I-Austrian Airlines izomisa zonke izindiza phakathi kukaMashi 19 noMashi 28 ngenxa yeCoronavirus.
I-Austrian Airlines iyilungu leStar Alliance neLufthansa Group. ILufthansa yonke izokwehlisa amandla ngomunye u-20% futhi ibilokhu igxile ekubuyiseni izinkulungwane zamaJalimane emakhaya ngemuva kohambo lokuvakasha kanye namaholide.
I-OS066 izotheleka eVienna ngoMashi 19 ngo-8.20 am isuka eChicago futhi izokuba yindiza yokugcina egcina ukusebenza kuze kube ngumashi 28.
Abagibeli asebebhukhisiwe bazobhaliswa kabusha kwezinye izindiza.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindiza zeLufthansa Group zizophinde zinciphise uhlelo lwazo lokuthatha isikhathi esifushane nesikhathi eside. Ukukhanselwa, okuzoshicilelwa ekuseni kusasa, ngomhlaka 17 Mashi, kuzoholela ekwehleni okukhulu kwensizakalo yokudonsa isikhathi eside ikakhulukazi eMiddle East, Africa naseCentral kanye naseNingizimu Melika. Kukonke, amandla okuhlala kweLufthansa Group emizileni edonsa isikhathi eside azokwehliswa ngamaphesenti angama-90. Ingqikithi yokuxhuma kwe-1,300 yamasonto onke kuhlelwe ekuqaleni kwehlobo i-2020.
E-Europe uhlelo lokundiza luzophinde lwehliswe. Ukuqala kusasa, cishe amaphesenti angama-20 wamandla okuhlala ahleliwe asazonikelwa. Ekuqaleni, kuhlelwe izindiza ezingama-11,700 2020 zamasonto onke zokuhamba ngesikhashana ehlobo lika-XNUMX nezindiza zeLufthansa Group.
Ukukhanselwa okungeziwe kuzoshicilelwa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo futhi abagibeli bazokwaziswa ngokufanele.
Ngaphandle kokukhanselwa okukhulu, iLufthansa, i-Eurowings kanye ne-Austrian Airlines bahlele izindiza ezikhethekile ezingaphezu kwezingama-20 ezinezivakashi ezingaphezu kuka-6,000 ngesaziso esifushane sokundiza abagibeli bezikebhe kanye nabavakashi ngamaholide ekhaya. Izindiza zemizimba emikhulu okungukuthi, iBoeing 747 & 777 kanye ne-Airbus A350 zisetshenziselwa ukunikela ngomthamo omningi ngangokunokwenzeka kulezi zindiza ezibuyayo. Njengoba izinkulungwane zezakhamizi zaseJalimane, e-Austrian, eSwitzerland naseBelgian zisalinde ukubuyela emazweni akubo, izindiza zeLufthansa Group zenze amalungiselelo okuqhubeka kwezindiza futhi zisondelene kakhulu nohulumeni bamazwe akubo maqondana nalokhu. UCarsten Spohr, onguSihlalo weSigungu Esiphezulu seDeutsche Lufthansa AG, uthe: “Manje akusakhulunywa ngezinkinga zezomnotho, kodwa sekuqondene nomthwalo ophethwe yizindiza njengengxenye yengqalasizinda ebucayi emazweni abo.” ILufthansa izosebenzisana nezikhumulo zezindiza nabalawuli bezindiza ukuze bakhe umqondo ohlangeneyo wokugcina ingqalasizinda ebucayi.
Uhlelo lwezikhathi olusha lwazo zonke izindiza zeLufthansa Group luzosebenza kuze kube ngumhla ziyi-12 Ephreli 2020. Abagibeli beLufthansa Group abahlela uhambo emasontweni azayo bayelulekwa ukuba babheke isimo samanje sendiza efanele kuwebhusayithi yabo yezindiza ngaphambi kokuhamba. Uma kukhona amathuba okubhukha kabusha, abagibeli abathintekayo bazokwaziswa ngokuqhubekayo mayelana nezinye izindlela, inqobo nje uma beyobe benikeze imininingwane yabo yokuxhumana online. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izimo zokushintsha kabusha ezishintshiwe njengamanje zisebenza ngokuzithandela. Amakhasimende angathola eminye imininingwane ngalokhu ku- lufthansa.com.
Njengamanje sithola inani eliphezulu kakhulu lezingcingo zamakhasimende ezikhungweni zethu zesevisi naseziteshini zethu. Siyaqhubeka sisebenzela ukukhulisa umthamo wokuhlangabezana nalesi sidingo. Noma kunjalo, okwamanje kunezikhathi zokulinda ezinde. Abagibeli bangasebenzisa izinketho ezibanzi zokubhala kabusha kanye nokuzenzela kumawebhusayithi ezindiza njengezinye izikhungo zesevisi.
Ngokungafani nezindiza zabagibeli, iLufthansa Cargo kuze kube manje ikwazile ukuqhuba zonke izindiza zayo ebizihlelile ngaphandle kokukhanselwa kwezwekazi laseChina. Inkampani ephethwe yiLufthansa Group izoqhubeka nokwenza konke okusemandleni ayo ukugcina imisebenzi yezindiza yemikhumbi yayo ethwala izimpahla futhi ngaleyo ndlela isekele amaketanga okuphakela umhlaba wonke. Ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi senhlekelele yamanje, ukuthuthwa kwempahla futhi kanjalo nokuhamba ngezindiza kubaluleke kakhulu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The cancellations, which will be published as early as tomorrow, March 17th, will lead to a sharp decline in long-haul service especially in the Middle East, Africa and Central and South America.
- Lufthansa Group passengers planning a trip in the coming weeks are advised to check the current status of the respective flight on their airline’s website before departure.
- Since thousands of German, Austrian, Swiss and Belgian citizens are still waiting to return to their home countries, Lufthansa Group airlines have made arrangements for further evacuation flights and are in close contact with the governments of their home countries concerning this.