Ngenxa ye i-COVID-19 yamanje imikhawulo yokuhamba, Izindiza ze-Etihad izindiza eziqashiwe zizosebenza phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi neMoscow kusukela ngoMashi 21-25, 2020 ochungechungeni lwezindiza ezikhethekile ezi-5.
Lezi zindiza zizosiza ekubuyiseleni izakhamizi zaseRussia nezase-UAE, kanye nezinye izakhamizi ezidlula e-Abu Dhabi, ziye emazweni azo kulandela ukumiswa okwesikhashana kwezinsiza phakathi kwala madolobha womabili. Izindiza zasebusuku zizosebenza i-Boeing 787-9 ebanzi kanye nendiza enomzimba omncane i-Airbus A321.
Izakhamizi zaseRussia kuphela ezizovunyelwa ukundiza emkhakheni wase-Abu Dhabi - eMoscow, kanti abagibeli abangewona amaRussia banoma ibuphi ubuzwe bazovunyelwa ukundiza nge-Abu Dhabi besuka eMoscow, inqobo nje uma kukhona izindiza ezixhumayo ezitholakalayo, futhi kungekho mingcele yokuhamba evimbela ukungena ezindaweni zabo zokugcina.
Izakhamizi zase-UAE kuphela ezizovunyelwa ukungena e-United Arab Emirates esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe sase-Abu Dhabi. Indiza i-EY 65 izosuka e-Abu Dhabi ngo-2:15 ekuseni kushatha ngayinye, ifike eMoscow ngo-6:55 am, kuyilapho indiza ebuyayo i-EY64 ihlelelwe ukusuka eMoscow ngo-1:35 ekuseni, ifike e-Abu Dhabi ngo-5. :55 am.
I-National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, NCEMA, kanye neGeneral Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, bamise zonke izindiza zabagibeli ezingenayo neziphumayo kanye nokuhamba kwabagibeli bezindiza e-UAE amaviki angu-2 njengengxenye yezinyathelo zokuphepha ezithathiwe ukunqanda ukusabalala i-COVID-19 coronavirus. Isinqumo, okuzomele sibuyekezwe kabusha, sizoqala ukusebenza emahoreni angama-48 kusukela ngomhla zingama-23 kuNdasa.
Esitatimendeni sanamuhla, i-GCAA ithe izindiza ezithwala impahla kanye nezimo eziphuthumayo zizokhululwa, icubungula zonke izinyathelo zokuphepha ezithathwe ngokwezincomo zoMnyango Wezempilo Nokuvimbela. Ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe nezinhlelo zokuzihlukanisa zizokwenziwa kamuva uma izindiza ziqala kabusha ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha kwabagibeli, izisebenzi zezindiza, nezisebenzi zesikhumulo sezindiza kanye nokuvikelwa kwazo ezingozini zokutheleleka.
