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1 | Madagascar: Will Air France Jet Purchases Really Help Air Madagascar? [All links lead to French language pages, except when otherwise noted] | Madagasikara : Vita Hatreo Ve Ny Air Madagascar Rehefa Avy Nividy Airbus Tamin'ny Air France? |
2 | The year 2011 saw Air Madagascar being banned from flying to European destinations due to the airline failing to comply with security regulations. | Voarara tsy mahazo mandia ny faritr'habakabaka eoropeana tamin'ny 2011 ny zotram-pitaterana an'habakabaka Air Madagascar noho ny tsy fanarahany ny fitsipi-piarovana mihatra. |
3 | In order to ensure the continuity of their services, Air Madagascar was forced to ask Air Italy to take on the flights that they could no longer operate. | Ho fanohizana ny asany dia tsy maintsy niangavy ny Air Italy hanao ny fitaterana tsy azony atao intsony ny Air Madagascar. Nankalazain'ny fitondrana tetezamita malagasy nanetriketrika tokoa ny fividianana Airbus A340 roa an'ny Air France. |
4 | The transition government in Madagascar had been celebrating the recent purchase of two Air France Airbus A340s with great fanfare, yet multiple questions have since been raised over the suitability, financial arrangements and terms of the purchase. | Saingy, maro ny fanontaniana nipoitra amin'ny hoe sahaza antsika ve, manao ahoana ny fanomezam-bola sy ny fombafomba nividianana azy sy ny vokatra lavitr'ezaka sy ny faharetany eo amin'ny orinasa. |
5 | The long term sustainability of the airline itself has also ultimately been called into question. | Ahiahy teo am-piaingana Andry Rajoelina teo anoloan'ny Airbus 340 an'ny Air Madagascar. |
6 | Problems on takeoff | Saripika nahazoana alalana avy amin'ny Tananews |
7 | Air Madagascar is the only commercial airline in the country. | Air Madagascar irery no orinasam-pitaterana misy eto an-tanindrazana. |
8 | Historically, international flights have been made by Boeing aircraft. | Ara-tantara, Ny Boeing ihany no mandrafitra ny zotram-pitanterana iraisampirenena. |
9 | While this change of supplier may seem trivial, in effect it requires a long period of re-training for Malagasy pilots, and means that for the moment, only Air France pilots are qualified to fly the planes bought by Air Madagascar. | Tsy kisendrasendra izao fiovana izao satria mila fampianarana maharitra ho an'ny mpanamory malagasy. Vokatr'izany, ny mpanamorin'ny Air France irery no afa-mitondra ny voromby novidian'ny Air Madagascar hatreto. |
10 | In this video, President Andry Rajoelina is presented with the Airbus in Toulouse: | Fanolorana ny airbus tamin'i Andry Rajoelina tao Toulouse |
11 | The planes themselves have also had trying times: the second Airbus A340 has already broken down twice. | Tsy nialana maharary ihany koa ny fanombohan'asan'ireo fiaramanidiny. |
12 | These technical problems have done nothing to reassure passengers, whose confidence in the company is low after concerns over safety that lead to the company being blacklisted. Isabelle Blanco explains the technical faults on Air Journal: | Nahitana tsy fetezana indroa tsy nahafahany mitatitra ny mpandeha efa miakatra amin'ny fametrahana ny orinasa anaty lisitra mainty noho ny fahabangana lehibe eo amin'ny fiarovana (ny mpandeha) ny Airbus A340 faharoa. |
13 | it has appeared in the press that the two faults affected the landing gear, a vital component. | Toy izao ny fanazavana amin'io tsi-fetezana io araka an'i Isabelle Blanco ao amin'ny Air Journal: |
14 | Officially, the first was due to a fire sensor. In Paris, it was the landing gear locking system which failed: the gear descended as planned but a warning light came on. | Nolazain'ny gazety fa olana eo amin'ny fivoahan'ny kodiarana “train d'atterrissage”, kojakoja « iankinan'ny aina » no nahatonga ny tsi-fetezana indroa. |
15 | This necessitated a check by the engineering crew, which lasted three hours. | Nolazaina tamin'ny fomba ofisialy fa teo amin'ny milina miandry afo no nisy ny tsi-fetezana tamin'ilay voalohany. |
16 | In any case, Malagasies [people from Madagascar] seem to be skeptical about Air Madagascar's choice to go with Airbus when they have always flown Boeings in the past. | Tany Paris, ny rafitra manidy ny fivoahan'ny kodiarana no nanondrana : nivoaka ny kodiarana fa nirehitra ny jiro fampitandremana, ka nahatonga ny ekipa teknika hanao ny fanamarinana, izay naharitra ora telo. |
17 | The airline is going to need more time to regain that lost confidence | Na izany aza, tsy mbola resy lahatra tamin'ny nifidianan'ny orinasa ny Airbus ny Malagasy, nefa tsy nampiasa afa-tsy Boeing hatramin'izay. |
18 | President Andry Rajoelina with the Air Madagascar Airbus 340. Photo: Marie Audran-RFI with permission | Mbola maka fotoana maharitra noho izany ny Air Madagascar hampiverina indray ny fitokisana very |
19 | Like the majority of the world's airlines, the company has been through some difficult times in the last few years. | Efa nandalo fotoan-tsarotra maro, tahaka ny ankamaroan'ny orinasam-pitaterana an-habakabaka manerantany, ny orinasa tao anatin'ny taona vitsivitsy. |
20 | The Airbus planes are on loan to Air Madagascar for a period of six years, at the end of which the company becomes the sole owner. | Hofaina ao anatin'ny enin-taona aloha ny Airbus ka rehefa vita izany dia tompony tanteraka ny orinasa. AD milaza ny antsipirian'ny fifampiraharahana: |
21 | AD has some further details on the transaction: | Notapahina ho enin-taona ny fifanaraham-panofana iarahana amin'ny Air France. |
22 | The lease with Air France was agreed for six years. | Ny A340 voalohany hofaina 350 000 dolara isam-bolana, ny faharoa 475 000 dolara. |
23 | The first A340 is leased at 350,000 [US] dollars per month, and the second at 475,000 [US] dollars. | Manana A340 miisa 15 i Air France ka amin'ireo no misy manao zotra Paris-Antananarivo in'efatra isan-kerinandro. |
24 | Air France's fleet has 15 A340 300s which currently serve the the Paris-Antananarivo route four times per week. | 14 taona ny A340 300 voalohany namidy tamin'ny Malagasy ary ny faharoa 12 taona. |
25 | The first A340 300 bought by the airline is 14 years old, the second 12 years old. The running costs will remain high for Air Madagascar due to the addition of the costs of using Air France flight crews while the company's own pilots receive training on the Airbus planes. | Tsy hihena vetivety ihany koa ny sandam-pandaniana amin'ny fampiasana azy ireo ho an'ny Air Madagascar satria manampy ny fividianana ireo airbus ireo sy ny vola lany amin'ny fampiasana azy ny sandan'ny fampiasaina ny ekipa fanamorian'ny Air France eo am-piandrasana ny fahavitan'ny fiofanana ataon'ny mpanamorin'ny Air Madagascar. |
26 | The salaries of the Air France pilots are considerably higher than those of the Air Madagascar pilots. | Tsy misy ifandraisany amin'ny karaman'ny mpanamorin'ny Air Madagascar velively manko ny karaman'ny mpanamorin'ny Air France. |
27 | Many experts have questioned the choice of Airbus. | Toherin'ny manampahaizana maro ny nifidianana ny Airbus. |
28 | Mahefa Rakotomalala explains: | Indro i Mahefa Rakotomalala manazava ny antony : |
29 | The A340-300 has numerous disadvantages when compared to the Boeing 777, the aircraft in direct competition which made the Malagasies hesitate over their choice for some time. | Maro ny tsikera azon'ny A 340-300 indrindra raha oharina amin'ny mpifaninana mivantana aminy, ny Boeing 777, ilay safidy azo natao ka nampisalasala ela ny Malagasy. Manana tombony ilay marika amerikana eo amin'ny lafiny maro. |
30 | The American marque wins in several categories, particularly in sales where 1295 777s have been bought by 64 airlines in the last 20 years compared to 377 A340s by 48 airlines. | Eo aloha raha jerena ny isan'ny voromby novinidy satria nandritra ny nahalafosana A 340 miisa 377 tamin'ny orinasa 48 nandritra ny 20 taona, dia 1295 kosa ny 777 novidian'ny orinasa 64. |
31 | The fuel consumption of the A340 heavily influenced the airlines' decisions, given that both planes have the same capacity. | Amin'ireo voromby roa manana fahavitana mitovy ireo, nampitambesatra teo amin'ny safidin'ny zotram-pitaterana an'habakabaka ny ny fandaniana solika ataon'ny voalohany. |
32 | In the face of these findings, Airbus decided to cease production of the A340 at the end of 2011, despite after-sales support continuing for another 30 years (..) | Tamin'ny faran'ny taona 2011, teo am-pahitana ireo tranga ireo, nanapa-kevitra ny hampitsahatra ny famokarana A 340 ny Airbus, eny fa na dia notazonina ho 30 taona aza ny fikarakarana aorian'ny nividianana azy [service après vente] (..) |
33 | In addition to this, Air Madagascar will need to restructure in order to welcome this new type of aircraft into its fleet: crew training, reorganization of the maintenance and industrial department, as well as the supply chain are all changes which will definitely accumulate costs. | Ankoatra izany, tsy maintsy misy indray ny fanamboaran-drafitra handraisana io karazana fiara vaovao io ao amin'ny andiam-piaramanidin'ny Air Madagascar : fanofanana ny ekipazy, fandaminana indray ny departemantan'ny fikojakojana sy ny indostrialy ary ny fampitaovana dia samy fanovana misy sandany avokoa. |
34 | The shadow of Françafrique | Ny alok'i Frantsafrika |
35 | It seems that the purchase of these aeroplanes was made to benefit Air France, which is also in the middle of serious financial difficulties. | Tahaka ny tsy mahatezitra ny orinasa Air France ny fividianana ny vorombiny. Manana olana ara-bola goavana ihany koa ny Air France. |
36 | The antiquated and fuel-thirsty Airbus planes sold to Air Madagascar were no longer of any use to Air France (in fact, these four-engined planes are consume so much fuel that to keep them in service would be far too costly for Air France.) | Tsy nilain'ny Air France intsony ny Airbus namidy tamin'ny Air Madagascar satria efa kadraoka sy mandany solika (hita tokoa fa mandany solika kokoa noho ny Aibus vaovao ny Airbus motera efatra ka lafo loatra ny fampiasana azy ho an'ny Air France.) |
37 | The question therefore presents itself: if these aircraft are too expensive for Air France to run, how can Air Madagascar possibly afford to run and maintain them? | Mipoitra ary ny fanontaniana, raha mandany loatra ho an'ny Air France ireo voromby ireo, ahoana no hahafahan'ny Air Madagascar mandoa ny saram-pampiasana sy ny fikojakojana azy ireo ? |
38 | Madonline asks if these Airbus planes represented the best choice for the country, or for the directors of the airline: | Manontany tena ny Madonline hoe tolotra tsara ho an'ny firenena sa ho an'ny mpitantana ny orinasa ireo Airbus ireo : |
39 | Officially, the choice of the French manufacturer is a commercial one between two companies, and not political. | Ety ankalamanjàna, tsy politika fa ara-barotra, eo amin'ny samy orinasa, no nifidianana ny mpandrafitra voromby frantsay. |
40 | The Malagasy airline is run by politicians and administrators from the HAT (transition government), mostly from the Ministry of Finance, which in itself does not preclude them from making a relatively good deal. | Ny tompon'andraikitra ara-politika sy ara-pitantanana avy ao amin'ny HAT, indrindra fa ny avy ao amin'ny minisiteran'ny vola, no mitondra ny orinasam-pitaterana an'habakabaka malagasy. |
41 | Who is the man at the top of Air Madagascar? | Izay tsy manala velively ny hoe mety ho tsara ny aferany. |
42 | It is Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Minster of Finance, the man who holds the purse strings for the HAT and who is also president of the board of directors of the national airline. | Iza no Lehiben'ny orinasam-pitaterana Air Madagascar ? Hery Rajaonarimampianina, minisitry ny vola sy mpitahiry volan'ny HAT ary filohan'ny filakevi-pitantanan'ny orinasam-pitaterana an'habakabaka nasionaly. |
43 | He holds his position there backed by numerous loyal lieutenants who are also very influential in the finances of the state. (..) | Miteronterona ao miaraka amin'ny lefiny mahatoky azy izay tompon'andraikitra ambony amin'ny fitantanana ny volam-panjakana ihany koa ny lehilahy. (..) |
44 | The board of directors of Air Madagascar continues to argue that the political dimension of the choice of the French manufacturer should be forgotten. | Miezaka ny mandresy lahatra ny filakevi-pitantanan'ny Air Madagascar mampanadino ny safidy politika tanatin'ny fampisafidianana ny mpanao fiaramanidina frantsay. (..) |
45 | Has Air Madagascar made a good deal by buying two aircraft of 12 and 14 years old after a lease of 6 years. | Nety ve ny nataon'ny Air Madagascar tamin'ny nividianana fiara 12 sy 14 taona tamin'ny fanaovana varotra sy fanofana mandritra ny 6 taona. |
46 | A new Airbus A340 300 can cost 150 million [US] dollars. | Mety hahatratra 150 tapitrisa dolara ny vidin'ny Airbus A340-300 vaovao iray. |
47 | The two craft are being leased at 369,000 and 403,000 [US] dollars per month, which makes the most expensive Airbus just under 60 million [US] dollars. | Hofaina 369 000 dolara sy 403 000 dolara isam-bolana izy roa ireo, izay manombe latsaky ny 60 tapitrisa dolara ho an'ny lafo indrindra. |
48 | This provoked a raft of criticism, given the estimated market value of the planes is estimated at 30 million [US] dollars. | Mandeha ny tsikera satria ny sandan'ireo fiaramanidina voatonona ireo dia heverina ho 30 tapitrisa dolara. |
49 | In these time of economic crisis for the majority of airlines,many observers are beginning to ask if Air Madagascar will remain solvent for much longer. | Amin'izao fotoanan'ny krizy ara-toe-karena ho an'ny ankamaroan'ny orinasam-pitanterana an'habakabaka izao, maro ny mpanara-baovao manontany tena raha mbola mahaverin-trosa mandritra ny fotoana maharitra ihany ny Air Madagascar. |
50 | Afrique Infos says: | Manamarika i Afrique Infos : |
51 | According to commentators, the acquisition of these aircraft marks the end of Air Madagascar, whose cabin crew, pilots and salespeople are all fully trained to the standards of American firm Boeing (..) | Araka ny fijerin'ny mpanara-baovao, manamarika sahady ny fiafaran'ny orinasam-pitaterana Air Madagascar, izay efa zatra Boeing ny mpiasa mpikarakara sy ny mpanamory ary ny misahana ny varotra ao aminy, ny fahazoana ireo Airbus ireo (..) |
52 | Air France has already abandoned these aircraft due to the high running costs and in conjunction Air Madagascar has given up its claim to the Europe-Indian Ocean routes, which are heavily used by European tourists (..) In terms of kerosene consumption, these four-engined planes are not economical . | Efa nilaozan'i Air France ireo voromby ireo satria lafo ny fikarakarana azy ary ho takalony nomen'ny Air Madagascar avokoa ny tombony rehetra ka tafiditra amin'izany ny zotra Eoropa-Oseana Indiana izay tena ankafizin'ny mpizahantany eoropeana tokoa (..) |
53 | This is contra to the claims of the company chairman, and one of the reasons why Airbus has decided to stop producing the A340 (..) an employee of Air Madagascar explained that airlines prefer to buy the Boeing 777, which has the same capacity as the A340, for this reason. In 20 years, the Boeing has sold 1295 compared to 377 A340s because of this fuel consumption issue. | Raha eo amin'ny sehatry ny fitrohana kosa, tsy mitsitsy kerozenina araka ny fanazavan'ny tale jeneralin'ny kaompania ireo mampiasa maotera efatra ireo, ary izany no anisan'ny antony nanajanonan'ny Airbus ny famokarana A340 (..) manazava ny mpiasan'ny Air Madagascar iray fa aleon'ny orinasam-pitaterana mividy Boeing 777 izay mahavita mitovy amin'ny A340, ary tao anatin'ny 20 taona, nahalafo voromby 1295 ny Boeing ary 377 kosa ny Airbus noho izay resaka fanjifan-tsolika izay. |