Njengoba i-UAE neJalimane ziqinisa ukubambisana kwamazwe amabili kulandela ukuvakasha kuka-HH Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, iNkosana Yobukhosi yase-Abu Dhabi eJalimane kuleli sonto, i-Etihad Airways, inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke yase-UAE, igubha iminyaka engu-15 yenkonzo yaseJalimane.
Inkampani yezindiza yethula izindiza zansuku zonke phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi neMunich ngoJuni 2004. I-Munich nedolobha lase-Switzerland i-Geneva bobabili bathola izindiza zabo zokuqala ze-Etihad kuleyo nyanga, okubenza babe izindawo ezimbili zokuqala ezihlinzekwa yinkampani yezindiza ezwekazini lase-Europe.
Ngemva konyaka, ngoJuni 2005, i-Etihad yaqala ukuhamba ngezindiza nsuku zonke phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi ne-Frankfurt. Kwathi ngoZibandlela wezi-2011, yaqala izindiza eziya eDusseldorf.
Namuhla, i-Etihad Airways isebenza kahlanu ngosuku phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi neJalimane - kabili ngosuku ukuya eFrankfurt naseMunich, futhi nsuku zonke kuya eDusseldorf.
"IJalimane iyindawo ebalulekile kunethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke," kusho uTony Douglas, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Seqembu le-Etihad Aviation Group. "Sisebenzela izindawo eziningi eJalimane kunanoma yiliphi elinye izwe eYurophu, futhi sihlinzeka ngoxhumano olubalulekile phakathi kweJalimane nezinye izindawo eziningi kunethiwekhi yethu, sisebenzisa ihabhu lethu lase-Abu Dhabi."
“I-Emirate yase-Abu Dhabi igxile ekukhuleni komnotho okuqinile, kanti i-Etihad Airways ingumgqugquzeli obalulekile wale ntuthuko. IJalimane ibambe iqhaza elikhulu kukho kokubili ukukhula kwe-Etihad nokukhula kwe-Abu Dhabi. "
Ngaphezu kwezinsizakalo zabagibeli, i-Etihad iphinde inikeze cishe amathani ayi-1,800 omthamo wezimpahla isonto ngalinye phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi neJalimane, okuhlanganisa nezindiza ezintathu ezizinikele ezithwala impahla. Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, i-Etihad ithwale amathani angaphezu kuka-750,000 wempahla iya noma ibuya eJalimane, okuhlanganisa nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwaseJalimane njengezimoto, imishini, imithi kanye nezingubo.
E-Abu Dhabi, i-Etihad ixhumanisa izindiza zayo eziya futhi ezibuya eJalimane nezindawo eziya kulo lonke elase-Asia, izwekazi lase-Indian, i-Australia kanye neMpumalanga Ephakathi.
Ngaphezu kwalezi zinsizakalo, i-Etihad inobudlelwane be-codeshare ne-Lufthansa German Airlines endizeni exhumanisa i-Frankfurt ne-Munich ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zase-Europe, futhi ilethe abagibeli abaya noma abasuka eJalimane egameni lezinye izinkampani zezindiza ezingozakwethu.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-Etihad yangena kwi-codeshare nezinkonzo zesitimela zaseJalimane kusukela eFrankfurt kuya emadolobheni amane abalulekile aseJalimane - iLeipzig, iNuremburg, iHamburg neStuttgart.
Inkampani yezindiza ikhulisa ukuthunyelwa kwayo kwe-Boeing 787 Dreamliner entsha kunethiwekhi yayo yomhlaba wonke, futhi maduze izongeza ezinye izindiza ezingama-787 ezindaweni okuhlanganisa neJalimane.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ngaphezu kwalezi zinsizakalo, i-Etihad inobudlelwane be-codeshare ne-Lufthansa German Airlines endizeni exhumanisa i-Frankfurt ne-Munich ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zase-Europe, futhi ilethe abagibeli abaya noma abasuka eJalimane egameni lezinye izinkampani zezindiza ezingozakwethu.
- “We serve more destinations in Germany than any other country in Europe, and provide significant connections between Germany and many other destinations in our network, via our Abu Dhabi hub.
- Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to Germany this week, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is celebrating 15 years of service to Germany.
