I-Malaysia Airlines kanye ne-SriLankan Airlines namuhla basayine isivumelwano sokuthuthukisa ubambiswano lwabo lwe-codeshare oselunesikhathi eside, okubonisa ukuqina kokubambisana phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili zase-Asia.
Isivumelwano senza iMalaysia Airlines ikwazi ukwabelana ngekhodi ngezindiza zeSriLankan eziya eMale eMaldives kuyilapho iSriLankan Airlines izofinyelela eLos Angeles, eSydney, eMelbourne, Jakarta, naseSeoul ngeMalaysia Airlines.
Umphathi jikelele we-Malaysia Airlines, ubudlelwano bukahulumeni kanye nezimboni, uMnu. Germal Singh uthe: “Siyajabula ukukhulisa ubudlelwano bethu neSriLankan Airlines. Lokhu kuzonikeza amakhasimende ethu ukufinyelela okulula eMaldives, indawo eyintandokazi phakathi kwezivakashi ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezivela eYurophu nase-Asia, kuyilapho kusenza sikwazi ukuthuthukisa imithwalo yethu emadolobheni amakhulu aseNyakatho Melika, e-Asia nase-Australia. Kuzoqiniswa nesikhundla sikaKuala Lumpur njengesango elibalulekile labahambi.”
Inhloko yezokuthengisa eSriLankan emhlabeni wonke, uMnu. Mohamed Fazeel uthe: “I-SriLankan yenza umzamo ocacile wokuqinisa ubudlelwano bethu nezinkampani zezindiza eziwine imiklomelo e-Asia, okuyikhaya lezinkampani zezindiza ezihamba phambili emhlabeni. Kokubili iMalaysian neSriLankan inomlando wokuwina izindondo emhlabeni jikelele ngesevisi, futhi asingabazi ukuthi lobu budlelwano buzoba yinzuzo enkulu kuzo zombili izindiza futhi okubaluleke kakhulu kubagibeli bethu abahlukahlukene. Ubambiswano lunikeza iSriLankan ukufinyelela ezimakethe ezimbalwa e-Asia-Pacific, ikakhulukazi ogwini olusentshonalanga lwaseMelika nase-Australia.
Amalungu ezinhlelo zokundiza njalo zezindiza ezimbili, i-Malaysia Airlines' Enrich ne-SriLankan FlySmiLes, angazuza futhi asebenzise amaphuzu ezindizeni zanoma iyiphi inkampani yezindiza. I-codeshare iqala ukusebenza kusukela ngomhla ka-Juni 25, 2009. Amathikithi kwezinye izindawo aseyatholakala emakethe.
Izinkampani zezindiza ezimbili bezilokhu zabelana ngekhodi phakathi kwe-Kuala Lumpur ne-Colombo kusukela ngo-1999. Ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe, vakashela ku-www.malaysiaairlines.com.
