(eTN) - Na maua mai faʻamatalaga o le tautua a Egypt Air i le va o Cairo e ala ia Khartoum e oʻo atu ia Juba, sa faʻagaioia faʻalua i le vaiaso, ua faʻamalolo mo se taimi umi.

A o talanoa e uiga i le 'toe amataina o vaʻalele taimi i le lumanaʻi' o lenei na faʻateʻaina o 'hogwash' e se vaʻalele tau i Juba na faʻaopopoina: 'ua latou le mafai ona faʻatosina mai maketi. O le latou tiʻetiʻega mai Kairo muamua i Khartoum na faʻasalaina lenei taʻotoga i le le manuia. O matou i Saute o loʻo matou agaʻi atu nei i le tutoʻatasi ma le faʻamalosia e faimalaga e ala atu i Khartoum e le o le mea lea e toʻatele tatou e manaʻo ai. O le taimi o le vaalele e leaga foi. Afai e i ai se tolopo, ma e tele, o le solaaga mai Khartoum i Juba e le mafai ona faʻafaigofie ona o Juba e matala mo naʻo gaioiga malamalama. Ma i se taimi faʻapitoa latou te o mai ai mai Khartoum toe felelei i Cairo ma uta pasese i Juba ma fusi i latou i se le fiafia siʻosiʻomaga. Le mea sili seʻia oʻo ile aso 09 o Iulai e tutusa a matou tusifolau ae a a tutoʻatasi, e manaʻomia e o tatou tagata Visa ma e ono togafitia e pei o sipai pe leaga '.

Talu ai nei lava na faila ai se lipoti iinei ona o le tele o tuuaiga o le agaleagaina ma le faailogalanu na faia i tagata malaga i Saute Sudan i luga o lenei vaalele e le aufaigaluega o malae vaalele o Cairo, ina ua taʻu atu ia i latou o le tuai o le a mafua ai ona latou le malaga uma ona o le vaalele na o le a alu mamao atu i Khartoum. Ina ua salalau nei tala fou sa toetoe lava a toʻesea le oti mo le taotoga, e ese mai i le vevesi faapolokiki talu ai nei i Aikupito ina ua leai seisi e fia malaga e ui atu i Cairo ma ni vavao i nofoaga ma faaleaogaina ai femalagaiga.

E le o mautinoa pe a ma le mea moni a Egypt Air mafai ona toe amata vaʻalele i Juba, ae le ono i luma o le tutoʻatasi - faʻatulagaina i le 09th Iulai - ona faʻatoa avea lea ma se auaunaga le tuʻua tuua Khartoum, a faʻapea o le auala o le a toe faia foi i lalo o mataupu lava e tasi na mafua ai ona taofia le galuega.
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It is not sure if and in fact when Egypt Air may resume flights to Juba, but not likely before independence – due on 09th July – and then only as a non-stop service leaving out Khartoum, as otherwise the route would again be subject to all the same issues which now led to the ‘suspension' of operations.
Only recently was a report filed here over massive allegations of mistreatment and racist comments being made towards Southern Sudanese travellers on this flight by Cairo airport staff, when they were told the delay would result in them not travelling at all as the flight would only go as far as Khartoum.
When these news spread this was almost the death knell for the operation, besides the recent political upheavals in Egypt when no one wanted to travel via Cairo with curfews in place and flight cancellations galore.