyoni), Kuwait National Airways yakatengesa makumi manomwe muzana emari yayo kuruzhinji mugore rimwe chete.
Kambani, iyo ine makambani akati wandei - pakati pavo United Projects yeAviation Services Co yakatumira mari pachikamu che6.70 fils pamari inosvika 3.35 miriyoni dinari mumwedzi gumi nepfumbamwe kusvika Zvita 19, sekureva kwebhodhi. Kune 31 fils kune dinar.
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ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Muchikamu chechipiri, mutakuri ane chinangwa chekubhururuka kuenda kuLondon, Frankfurt neParis, pamwe neguta guru rePhilippines Manila, uye Thailand's Bangkok, maererano neshumo rakawanikwa neReuters uye rakagadzirira musangano wevanogovana.
- Kuwait National Airways said on Monday it plans to start operations in January, becoming the third carrier in the Gulf state looking to tap aviation traffic growth in the Middle East.
- According to a report by the board, Wataniya plans initially to fly to the Saudi cities of Riyadh and Jeddah.
