Isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Cologne Bonn siqinisekise ukuthi enye inkampani yenethiwekhi entsha izojoyina ucingo lwayo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kuleli hlobo, lapho inkampani yezindiza yaseBelgium i-VLM Airlines iqala imizila emisha emibili eya e-Rostock nase-Antwerp isuka esangweni laseJalimane. Okuhlelelwe ukuthi kuqale mhla zizi-4 kuNhlangulana, zombili lezi zinsizakalo zizosebenza kahlanu ngesonto (nsuku zonke ngaphandle kwangoLwesithathu noLwesihlanu) kusetshenziswa uxhaxha lwenkampani yezindiza i-Fokker 50s enezihlalo ezingu-50 emkhakheni wamazwe ngamazwe ongamakhilomitha angu-192 kanye nomkhakha wasekhaya ongamakhilomitha angu-487.
Ingabhekene nokuncintisana kunoma yiliphi idolobha, i-VLM Airlines izohlinzeka ngesikhumulo sezindiza saseNorth Rhine-Westphalia ngoxhumano lwasekhaya lwesishiyagalombili futhi okwamanje isevisi yaso kuphela e-Belgium. Njengomphumela wokunwetshwa kwenkampani yenethiwekhi, i-Cologne Bonn izoxhunywa nezikhumulo zezindiza i-Berlin Tegel, Berlin Schönefeld, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig/Halle, Sylt kanye neRostock eJalimane kuleli hlobo. Ukunikeza izihlalo ezengeziwe eziyi-1,000 endaweni yesikhumulo sezindiza isonto ngalinye kuyo yonke i-S18, ukungezwa kwalezi zindawo zohambo olufushane kuqinisa ngokwengeziwe inethiwekhi yasehlobo yase-Cologne Bonn.
“Izindiza zisuka e-Antwerp ngo-11:45 futhi zifike e-Cologne Bonn ngo-12:35. Indiza i-Fokker 50 ibe isisuka ibheke e-Rostock ngo-13:05, ifike yehle eNyakatho Jalimane ngo-14:15. Indiza ebuyayo isuka edolobheni oLwandle iBaltic ngo-14:45, ifike e-Cologne Bonn ngo-16:05. Umkhakha wokugcina wosuku ushiya idolobha laseJalimane ngo-16:35, ubuyela eBelgium ngo-17:35.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Planned to start on 4 June, both services will be operated five times weekly (every day except Wednesdays and Fridays) using the airline's fleet of 50-seat Fokker 50s on the 192-kilometre international and 487-kilometre domestic sectors.
- As a result of the carrier's expansion, Cologne Bonn will be linked to Berlin Tegel, Berlin Schönefeld, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig/Halle, Sylt and Rostock airports in Germany this summer.
- Facing no competition on either city pair, VLM Airlines will be providing the North Rhine-Westphalia airport's eighth domestic connection and currently its only service to Belgium.
