I-WOW air inwebise inethiwekhi yayo ukusuka esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Keflavik ngokwethula indiza yokuqala ye-Icelandic hub engami ukuya e-Asia, ngenkampani yezindiza enikezela ngezinsizakalo e-Delhi. Yethulwe namuhla, le nkonzo izosebenza kathathu ngeviki isebenzisa i-345-seat A330-300s, kanti umzila awugcini nje ngokunikeza indiza yokuqala eqondile eya e-Asia, kodwa futhi inikeza okuwukuphela kwendlela engabizi kakhulu kubagibeli abahamba phakathi kweNdiya neNyakatho Melika ngendiza. ukudluliswa okungenamthungo ku-Keflavik.
Ephawula ngokuvulwa kwenkonzo yokuqala ngqa yesikhumulo sezindiza eya e-Asia, uHlynur Sigurdsson, uMqondisi Wezohwebo, u-Isavia, waphawula: “Kuze kube manje, isikhumulo sezindiza saseKeflavik sinezindiza eziqondile kuphela eziya eYurophu naseNyakatho Melika. Njengoba u-27% wezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezivakashela e-Iceland zivela ezindaweni ezingaphandle kwalezi zifunda, futhi njengoba le makethe ikhule ngo-11% phakathi nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye zokuqala zika-2018, kuhle ukubona i-WOW air inweba ukufinyelela emhlabeni kuka-Keflavik ngezindiza ezingami ukuya. Delhi." Enezela okwengeziwe kulokhu, uSigurdsson wanezela: “Siyaqonda futhi ukuthi lezi zindiza azigcini nje ngokuletha ukuxhumana okuqondile ne-Asia, kodwa siyazi futhi ngobudlelwano obubalulekile bamasiko nobuqinile phakathi kweNdiya neNyakatho Melika. Njengoba lokhu kuwukuphela kwendlela engabizi kakhulu yabagibeli phakathi kwalezi zifunda ezimbili zomhlaba, siyajabula ukweseka i-WOW air ekunikezeni indlela entsha yokuhamba kubagibeli abayizigidi eziyisithupha abandiza phakathi kwalezi zifunda ezimbili unyaka ngamunye.”
Ukwengezwa kweDelhi kunethiwekhi ye-Keflavik kudlula lokho obekungomunye unyaka wokuqopha umlando wesikhungo saseYurophu. Abagibeli abangaphansi nje kwezigidi eziyi-10 abadlule esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Keflavik kulo nyaka, okwenza unyaka wezi-2018 ube unyaka wesishiyagalolunye olandelanayo wokukhula kwabagibeli ngamadijithi amabili, nokuhamba kwabantu kukhule ngo-12% uma kuqhathaniswa no-2017.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Launched today, the service will operate three times weekly using 345-seat A330-300s, with the route not only offering the first direct flight to Asia, but also provides the only low-cost option for passengers travelling between India and North America via a seamless transfer at Keflavik.
- With 27% of international visitors to Iceland coming from destinations outside of these regions, and with this market having grown by 11% during the first nine months of 2018, it is great to see WOW air expanding Keflavik's global reach with non-stop flights to Delhi.
- With this being the only low-cost option for passengers between these two global regions, we are happy to support WOW air in offering a new travel option to the six million passengers that fly between the two regions each year.
