Ho qalellwa hape ha ditshebeletso tsa sefofane pakeng tsa Lusaka, Zambia le Durban, Afrika Borwa ho phatlaladitswe. Lifofane li qala ka la 06 Mmesa 2023 'me li tla sebetsa ka Labone ha lifofane tsa Sontaha li tla tsebisoa ka la 16 Mmesa, le sefofane se ikhethileng sa Labobeli ka la 11 Mmesa bakeng sa baeti ba khutlang mafelo-bekeng a Paseka.
Ho thakholoa ha lits'ebeletso tsena tsa moea ho tla fana ka matlafatso e kholo ho bongata ba baeti lipakeng tsa Zambia le Afrika Borwa. Ka 2021 le 2022 maeto a pakeng tsa dibaka tsena tse pedi a bile le kgolo ya 38%, athe ka nako yona eo, thomello ya Aforika Borwa ho ya Zambia e ile ya hola ka R 1,6 bilione e leng se etsang hore Zambia e be hara balekane ba bohlokwa ba kgwebo ba Aforika Borwa ka hara Aforika Borwa.
“Re le ’muso oa KwaZulu-Natal, re thabela ho amohela litšebeletso tsena tsa moea tse tsamaisoang ka sefofane ProFlight Zambia. Ts'ebeletso ena e ncha ea moea ntle le pelaelo e tla bapala karolo ea ho matlafatsa likhokahano tsa khoebo lipakeng tsa libaka tsena tse peli, haholo ha ho nahanoa hore ho se ho na le lik'hamphani tse ngata tse sebetsang Zambia le Afrika Boroa. Khokahano e ntlafetseng ea moea e tla nolofaletsa likhoebo ho tsamaea lipakeng tsa linaha tsena tse peli, ho nolofaletsa khoebo le matsete a maholo le ho feta. Ho boletse Monghali Siboniso Duma MEC ea Ntlafatso ea Moruo, Bohahlauli le Merero ea Tikoloho le moetapele oa Khoebo ea Mmuso KwaZulu-Natal.
Tsela e ncha e tla boela e fane ka kholiso e hlokahalang haholo indastering ea bohahlauli, moo Zambia le Afrika Boroa ka bobeli e leng libaka tse tummeng tsa bahahlauli. Zambia e tsebahala ka liphoofolo tsa eona tse hlaha, botle ba tlhaho, le mesebetsi ea bohahlauli, ha KwaZulu-Natal e tumme ka mabōpo a leoatle, bonono le boithabiso.
Ramotse oa EThekwini, Cllr. Mxolisi Kaunda o bontšitse thabo ea hae ka ho khutla ha ProFlight. “Re thabetse ho ba le ProFlight e fofang hape Durban. Ha indasteri ea bohahlauli e ntse e ntlafala butle-butle, ho tsosolosoa ha lits'ebeletso tsena tsa sefofane ho nolofatsa boikhathollo le maeto a khoebo ho ea Durban. Maeto a ntseng a eketseha ka har'a Afrika hape ke karolo ea bohlokoa ea leano la rona le pharaletseng la ho netefatsa tlholisano, e leng se matlafatsoang hape ke ho eketsoa ha khokahanyo ena ea moea.'
O ile a tsoela pele “Re ikemiselitse ho holisa seabo sa rona ho Durban Direct, eo ka eona re khonneng ho fumana lifofane tsena tse ncha, molemong oa ho holisa lenaneo la rona la ho hohela lits'ebeletso tse ncha tsa moea toropong.
Ho thakgolwa ha tshebeletso ena e ntjha ya difofane hape ho lebeletswe ho hlahisa menyetla ya mesebetsi Zambia le Aforika Borwa. Ha bahahlauli ba bangata le baeti ba khoebo ba etela libaka tsena tse peli, ho tla ba le tlhoko e ntseng e eketseha ea mesebetsi ea indasteri ea litšebeletso le kamohelo ea baeti.
Monghadi Nkosinathi Myataza, Molaodi Kakaretso wa Lebatowa wa Khamphani ya Airports South Africa, o phethetse “Re thabetse ho hlahisa hape difofane tse tobileng ho tloha Lusaka ho ya Durban, e tshehetsa matsapa a rona a kopanetsweng a ho busetsa kgokelo ya moya KwaZulu-Natal. Ho tsosolosoa ha tšebeletso ea sefofane ke tsoelo-pele e ntle bakeng sa Zambia le Afrika Boroa, e nang le monyetla oa ho matlafatsa maqhama a khoebo, bohahlauli le khoebo pakeng tsa libaka tsena tse peli.”
