Bangaren sufurin jiragen sama a Kenya yana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen bunkasa tattalin arzikin Kenya, a cewar IATA, ya ba da gudummawar kashi 5.1% ga GDP (kimanin Sh330 biliyan / dala biliyan 3.2) a cikin 2017. Wannan baya ga tallafawa ayyukan yi kusan 620,000 a fannoni daban-daban. sassa da suka hada da yawon bude ido.
A kwanan nan, Rahoton Baƙi 2018, Jumia Travel ta haɗu da Kelvin Mwasi, Manajan Kasuwanci na Skyward Express wanda yana ɗaya daga cikin jiragen sama na cikin gida da ke aiki a cikin ƙasa; domin yin karin haske kan halin da ake ciki da kuma yuwuwar harkar sufurin jiragen sama a Kenya.
Jumia Travel (JT): Menene ainihin bayanan matafiya da ke tashi tare da Skyward Express?
Fasinjojin mu galibi na cikin gida ne, masu shekaru tsakanin 18 zuwa 65. Dangane da hanyoyin yanki, bakin tekun yana jan hankalin matsakaicin kashi 28% na fasinjojinmu, yayin da sauran 72% ke amfani da hanyoyin da ke kan gaba. Mun rubuta jimlar fasinjoji 40,583 ta 12 ga Yuni 2017, tare da haɓaka 55% mai ban sha'awa a cikin lokaci guda a cikin 2018 don isa 63,199 jimlar fasinjoji.
Kelvin Mwasi (KM): Me za ku ce su ne manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da al'adun jirgin na Kenya?
Samun damar yin ajiyar jirage ta hanyar intanet babban abu ne a ganina. Wannan ya kasance babban ci gaba a masana'antar. Misali, abubuwan da aka yi rajistar mu sun nuna cewa a ranar 12 ga Yuni 2017, rajistar yanar gizo ya tsaya a 11%, yin rajista kai tsaye a 60%, yayin da Wakilan Balaguro suka ba da gudummawar 29% na ajiyar. Kwatanta, ta 12th Yuni 2018, ajiyar yanar gizo ya karu zuwa 23% tare da yin rajista kai tsaye yana faduwa zuwa 47%. Wakilan Balaguro yanzu suna lissafin kashi 30% na buƙatun mu.
Haɗin injin ɗin mu zuwa Mpesa yanzu yana da sama da 60% na duk hanyoyin tattara kudaden shiga. Wannan fasaha, wacce nau'in biyan kuɗi ne da ake amfani da shi sosai a Kenya ya ba abokan cinikinmu damar yin mu'amala tare da Skyward Express a cikin kwanciyar hankali na ofisoshi ko ɗakunan su cikin dacewa, abin dogaro, da araha. Yanzu muna neman haɓaka dandamali na dijital don hulɗar mu tare da abokan cinikinmu ta hanyar haɗa ayyukanmu tare da sauran masu ba da sabis kamar Otal-otal, Ayyukan Hayar Mota da sauran su don tabbatar da cewa abokan cinikinmu suna hidima mafi kyau ta hanyar dandamali na dijital.
JT: Ta yaya kamfanonin sufurin jiragen sama na cikin gida ke canza harkokin yawon shakatawa na cikin gida a kasar nan?
Bayan karuwar tallace-tallacen wuraren yawon shakatawa na cikin gida zuwa kasuwannin cikin gida, Skyward Express ya shiga cikin inganta sauye-sauyen yawon shakatawa na cikin gida ta hanyar gabatar da jiragen sama zuwa manyan wuraren yawon bude ido da suka hada da Mombasa, Lamu, Eldoret da Lodwar. Don tabbatar da cewa akwai sassauci da karuwar yawan masu yawon bude ido na cikin gida da ke ziyartar wuraren da aka ambata a kai a kai, mun ci gaba da sanya jiragen na yau da kullun zuwa wadannan wuraren. Ga Mombasa, Eldoret da Lodwar, yanzu muna da matsakaicin jirage biyu a kullum tare da zaɓi don haɓaka akan buƙata.
An tsara farashin mu don sanya shi araha ga matafiya waɗanda ke son ziyartar waɗannan wuraren. Bayan haka, muna da shirye-shiryen faɗaɗa hanyoyin sadarwar mu na gida don rufe sauran wuraren yawon buɗe ido kamar Malindi, Ukunda da Kisumu. Wannan zai ba da damar matafiyi na gida ya ketare kasa cikin sauki da araha. Yayin da muke buɗe sabbin hanyoyi a kasuwannin cikin gida - muna ganin yawon buɗe ido na cikin gida yana ƙaruwa yayin da 'yan Kenya suka sami dacewa, abin dogaro, da araha don ɗaukar hutun karshen mako akai-akai ta Skyward Express.
KM: Wane irin ci gaban da masana’antar sufurin jiragen sama ta Kenya ke nunawa a shekarar 2018, musamman bayan bullo da manufar shigowar ‘yan Afirka ta hanyar biza?
Gabatar da manufar shigowar visa ga 'yan Afirka - yana buɗe masana'antar sufurin jiragen sama don haɓaka kasuwanci har ma da gaba. Saboda wannan yunkuri, ko shakka babu za a samu karuwar harkokin kasuwanci tsakanin Kenya da Afirka baki daya. Wannan zai karfafa tafiye-tafiyen kan iyaka don haka kara yawan zirga-zirgar fasinjoji a ciki da wajen kasar, da kuma yiwuwar sanya Kenya ta tsaya gaba a matsayin babbar cibiyar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama da kasuwanci a yankin Afirka. Tasirin hakan a karshe zai jawo hannun jarin kamfanonin jiragen sama na kasa da kasa a cikin kamfanonin da ke samun bunkasuwa a cikin gida saboda karuwar kasuwancin da kamfanonin jiragen sama ke yi a kasar.
