(eTN) - Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻike i ka pule i hala e pili ana i ke kumukūʻai o kahi mokulele B737-200 kahiko i ʻike ʻia e Air Tanzania i hoʻolimalima ʻia mai kahi hui ʻAmelika Hema, ʻo Star Air Cargo. ʻO ka mokulele 32 makahiki, ka mea i hele mua i ka lawelawe ma 1980 ma British Airtours ma UK ma mua o ka neʻe ʻana ma waena o ka hapalua o nā mea nona a i ʻole nā mea hana ma ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika Hema, e uku ʻia ka mea ʻauhau ʻo Tanzanian ma kahi o US $ 200,000 i hoʻokahi mahina no ka. he hoʻolimalima 3 mahina mua, ʻoiai ʻo ATCL - kūʻē i ka ʻōlelo aʻo maikaʻi aʻe i ʻike hou ʻia - ua kūpaʻa e lele 150 mau hola o ka mahina ma US $1,350 no kēlā me kēia hola. Eia hou, pono e hoʻokō ʻo ATCL i ke kumukūʻai o ka mālama ʻana no ka poʻe holokai, i manaʻo ʻia aia ma kahi o ka US$80-100 hou aʻe i kēlā me kēia lā, no kēlā me kēia kanaka, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i waho o ka laulā i ʻike ʻia mai nā hoʻonohonoho like ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumu kūʻai. i ka manawa e lele wale ai ka mokulele ma waena o Dar es Salaam - Kilimanjaro - Mwanza, i uku kālā ʻia e ka mea ʻauhau ʻo Tanzanian.
Ua wikiwiki ka poʻe loea e lele i ka ʻaelike, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he emi ke kumukūʻai o ia mokulele kahiko ma mua o ka helu i ʻae ʻia, ʻōlelo kekahi ua "hoʻouka ʻia" ka hola o ka hola e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā kuleana kuleana, aʻo kekahi poʻe i hoʻopiʻi i ke kumukūʻai hana o kēlā ʻelemakule. mokulele. "ʻOi aku ka nui o ka puhi wahie o kēia ʻano mokulele ma mua o ka mokulele hou, a no laila, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ke kumukūʻai hana no kēlā me kēia lele. Wahi a nā mokulele i kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai wahie ma kahi o 40 pakeneka o kā lākou kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa, akā inā hoʻohana kekahi i kahi mokulele kahiko, piʻi ke kumukūʻai. He aha ka mea i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ATCL e hoʻohana lākou i nā mokulele hou?
“ʻAʻole pono e hoʻopunipuni ʻia ka poʻe holo i ke kapa ʻālohilohi hou o ka pena, no ka mea ʻo ka mea nui ma lalo a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia. Ua kamaʻilio lākou e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mokulele CRJ, nā mokulele liʻiliʻi e lele ʻoi aku ka ʻoihana a lawa ka nui no ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana o ka ʻoihana. Akā e like me kā mākou e ʻike ai, ʻo ia ka mea kahiko, ʻo ia ka wā kahiko. ʻO ka mua o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana me ka hui ʻo Gulf e kūʻai ai i ka ʻāina i ke kālā he nui e like me ka Airbus saga i ʻike ʻia e ka pāremata. A i kēia manawa, lawe mai lākou i kahi mokulele kahiko loa.
"ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike i ka ʻike a hoʻohana wale i nā hana hoʻomaha. E kali ʻoe, e lohe koke ʻoe ua hele hou lākou i ke aupuni e ʻai hou aku i kā mākou ʻauhau ʻauhau, "wahi a kahi kumu mokulele maʻamau mai Tanzania i ke kūkākūkā ʻana i ka ʻike leʻa. Ua hōʻoia pū ʻia ke kumu like ʻo ATCL e hana wikiwiki ana ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona e hoʻomau i nā mokulele i Nairobi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e FastJet a ʻōlelo ʻia: "Inā he lohi no FastJet i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i nā mokulele i Nairobi a pili ia i nā ʻae a me nā ʻae. , hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kahi pili palekana i ke kumu o ia mea."
ʻO ka B737-200 hope loa o Air Tanzania i loaʻa i ka hopena mua loa i ka wā i komo ai i kahi ulia ma Mwanza, mahalo me ka ʻole o ka make ʻana o ke ola, akā ua hoʻopōʻino i ke kaʻa, ka hull, a me ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi mīkini a hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
