Kwethulwa kohambo lwendiza oluqondile phakathi kweTheku ne-Addis Ababa e-Ethiopia. Inkampani yezindiza i-Ethiopian Airlines izoqala uhambo olusha nsuku zonke kusukela mhla ziyi-11 kuZibandlela 2026, kanti nokubhukha sekuvuliwe. Lolu hambo luzosetshenziswa ngendiza i-B737 Max.
I-Addis Ababa ingenye yezikhungo ezinkulu zezindiza e-Afrika, okwenza le ndlela entsha inikeze abagibeli baseThekwini amathuba alula okuxhumana nezinye izindawo e-Afrika, eYurophu, e-Asia, eMiddle East naseNyakatho Melika. Lokhu kusho ukuthi abantu abahamba besuka eThekwini bazokwazi ukufinyelela emadolobheni afana ne London, Paris, Frankfurt, Mumbai, Delhi kanye neWashington ngokuxhuma e-Addis Ababa.
UNgqongqoshe weKwaZulu-Natal wezokuThuthukiswa koMnotho, ezokuVakasha nezeMvelo, Rev. Musa Zondi, uthe lolu hambo olusha luyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekuxhumaniseni lesi sifundazwe nomhlaba. Uthe ukuxhumana kwezindiza kungaba nomthelela ekukhuliseni umnotho, ezokuvakasha, ukuhwebelana kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali.
I-Durban Direct ithe lolu hlelo luzokwenza iTheku lifinyeleleke kalula kubavakashi bakwamanye amazwe nakosomabhizinisi. Kulindeleke ukuthi lolu hambo lusize nasekukhuliseni isibalo sabavakashi abavela e-Ethiopia, kwamanye amazwe ase-Afrika kanye nakwezinye izimakethe zomhlaba.
UHamish Erskine, uSihlalo obambisene weDurban Direct, uthe ukwethulwa kwale ndlela entsha kukhombisa impumelelo yokusebenzisana phakathi kwezinkampani zezindiza, ezokuvakasha kanye nohulumeni ekuthuthukiseni ukuxhumana kweKwaZulu-Natal nomhlaba. Uhambo lokuqala lweTheku–Addis Ababa kulindeleke ukuthi luqale mhla ziyi-11 kuZibandlela 2026.
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