I-Lufthansa yengeza enye indawo entsha okuyiwa kuyo kunethiwekhi yayo, yandisa izinsiza zayo entshonalanga namaphakathi ne-Afrika. Kusukela mhla ziyi-15 kuJulayi, 2009, inkampani yezindiza izondiza kahlanu ngesonto isuka eFrankfurt idlule e-Accra, eGhana iye eLibreville, inhloko-dolobha yaseGabon. Umzila uzosetshenziswa yindiza ye-Airbus A340 kanye ne-A330 enekhabhinethi yokuqala, yebhizinisi, neyomnotho.
"Ngokwengezwa kwakamuva kwe-Libreville, iLufthansa manje isinikeza amakhasimende izindiza eziya ezindaweni ezingu-16 e-Afrika yonkana," kusho uKarl-Ulrich Garnadt, iphini likamongameli omkhulu weLufthansa Passenger Airlines. "Ngakho siyaqhubeka nokulandela isu lethu lokuhlanganisa zonke izimakethe ezibalulekile zokukhula e-Afrika kunethiwekhi yethu."
IGabon inezinqolobane eziningi ze-petroleum kanye ne-manganese futhi iyindawo ebalulekile yokuthumela izingodo kwamanye amazwe. Ngokuhweba kwalo ngezinto ezingavuthiwe nezinkampani zase-United States, China, naseYurophu, izwe line-GDP engaphezu kwesilinganiso. IGabon isogwini lwe-Atlantic emaphakathi ne-Afrika futhi inqamula inkabazwe. Inhloko-dolobha, iLibreville, idolobha eliyitheku elinabantu abangaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi, iyisikhungo sezwe sezomnotho nezombusazwe.
"Inethiwekhi yethu yemizila ikhula kancane, ikakhulukazi entshonalanga namaphakathi ne-Afrika," kuchaza uKarl Ulrich Garnadt. “Ngonyaka odlule kuphela, sengeze izindawo ezimbili ezintsha esiya kuzo - iMalabo e-Equatorial Guinea kanye nenhloko-dolobha yase-Angola iLuanda - ohlelweni lwethu. Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, sinyuse amaza ethu aya e-Angola saba yizindiza ezimbili ngesonto.”
Ukwengeza, kusukela mhla lu-1 kuNtulikazi wezi-2009, iLufthansa izobe isebenzela i-Accra kahlanu ngeviki ingami, esikhundleni sokuma eLagos, eNigeria. Kubandakanya izindawo ze-SWISS i-Douala ne-Yaounde (zombili e-Cameroon), amakhasimende e-Lufthansa anokukhetha kwezindiza ezingama-31 ngesonto ukuya ezindaweni eziyisishiyagalombili kulo nyaka.
isifunda sezomnotho entshonalanga namaphakathi ne-Afrika.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The capital, Libreville, a port city with a population of more than half a million, is the country's economic and political center.
- Including the SWISS destinations Douala and Yaounde (both in Cameroon), Lufthansa customers have a choice of 31 flights per week to eight destinations in this dynamic.
- In addition, from July 1, 2009, Lufthansa will be serving Accra five times a week non-stop, rather than with a stopover in Lagos, Nigeria.
