I-Etihad Airways kanye ne-Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) basungule ubambiswano olusha lwe-codeshare nokubhuka olusebenza ngokushesha.
Ngaphansi kwesivumelwano, i-Etihad Airways izoba nekhodi yendiza ye-EY ezinsizeni ze-SWISS phakathi kwe-Geneva ne-Zurich, amadolobha amabili ayisihluthulelo angena e-Switzerland asuka e-Abu Dhabi.
I-SWISS izomaketha ikhodi yayo ye-LX ezinsizeni ze-Etihad Izindiza phakathi kwe-Zurich ne-Abu Dhabi, inikeze abagibeli bayo izindiza ze-codeshare ukuya nokubuya enhloko-dolobha ye-UAE. Izinsizakalo ze-codeshare ziyabhukha manje, ukuze zihambe kusukela zingama-26 kuNdasa.
U-Peter Baumgartner, Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-Etihad Airways, uthe: “Le codeshare ijulisa ukuzibophezela kwe-Etihad Airways emakethe yezokuvakasha yaseSwitzerland kanye neSwitzerland, indawo ebalulekile yabahambi abavela ekhaya lethu lase-UAE, amazwe angomakhelwane e-Gulf, kanye nakunethiwekhi yethu yase-Asia Pacific. Ubambiswano luphinde luqinise ubuhlobo obungokomlando bamasiko, amabhizinisi kanye nezokuvakasha i-UAE ne-Switzerland ezibujabulele emashumini eminyaka amaningi.
“Kubahambi abavela eSwitzerland, ubudlelwano bethu obusha ne-SWISS buzohlinzeka ngokufinyelela insizakalo yokuwina imiklomelo ye-Etihad kanye nokungenisa izihambi elaziwa ngakho ikhaya lethu lase-Abu Dhabi.”
Isivumelwano esisha siyingxenye yokubambisana kwe-codeshare okwaqala ngo-2016 phakathi kweQembu leLufthansa, iSwitzerland eliyingxenye yalo, kanye ne-Etihad Aviation Group.
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