Izindiza eziphakathi kwe-United Arab Emirates ne-Israel, phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi ne-Tel Aviv, zingaphezu kophawu lokuthula. Lezi zindiza kanye nalobu budlelwano obunokuthula manje busho amabhizinisi amakhulu, nasembonini yezokuvakasha nezokuvakasha. Lobu bungane obusha eMpumalanga Ephakathi buyingqopha-mlando kubantu nasemathubeni amabhizinisi amakhulu asafufusa.

I-Etihad Airways izobe ixhumanisa i-Israel nenethiwekhi entsha yezindawo zomhlaba wonke ngokusebenzisa i-Abu Dhabi hub, ingeza nomncintiswano onzima esikhungweni seTurkey Airlines Istanbul.

Kwakuwunyaka noma emibili kuphela edlule lapho imephu yomagazini we-inflight e-Etihad Airways ingabonisi i-Israel. Lokhu manje sekuyingxenye yomzabalazo wokusungula ukuthula eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Ngo-Okthoba 19 ibhanoyi laqopha umlando in ukundiza phakathi kwala mazwe amabili okokuqala ngqa.

Kusukela ngoMashi 28, inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke ye-United Arab Emirates izokwethula izindiza ezihleliwe nsuku zonke ezisuka e-Abu Dhabi ziya eTel Aviv, isikhungo sezomnotho nezobuchwepheshe kwa-Israyeli.

Ukwethulwa kwezindiza kulandela ukujwayeleka kobudlelwano bokuxhumana phakathi kwalezi zizwe zombili, nokusayinwa kwezivumelwano zika-Abraham phakathi kwe-UAE ne-Israel eWashington DC ngomhlaka 15 Septhemba. Ngemuva kwenyanga nje, u-Etihad waba ngumthwali wokuqala we-GCC ukuqhuba indiza yabagibeli bezentengiselwano eya noma ebuya eTel Aviv ngomhlaka 19 Okthoba 2020.

UMohammad Al Bulooki, oyiChief Operating Officer, i-Etihad Aviation Group, uthe: “Ngemuva kokusayinwa kwesivumelwano esisha samazwe omabili, i-Etihad iyajabula ukumemezela ukuxhumana okuqondile phakathi kwala madolobha abalulekile.

"Ukuqala kwezindiza ezihleliwe kungumlando futhi njengenkampani yezindiza, kuqinisa ukuzibophezela kwe-Etihad ekukhuliseni amathuba ezentengiselwano nezokuvakasha hhayi phakathi kwala mazwe womabili kuphela kodwa nangaphakathi kwesifunda nangale kwawo."

Insizakalo entsha ezosebenza kusuka ngomhlaka-28 Mashi 2021 izohlinzeka ngokukhethwa okulula nokusebenziseka kalula kwebhizinisi lokukhomba ngohambo nabahambi bezokungcebeleka phakathi kwe-UAE ne-Israel. Ngeke nje kuphela ikhuthaze ukuvakasha okungena ngaphakathi e-Abu Dhabi, kepha izonikeza nabahlali base-Emiratis nabase-UAE ithuba lokuthola izindawo zomlando zakwa-Israyeli, amabhishi, izindawo zokudlela kanye nempilo yasebusuku.

Ukuhamba kuzonikezwa isikhathi esikahle sokuxhuma nge-Abu Dhabi ezindleleni ezibalulekile kunethiwekhi ye-Etihad kufaka phakathi iChina, India, Thailand ne-Australia.

Ukundiza, ukusuka, nokudlula e-Abu Dhabi kusekelwa kakhulu uhlelo lwe-Etihad Wellness sanitisation nokuphepha, okuqinisekisa ukuthi amazinga aphezulu enhlanzeko agcinwa kuzo zonke izigaba zohambo lwamakhasimende. Lokhu kufaka phakathi Amanxusa Ase-Wellness aqeqeshwe ngokukhethekile, owokuqala embonini, owethulwe yinkampani yezindiza ukuhlinzeka ngemininingwane ebalulekile yezempilo yokuhamba nokunakekelwa phansi nakuzo zonke izindiza, ukuze izivakashi zikwazi ukundiza ngokukhululeka okukhulu nangokuthula kwengqondo. Imininingwane ethe xaxa ngezinyathelo ezinzima ezithathwa yi-Etihad Airways ukuhlinzeka ngesipiliyoni sokuhamba esinempilo nesinempilo iyatholakala kwa etihad.com/ukuphila