VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Usihlalo kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu se-American Airlines uGerard Arpey namuhla uqokwe njengosihlalo webhodi elilawulayo le-oneworld(R), umfelandawonye ohamba phambili wezindiza emhlabeni jikelele, ngokulandelana kwe-Qantas Chief Executive Officer uGeoff Dixon, osebambe isikhundla iminyaka emibili.
UGerard Arpey uzosebenza “njengowokuqala phakathi kwabalinganayo” kubaphathi abakhulu bezindiza ezingamalungu eqembu, ehola i-oneworld njengoba umfelandawonye ugubha iminyaka eyishumi yethulwa ngoFebhuwari 2009, futhi njengoba iMexico ijoyina leli qembu njengelungu layo elisha, kanye neqembu layo elisha. inxusa Chofoza i-Mexicana, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi onyakeni.
Isikhathi sakhe sizofika futhi njengoba abathwali beqembu be-transatlantic benethemba lokuthola ukungathembeki ukuze bakwazi ukusebenza ndawonye ngendlela efanayo nabaqhudelana nabo emifelandawonye eyizimbangi, okubenza bakwazi ukuvula ngisho nangokwengeziwe inani le-oneworld kumakhasimende anezinsizakalo ezengeziwe. kanye nezinzuzo.
UGeoff Dixon, othatha umhlalaphansi njenge-CEO ye-Qantas ekupheleni kwesonto elizayo, uhole i-oneworld ekwandiseni okukhulu kakhulu komfelandawonye emlandweni wayo, ngokwengeza ngo-2007 iJapan Airlines, iMalev Hungarian Airlines, neRoyal Jordanian futhi, njengezinkampani ezingaphansi, ezinye izindiza ezine. eqenjini le-Japan Airlines, kanye ne-Dragonair, i-LAN Argentina, ne-LAN Ecuador, kanye ne-Mexicana esayiniwe ukujoyina ngo-2009.
UMnu. Dixon ubephelezelwa emhlanganweni wakhe wokugcina we-oneworld - obubanjelwe e-London hub yeBritish Airways - nomlandeli wakhe weQantas u-Alan Joyce, ehambele umhlangano wakhe wokuqala webhodi yomfelandawonye.
Uzakwethu ophethe i-oneworld u-John McCulloch, uthe: “U-Geoff Dixon ushiye izicathulo ezinkulu ukuthi azigcwalise njengosihlalo we-oneworld, kodwa ngiyajabula ukuthi uGerard Arpey uvumile ukuletha amakhono akhe, ukuqonda, kanye nolwazi ukuze athwale enkundleni ebanzi ye-oneworld. Usihlalo womfelandawonye ngesikhathi wethulwa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule wawuphethwe yi-American Airlines, ngakho lokhu kuqokwa kusibuyisela emuva ngokugcwele njengoba singena eshumini lesibili leminyaka.”
UGerard Arpey uthe: “i-oneworld ibe negalelo elibalulekile ekusizeni izinkampani zezindiza esisebenzisana nazo zibekezelele ishumi leminyaka elinesiyaluyalu ngesikhathi zizuza inzuzo engcono kakhulu ehlangene ebhizinisini lezindiza. Iminyaka eyishumi ezayo izoletha izinselele ezinkulu, ngakho sizobe sisebenza kanzima nakakhulu ukuze siqiniseke ukuthi i-oneworld idala inani lezinkampani zezindiza ezingamalungu ethu, futhi iletha amasevisi nezinzuzo ezengeziwe kumakhasimende ethu. Ngalokho engqondweni, njengoSihlalo ngikubheke ngabomvu ukwamukela i-Mexicana, enye inkampani yekhwalithi ephezulu, eqenjini le-oneworld.”
I-oneworld iqukethe amagama amakhulu naphambili embonini yezindiza. Amanye amalungu ahlanganisa iBritish Airways, iCathay Pacific, iFinnair, i-Iberia, iJapan Airlines, i-LAN, iMalev Hungarian Airlines, neRoyal Jordanian, kanye nabacishe babe ngu-20 ababambisene nabo.
Phakathi kwazo, lezi zinkampani zezindiza zenza cishe amaphesenti angama-20 engqikithi yomthamo wemboni yezindiza emhlabeni. Ngelungu elikhethiwe laseMexico, bona:
- sebenzela izikhumulo zezindiza ezicishe zibe ngama-700 emazweni asondela ku-150;
- sebenzisa cishe ukuhamba kwansuku zonke kwe-9,500;
- ukuthwala abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-330 ngonyaka;
- baqashe abantu abangu-280,000;
- sebenzisa izindiza ezingaba ngu-2,500;
- ukukhiqiza imali engenayo yonyaka engaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyi-100 zamaRandi; futhi
- nikela cishe ngezindawo zokuphumula zezindiza ezingama-550 zamakhasimende aphambili.
I-oneworld inika amandla amalungu ayo ukuthi anikeze amakhasimende awo amasevisi nezinzuzo ezengeziwe kunanoma iyiphi inkampani yezindiza engazihlinzeka yona ngokwayo. Lokhu kufaka phakathi inethiwekhi yomzila ebanzi, amathuba okuzuza nokusebenzisa amamayela okundiza njalo namaphoyinti kunethiwekhi ye-oneworld ehlanganisiwe, kanye nezindawo zokuphumula zezindiza ezengeziwe.
Umgibeli oyedwa kwabangama-30 ababendize ngawo ngonyaka odlule, futhi cishe amasenti amane kulelo nalelodola lemali engenayo abayitholayo, kube umphumela oqondile wokubambisana kwabo nabalingani babo abahlukahlukene ngaphakathi kwe-oneworld, nezindleko zomfelandawonye nemisebenzi yokuthengisa efaka imali eyizigidi ezingu-US$725. .
I-oneworld ivotelwe njenge-World's Leading Airline Alliance unyaka wesihlanu igijima kuma-World Travel Awards akamuva (2007).
