IQatar Airways ibungaza ukwethulwa kwesango layo lesithathu laseVietnam

Ukugubha ukwethulwa kwendiza yokuqala yeQatar Airways eya eDa Nang, eVietnam, iQatar Airways Group Chief Executive, uMhlonishwa uMnu Akbar Al Baker, ubambe umhlangano nabezindaba namuhla e-InterContinental Hotel Da Nang.

Esithangamini sabezindaba, uMhlonishwa u-Al Baker wagqamisa izinhlelo zokukhulisa amandla enkampani yezindiza eyawina umklomelo, kanye nokuzibophezela kwayo ekuletheni abahambi abengeziwe eVietnam kanye nokuxhumanisa i-Da Nang kunethiwekhi yayo yomhlaba wonke ngeSikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe sase-Hamad esiwine umklomelo ( HIA) e-Doha.

UMnumzane u-Al Baker uthe: “Sijabule kakhulu ngokwethula izindiza zethu ezintsha zeviki ezine eziya e-Da Nang, indawo yethu yesithathu eVietnam. Izinsizakalo zethu ezikhona eHo Chi Minh City naseHanoi zidume ngendlela emangalisayo, ngakho-ke sabona isidingo sokunwetshwa okwengeziwe eVietnam. I-Da Nang ithole ukuthuthukiswa okuphawulekayo kwentuthuko kule minyaka eyishumi edlule futhi isiba yindawo yezivakashi efunwa kakhulu. Leli sango elisha lizonikeza abagibeli bethu base-Vietnamese lula nakakhulu futhi lizoxhumeka ekukhetheni okubanzi kwezindawo kunethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke, njengoba bedlula endaweni yethu ewina imiklomelo e-Doha, Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe sase-Hamad.”

IPhini likaMqondisi woMnyango Wezokuvakasha waseDanang, uMnu. Nguyen Xuan Binh waphawula: “Izinombolo zezokuvakasha eziya e-Da Nang ziye zanda kancane ngokuhamba kweminyaka ngenxa yesimo esiyingqayizivele se-Da Nang sogu, imifula nezintaba kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezindawo eziheha izivakashi. Umgomo wethu uwukwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili eDa Nang ngo-2020.

“Ukwethulwa kwezinsiza zezindiza eziqondile ukusuka eDoha kuya eDa Nang ngokungangabazeki kuzosisiza ukuthi sifinyelele lo mgomo. Ukuxhumana okuqondile okuthuthukisiwe phakathi kweDa Nang kanye neNtshonalanga Yurophu kungaba yinzuzo ekuhlanganiseni abavakashi abafikayo abavela kulezi zimakethe ezithembisayo, futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana eduze neQatar Airways ukuze sifeze izinhlelo zethu ezinkulu zokukhulisa ezokuvakasha.”

I-Qatar Airways yaqala izinsizakalo eziqondile eDolobheni lase-Ho Chi Minh ngo-2007, futhi yethula isevisi yayo yase-Hanoi ngo-2010. Inkampani yezindiza okwamanje inikeza izindiza eziqondile kabili ngosuku eziya enhloko-dolobha yaseVietnam kanye nezindiza zeviki eziyi-10 eziya eHo Chi Minh City. Ngo-Okthoba 2017, i-Qatar Airways yamemezela ukusebenzisana kwayo phakathi kwe-inthanethi ne-Vietjet Air ezinze e-Vietnam, okuvumela abagibeli be-Qatar Airways ukuthi bahambe baye futhi bebuya ezindaweni e-Vietnam engasetshenziswanga ngokuqondile yi-Qatar Airways isebenzisa ukubhukha okukodwa kuwo womabili amanethiwekhi ezinkampani zezindiza.

I-Da Nang iphinde yabona ukwanda okukhulu kwezivakashi zayo, ngerekhodi eliphule irekhodi lezivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-6.6 ngo-2017, okuphindwe kabili isibalo ngo-2013. Ngo-2015, i-New York Times iphinde yabala i-Da Nang phakathi kwezindawo eziphezulu ze-52 okufanele uzivakashele.

Umthuthi wezimpahla wesibili ngobukhulu emhlabeni unobukhona obuqinile e-Vietnam ngezinsizakalo eziyisithupha zamasonto onke zezimpahla eziya e-Hanoi, izinsizakalo eziyisikhombisa zamaviki onke eziya e-Ho Chi Minh City kanye nezindiza ezingama-28 ezibamba isisu eziya e-Hanoi nase-Ho Chi Minh City futhi manje e-Da Nang. I-Qatar Airways Cargo izohlinzeka ngamathani angaphezu kuka-1400 ngaphandle kwezwe isonto ngalinye, lapho amabhizinisi ezweni engeke ahlomule kuphela ngomthamo oqondile wezimpahla eziya eMpumalanga Ephakathi, eYurophu naseMelika kodwa nezinsizakalo ezivamile kanye nezikhathi zokuthutha ezincishisiwe. Imikhiqizo emikhulu evela e-Da Nang izoba nezingubo, izinto ezibolayo kanye nezinto zikagesi.

I-Qatar Airways izosebenzisa insizakalo yayo ye-Da Nang kane ngesonto ngendiza i-Boeing B787, enezihlalo ezingu-22 eziyisicaba kuBusiness Class kanye nezihlalo ezingu-232 ku-Economy Class. Abagibeli bazokwazi ukujabulela uhlelo lokuzijabulisa oluphezulu lwenkampani yezindiza i-Oryx One, olunikeza abagibeli izinketho zokuzijabulisa ezingafika ku-4,000.

I-Qatar Airways yengeze izindawo eziningi ezintsha ezithakazelisayo kunethiwekhi yayo ngo-2018, kuhlanganise neCanberra, e-Australia; Cardiff, UK; eGothenburg, eSweden; naseMombasa, eKenya, uma sibala ezimbalwa.