I-DUBAI, UAE, 25 February 2007 - I-Emirates, inkampani yezindiza yamazwe ngamazwe ezinze e-Dubai, namuhla imemezele ukuthi izokwethula izinsizakalo ezingami masonto onke ayisithupha edolobheni eliseningizimu ye-India i-Kozhikode (Calicut), kusukela mhla lu-1 kuJulayi 2008.
Ukuthuthukisa ukuxhumana komoya phakathi kwezomnotho ezidlondlobalayo zase-Indian nase-Arabian Gulf, i-Kozhikode izoba idolobha lesithathu esifundazweni sase-Kerala ukuhlinzekwa ngezindiza ezingami ze-Emirates ezisuka e-Dubai, ngemva kokuba inkampani yezindiza yethule izinsiza e-Kochi ngo-2002 kanye ne-Thiruvananthapuram ngo-2006. Kozhikode izophinda ibe yindawo ye-10 ye-Emirates' e-India.
U-HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, USihlalo kanye Nesikhulu Esiphezulu se-Emirates Airline kanye neQembu, uthe: “I-Kozhikode kanye nesifunda saseKerala sinobudlelwano besikhathi eside bezohwebo nenhlonhlo yase-Arabia obubuyela emuva emlandweni. Siyajabula ukukwazi ukuhlinzeka ngesixhumanisi somoya esingami phakathi kwe-Dubai ne-Kozhikode, esizosiza ukwandisa amathuba okuhweba, futhi kwenze kube lula ngomphakathi omkhulu wamaNdiya ongahlali eGulf ukuvakashela imindeni yabo nabangane.
"Sihlose ukuqhubeka nokuqhakambisa isimo esihle saseKerala nokuletha izivakashi eziningi zamazwe ngamazwe esifundazweni ngawo womathathu amasango ethu."
Emzileni we-Dubai-Kozhikode, i-Emirates izoqale isebenzise indiza yayo i-Boeing 777-200 kanye ne-Airbus A330-200, inikeze izihlalo ezingaphezu kwezi-4,000 zekilasi leBhizinisi neMnotho kanye namathani acishe abe ngu-200 omthamo wempahla ngesonto kuzo zombili izinkomba.
Lapho begibele, abagibeli bangalindela insizakalo ecophelelayo evela kuzisebenzi zekhabethe lamazwe ngamazwe lase-Emirates, izihlalo eziklanywe ngendlela efanele ukuze bathole ukunethezeka okwengeziwe, kanye nezinsiza zesimanje zokungenisa umoya ezihlanganisa izikrini zokuzijabulisa zomuntu siqu ezihlalweni kuwo wonke amakilasi nge-imeyili nemiyalezo yombhalo.
Izindiza ezintsha ze-Emirates eziya e-Kozhikode zizonikeza abahambi ukuxhumana okuhle kakhulu ukuya nokubuya esifundeni sase-Gulf ikakhulukazi, ngaphandle kwezinye izindawo kunethiwekhi ye-Emirates. I-Kozhikode iyindawo ethandwa izivakashi enamabhishi abukekayo, amasayithi amagugu kanye nobuciko besiko nemikhosi eminingi. Kuphinde kube yisikhungo sohwebo nokumaketha sempahla efana nezinongo, irabha kanye nokuthunyelwa ngaphandle kwezimboni.
Ishejuli yendiza yase-Dubai-Kozhikode, kusukela mhla lu-1 kuJulayi 2008:
NgoMsombuluko, NgoLwesibili, NgoLwesithathu, noLwesihlanu
I-EK562 Isuka e-Dubai ngo-14:15 amahora futhi ifike e-Kozhikode ngo-19:50 amahora.
I-EK563 Isuka e-Kozhikode ngo-21:20 futhi ifike e-Dubai ngo-23:40 amahora.
NgoLwesine, ngoMgqibelo
I-EK560 Isuka e-Dubai ngo-03:30 amahora futhi ifike e-Kozhikode ngo-09:05 amahora.
I-EK561 Isuka e-Kozhikode ngo-10:35 amahora futhi ifike e-Dubai ngo-12:55 amahora.
I-Emirates okwamanje isebenzisa izindiza zeviki ezingama-99 zisuka e-Dubai ziya kumasango ayisishiyagalolunye e-India: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Kochi, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, naseThiruvananthapuram. Inethiwekhi yayo yomhlaba wonke ekhula ngokushesha ihlanganisa amadolobha angama-99 emazweni angama-62 emazwenikazi ayisithupha. Kulo nyaka, ngaphezu koKhozikode, i-Emirates iphinde yamemezela ukuthi izoqala izinkonzo eKapa ngomhla zingama-30 kuNdasa.
