(eTN) - Kutholakale ngokuphazima kweso ukuthi i-Ethiopian Airlines (ET) inikezwe imvume yiBhange Lokuthuthukiswa Kwase-Afrika yemalimboleko yesibili ehlanganisiwe yama-US$40million kuma-Boeing B777-200LR amahlanu, okuyingxenye ye-oda elibanzi indiza entsha neyengeziwe. I-ET ibihamba phambili kwezozindiza zase-Afrika futhi isebenzisa inethiwekhi ehlaba umxhwele yamazwe ase-Afrika, ixhuma umhlaba nge-Addis Ababa ngezindiza zabo eziqondile kanye nezindiza zabo ezihlanganyela ngekhodi ezivela eFrankfurt neLufthansa.
Ngenxa yokujoyina ngokusemthethweni i-Star Alliance ngokuhamba kwesikhathi onyakeni, ukungena kumfelandawonye wezindiza ezihamba phambili emhlabeni kuzoqinisa nakakhulu isikhundla se-Ethiopian sokusabalalisa ithrafikhi e-Afrika kusuka ezindaweni eziya kuzo phesheya kwezilwandle kodwa futhi nangobudlelwane obuseduze nabambisene nabo.
Kokunye okuhlobene, kuphinde kwatholakala ukuthi i-ET izohamba nsuku zonke emzileni oya e-Beijing kusukela ngoMeyi kuya phambili, ngokushesha nje lapho ama-B777 amaningi a-odwa efika ezindaweni zawo futhi angafakwa enkonzweni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Kokunye okuhlobene, kuphinde kwatholakala ukuthi i-ET izohamba nsuku zonke emzileni oya e-Beijing kusukela ngoMeyi kuya phambili, ngokushesha nje lapho ama-B777 amaningi a-odwa efika ezindaweni zawo futhi angafakwa enkonzweni.
- Due to formally join Star Alliance later in the year, the entry into the globally leading airline alliance will further strengthen Ethiopian's position to distribute traffic to Africa from their own overseas destinations but also in close partnership with their alliance partners.
- ET has been at the forefront of African aviation and operates an impressive inter-African network, connecting the world via Addis Ababa through their direct flights and their codeshared flights from Frankfurt with Lufthansa.
