I-Ethiopian Airlines imemezele ukuthi isiwaphothulile wonke amalungiselelo okuqalisa isevisi entsha phakathi kwe-Addis Ababa, i-Ethiopia, ne-Atlanta, e-USA. I-Ethiopian izosebenzisa indiza ephindwe kane ngesonto eya e-Atlanta (ATL) kusukela ngoMeyi 16, 2023.
Ephawula ngokwethulwa kwendiza entsha, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Ethiopian Airlines Group uMnu. Mesfin Tasew uthe, “Sijabule ngempela ukuvula isango lethu lesithupha eNyakatho Melika ngendiza entsha eya e-Atlanta. Sekuyiminyaka engama-25 manje sixhuma i-US ne-Afrika futhi le nsizakalo entsha izosiza ukukhulisa ukutshalwa kwezimali, ezokuvakasha, izibopho zezobunxusa kanye nezenhlalo-mnotho phakathi kwalezi zifunda ezimbili. Njengenkampani yenethiwekhi yase-Afrika, sizibophezele ekuthuthukiseni inethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke futhi sixhumanise i-Afrika nalo lonke igama. Sizimisele nokusebenzela kangcono i-US ngokwandisa izindawo esiya kuzo namaza endiza.”
“Inkonzo entsha ye-Ethiopian Airlines eya esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International ingenye futhi impumelelo yeDolobha lethu njengoba siqhubeka nokuthuthukisa nokwandisa inkonzo yethu yezindiza e-Afrika,” kusho iMeya yase-Atlanta u-Andre Dickens. Ubuye wengeza ngokuthi “Njengoba sigubha ukuxhumana okusha kwamadolobha acebile nanamandla ase-Atlanta nase-Addis Ababa, sibheke ngabomvu ubudlelwano obuqinile nobuyimpumelelo nozakwethu abasha e-Ethiopia.”
Umphathi-jikelele weSikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe Sase-Hartsfield-Jackson u-Balram “B” Bheodari uthe “Njengesikhumulo sezindiza esimatasa kakhulu nesisebenza kahle kakhulu emhlabeni, umgomo wethu ukuletha ubuhle ngesikhathi sixhuma umphakathi wethu nomhlaba. Lokhu kubambisana okusha ne-Ethiopian Airlines kunweba lokho kuxhumana nokufinyelela kubagibeli bethu futhi kuqinise isikhundla sethu njengomholi wemboni. Sijabule kakhulu ukwamukela i-Ethiopian Airlines ku-ATL.”
“Lesi simemezelo sibalulekile ngempela njengoba i-Ethiopian Airlines iyinkampani enkulu ethwala impahla yase-Afrika ukundiza iphume ku-ATL. Siyisango lokuya emhlabeni futhi lokhu kubambisana ne-Ethiopian Airlines kuphinde kubonise ukuzibophezela kwethu emhlabeni wonke kubagibeli bethu kanye nababambiqhaza,” kusho iPhini Lomphathi Jikelele kanye Nesikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezohwebo u-Jai Ferrell. "Sibheke ngabomvu ukwamukela abagibeli abasha nababuyayo ekuhlangenwe nakho kwethu kwamakhasimende asezingeni lomhlaba njengoba beya noma bedlula e-ATL."
