Qatar Airways uyakujabulela ukumemezela ukubambisana kwe-codeshare ne China Southern Airlines kusukela ngoJanuwari 2020*. Lesi sivumelwano se-codeshare siyisinyathelo sokuqala sokuqinisa ukubambisana phakathi kwazo zombili izinkampani zezindiza, njengoba i-Qatar Airways yathola amaphesenti angu-5 e-China Southern Airlines ngoZibandlela wezi-2018.
Lesi sivumelwano sizokwenza abagibeli be-China Southern Airlines bakwazi ukubhukha uhambo ngezindiza ze-Qatar Airways phakathi kwe-Guangzhou ne-Doha kanye ne-Beijing ne-Doha sivumela ukuxhuma isitobhi esisodwa ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwama-80 eMpumalanga Ephakathi, eYurophu nase-Afrika.
I-Qatar Airways yaqala ukundizela eChina ngo-2003 ngesevisi esuka eDoha iya eShanghai. I-Qatar Airways njengamanje isebenza ngezindiza zamasonto onke ezingama-45 eziya kumasango ayisikhombisa e-Greater China: i-Shanghai, i-Beijing, i-Guangzhou, i-Hangzhou, i-Chongqing, i-Chengdu ne-Hong Kong. NgoMeyi 2018, ulwazi lwe-Qsuite Business Class oluzuze umklomelo lwe-Qatar Airways lwaqala e-China emzileni wase-Shanghai kanti i-Beijing yathola i-Qsuite ngoDisemba 2018.
Isikhulu esiphezulu seQatar Airways Group, uMhlonishwa uMnu. Akbar Al Baker uthe: “NgoZibandlela wezi-2018 lapho simemezela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwethu e-China Southern Airlines, ngiphawule ukuthi kungenzeka kube nokubambisana phakathi kwezinkampani zethu ezimbili zezindiza ezihlonishwayo. Lesi sivumelwano se-codeshare siyisinyathelo sokuqala esingokwemvelo sokuthi sisebenze ndawonye futhi sisebenzise amandla ethu ahambisanayo nezisetshenziswa ukuze silethe izinzuzo kumakhasimende azo zombili izindiza zethu. I-Qatar Airways ibheke ngabomvu ithuba lokuqhubeka nokujulisa ubudlelwano bethu bokusebenza nale nkampani yezindiza enkulu futhi ithuthukise namathuba okuhamba abagibeli emhlabeni wonke. "
I-China Southern Airlines iPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu Wezobudlelwano Bamazwe Ngamazwe Nezinkampani, uMnu. Wu Guoxiang uthe: “Sijabule kakhulu ukuba neQatar Airways njengozakwethu we-codeshare. Njengenkampani yezindiza ye-Skytrax Five-Star, ikhwalithi yesevisi ephezulu ye-Qatar Airways kanye nenethiwekhi enkulu iyamangalisa kakhulu. NgeSikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Hamad, esinesevisi yaso yokuqala, abagibeli be-China Southern Airlines bazokwazi ukujabulela isevisi emnandi eya e-Doha. Sibheke ngabomvu ukuthuthukisa ukubambisana kwethu esikhathini esizayo nokusebenzisana ukuze kulethe izinzuzo ezengeziwe kumakhasimende ethu.”
