I-CHICAGO - Amakhasimende ase-United angase ajabulele ukuxhumana okusha okulula namadolobha ase-Europe nase-Afrika ngaphansi kwesivumelwano esisha se-codeshare ne-Brussels Airlines esivulekele ukudayiswa namuhla. Izindiza ze-Codeshare ziqala ngo-Ephreli 6, 2010 futhi zengeza kusevisi ye-United engapheli eyamenyezelwa phakathi kwe-Chicago ne-Brussels eyethulwa ngoMashi 28.
“Sigxile ekuqiniseni inethiwekhi yethu esezingeni lomhlaba kanye nokwengeza izindawo eziningi eziya kumakhasimende ethu ngamathuba omfelandawonye,” kusho uMark Schwab, iphini likamongameli omkhulu we-United we-Alliances, International & Regulatory Affairs. "Lokhu kubambisana neBrussels Airlines kwandisa ububanzi benethiwekhi yethu ezindaweni eziningana zaseYurophu nasezimakethe zase-Afrika ezisafufusa."
"Lesi sivumelwano se-codeshare ne-United siyisinyathelo esibalulekile ekuthuthukisweni kwe-Brussels Airlines," kusho u-Erik Follet, iphini likamongameli we-Strategy & Business Development for Brussels Airlines. "Nge-United manje sinozakwethu oqinile e-US oletha, njengelungu le-Star Alliance, izinzuzo eziningi ezintsha kubagibeli bethu."
Amakhasimende ase-United manje angase athenge amathikithi ezindizeni eziqhutshwa yi-Brussels Airlines phakathi kwe-Brussels nezindawo ezingu-24 zase-Europe kanye nezindawo ezingu-12 zase-Afrika*, eziningi zazo okuyizimakethe ezintsha ze-United codeshare. Amakhasimende e-Brussels Airlines azojabulela isevisi ye-codeshare kumahabhu amabili e-United States, i-Washington Dulles ne-Chicago O'Hare, okuvumela ukuxhuma kumakhulu ezindawo zase-United States.
Zombili izinkampani zezindiza zingamalungu e-Star Alliance — I-United inguzakwethu owasungula, futhi i-Brussels Airlines ijoyine njengozakwethu ngoDisemba ka-2009. Amalungu ezinhlelo ze-United's Mileage Plus(R) kanye ne-Brussels Airlines' Miles & More angase aqhubeke ezuza futhi ahlenge amamayela. ngenkathi uhambela izindawo ezingakaze zinikezwe ngaphambili.
