I-PARIS NE-NEW YORK – I-British Airways namuhla imemezele ukuthi isiqedile ukuthenga inkampani yezindiza yaseFrance i-L'Avion, ezohlanganiswa nenkampani entsha engaphansi kweBritish Airways i-OpenSkies. Lesi sivumelwano saqala ukumenyezelwa ngoJulayi 2, 2008. Ukuhlanganiswa okugcwele kwe-L'Avion ne-OpenSkies kuhlelelwe ekuqaleni kuka-2009.
I-OpenSkies isanda kwethula izindiza zansuku zonke phakathi kwe-Paris Orly Airport kanye ne-New York John F. Kennedy Airport. I-L'Avion isebenzisa izindiza ezimbili ze-Boeing 757 phakathi kweParis Orly ne-Newark Airport. Inkampani yezindiza ehlanganisiwe izosebenzisa izindiza ezifika kwezintathu zansuku zonke phakathi kweParis Orly nendawo yaseNew York isebenzisa indiza ye-Boeing 757.
"Sijabule kakhulu ngokuphothulwa kwalesi sivumelwano futhi sijabule kakhulu ukuqala inqubo yokuhlanganisa," kusho uDale Moss, umqondisi ophethe we-OpenSkies. “Lena yinhlanganisela ekahle yezinkampani ezimbili ezabelana ngokugxila ekuletheni okuhlangenwe nakho okungenakuqhathaniswa ohambweni olunqamula i-Atlantic. Njengoba i-L'Avion ihlinzeka ngokufinyelela okwengeziwe e-Paris-Orly, isilinganiso esikhulu kanye nesizinda sabasebenzi esijulile nesinekhono, okuhambisana nokusekelwa kweBritish Airways, sizokwethula ukukhetha okunamandla nakakhulu okunokuncintisana kakhulu ngaphesheya kwe-Atlantic.”
“Sisonke, izinkampani zethu ezihlangene zizonikeza isiphakamiso senani le-premium esiphoqelelayo kubahambi emzileni waseNew York – Paris,” kusho uMarc Rochet, isikhulu esiphezulu se-L'Avion. “Izinkampani zethu ezimbili zezindiza zilingana ngokwemvelo, ngokuzibophezela okuhlangene ekuhlinzekeni ngenkonzo yamakhasimende ekhumbulekayo endizeni ngayinye. Sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana nozakwethu be-OpenSkies njengoba siqhubeka nokwakha inkampani yezindiza edlula i-Atlantiki.”
Lapho lezi zinkampani ezimbili zezindiza sezihlanganisiwe, amakhasimende angalindela ukuthola izinzuzo ezizothuthukisa ukunikezwa kweParis - New York, okuhlanganisa neshejuli eyengeziwe kanye namalungelo e-BA Executive Club. I-OpenSkies ne-L'Avion njengamanje isebenzisa i-codeshare ne-L'Avion ethengisa izihlalo ezindizeni ze-OpenSkies.
