I-Etihad Airways, inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke yase-UAE, namuhla imemezele ukwanda kwemvamisa yemizila yendiza isuka endaweni yayo e-Abu Dhabi iya e-Riyadh, inhloko-dolobha yaseSaudi Arabia. Lokhu kuza inyanga eyodwa nje ngemva kokuba iSaudi Arabia imemezele ukuthi izovula ezokuvakasha ezivakashini ezivela emazweni angu-49 ahlukene - okuhlanganisa ne-US Indiza eyengeziwe ibonisa isidingo esikhulayo phakathi kwabahambi bebhizinisi nezokungcebeleka endaweni, kanye nokuzibophezela kwe-Etihad emakethe yaseSaudi.
I-Etihad Airways isimemezele indiza yesine yansuku zonke emzileni wayo osuka e-Abu Dhabi uya e-Riyadh, inhloko-dolobha ye-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), kusukela ngomhla ziyisi-8 kuZibandlela.
Isevisi eyengeziwe izosetshenziswa i-Airbus A320 elungiselelwe enezihlalo ezingu-8 eBhizinisi kanye nezihlalo ezingu-150 ku-Economy.
URobin Kamark, oyiChief Commercial Officer, i-Etihad Aviation Group, uthe: “Ukwethulwa kwenkonzo entsha yesine yansuku zonke e-Riyadh kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu emakethe yaseSaudi, kanye nokwenyuka kwesidingo kulo mzila owumgogodla. Lokhu kukhuthazwe ubudlelwano obufudumele obujatshulelwa i-UAE kanye noMbuso waseSaudi Arabia, kanye nokulula kwakamuva kwemithethonqubo yokungena kwama-visa kubavakashi abangena eMbusweni.
“I-Riyadh iyimakethe eyinhloko kunethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke, futhi insizakalo eyengeziwe yengeza izikhathi ezikhangayo nakakhulu kubo bobabili abavakashi bebhizinisi nezokungcebeleka abandiza phakathi kwenhloko-dolobha yomibili, kanye nezinye izinketho zabahambi abaxhuma nge-Abu Dhabi kunethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke ye-Etihad. Njengoba i-Etihad ne-Saudia ziqhubeka nokuqinisa ubudlelwano bazo, indiza entsha izophinde inikeze izinketho zohambo ezilula kumakhasimende ethu, ivumele ukukhushulwa kokuxhumeka kwe-codeshare ezinkonzweni ezihlanganyelwe.”
Imikhumbi yomndeni ye-Etihad ewumzimba omncane i-Airbus A320 inamakhabethe avuselelwe, okuhlanganisa nezihlalo ezithokomele zebhizinisi, kuyilapho i-Economy izidla ngezihlalo ezintsha eziqinile, izindawo zokushaja nge-USB, kanye nabaphathi bemishini yomuntu siqu kuzo zonke izihlalo ezivumela izivakashi ukuthi zilande isevisi yayo yokuzijabulisa engenantambo ye-E-BOX Stream, enamahora angaphezu kuka-300 wamamuvi, izinhlelo ze-TV, umculo, nokunye okwengeziwe, okutholakalayo ukuze kusakazwe ngokuqondile ezinsizeni zabo.
I-Etihad Airways inesivumelwano se-codeshare esikhona ne-Saudia. Lezi zinkampani ezimbili zezindiza zibeka amakhodi azo endiza ezinkonzweni zomunye nomunye phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi namadolobha aseSaudi Arabia iDammam, Jeddah, Riyadh kanye neMedina. I-Etihad iphinde ibeke ikhodi ye-'EY' ezindizeni zase-Saudia eziya e-Peshawar, Multan, Port Sudan nase-Vienna, kuyilapho i-Saudia iphinde ibeke ikhodi yayo ye-'SV' ezindizeni ze-Etihad phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi ne-Ahmedabad, Belgrade, Brisbane, Chengdu, Chicago, Dusseldorf, Lagos , Melbourne, Moscow-Domodedovo, Rabat, Seychelles kanye neSydney. Ngokuya ekugunyazweni kokulawula, i-Saudia izongeza ngokuqhubekayo ikhodi yayo ezindizeni ze-Etihad phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi nezinye izindawo ezingu-11 emazweni ayisishiyagalolunye, okuhlanganisa i-Amsterdam, i-Baku, i-Brussels, i-Dublin, i-Hong Kong, i-Kathmandu, i-Bangkok, i-Phuket, i-Nagoya, i-Tokyo ne-Seoul.
Abu Dhabi - Riyadh schedule kuqala ukusebenza ngomhla ka-8 Disemba 2019 (zonke izikhathi ngezasendaweni):
Indiza No. | Origin | Isuka | Indawo | Kufika | Aircraft | imvamisa |
I-EY315 | Abu Dhabi | 02:10 | Riyadh | 03:10 | Airbus A321 | Daily |
I-EY316 | Riyadh | 04:15 | Abu Dhabi | 06:55 | Airbus A321 | Daily |
EY356* | Abu Dhabi | 08:05 | Riyadh | 09:10 | Airbus A320 | 1.34567 |
EY357* | Riyadh | 12:35 | Abu Dhabi | 15:15 | Airbus A320 | 1.34567 |
I-EY317 | Abu Dhabi | 11:05 | Riyadh | 12:10 | Boeing 787-9 | Daily |
I-EY318 | Riyadh | 17:10 | Abu Dhabi | 19:55 | Boeing 787-9 | Daily |
I-EY351 | Abu Dhabi | 21:05 | Riyadh | 22:10 | Airbus A320 | Daily |
I-EY352 | Riyadh | 23:00 | Abu Dhabi | 01: 35 + 1 | Airbus A320 | Daily |