I-Etihad Airways izosebenzisa izindiza ezengeziwe phakathi Abu Dhabi nezindawo eziya kuzo eSaudi Arabia ukwenza lula ukuhamba kwezinkulungwane zabahambeli beHajj. Kuze kube ngu-Agasti 28, i-Etihad izosebenza ngamashadi akhethekile ukuthwala abahambi ngezindiza zayo ezengeziwe eziya eJeddah naseMedina Airport. Zonke izindiza zizosebenza kanye nezinsizakalo ezihleliwe ezijwayelekile. Izindawo eziphezulu ezingenayo zezindiza zeHajj Etihad yi-United Kingdom, i-United States, i-Australia, iPakistan, i-Indonesia, iKorea neNigeria.
UHareb Mubarak Al Muhairi, oyiPhini likaMongameli oMkhulu we-Etihad Airways, uthe, “Uhambo lweHajj yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kumaSulumane emhlabeni wonke futhi i-Etihad iyaziqhenya ngokusiza amakhasimende ayo enze lolu hambo olubalulekile. Kulo nyaka sibona ukwanda ngamaphesenti ayi-17 enanini lama-pilgrim ahamba ne-Etihad uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Ukuhlangabezana nalesi sidingo esikhulayo, i-Etihad Airways ingeza izindiza eziyi-16 eceleni kwezinsizakalo zethu ezihlelelwe iJeddah naseMedina. Sizibophezele ekuhlinzekeni amakhasimende ethu ngolwazi lokuhamba ngeHajj nokuwasiza aqedele uhambo lwawo ngokukhululeka nangokuthula kwengqondo. ”
Iqembu elizinikele labasebenzi besikhumulo sezindiza liyatholakala ukwenza lula umuzwa womhlabathi ongenamthungo kubahambi beHajj. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kusethwe izibali zokungena ezinikezelwe esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Abu Dhabi. Ukuhlinzekelwa okungeziwe kuzokwenziwa futhi ngabasebenzi bekhabhathi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo nezidingo zabahambeli kanye nokwenza lula ukwenziwa kwezindlu zangasese, ukubeluleka ngokungena e-Al Miqat (isimo sobungcwele), kanye nokuguqulwa kwezingubo ze-Ihram.
I-Etihad Airways ingumthuthi wefulegi futhi yinkampani yezindiza yesibili ngobukhulu e-United Arab Emirates (ngemuva kwe-Emirates). Indlunkulu yalo iseKhalifa City, e-Abu Dhabi, eduze nase-Abu Dhabi International Airport. I-Etihad iqale ukusebenza ngoNovemba 2003. Inkampani yezindiza isebenza ngaphezu kwezindiza eziyi-1,000 120 ngesonto eziya ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-116 zabagibeli nezimpahla eMpumalanga Ephakathi, e-Afrika, e-Europe, e-Asia, e-Australia kanye naseMelika, ngemikhumbi yezindiza eziyi-2018 ze-Airbus neBoeing Februwari XNUMX.
