I-Hong Kong Airlines namuhla iqale insizakalo yayo entsha e-Los Angeles, iqhubeka nokuqinisa ubukhona bayo obukhulayo eNyakatho Melika, kulandela ukwethulwa kwenkonzo yansuku zonke eVancouver ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. I-Los Angeles futhi iba yindawo yokuqala yabathwali e-Continental United States, kanti iSan Francisco neNew York izolandela ngo-2018.
I-Los Angeles iyisikhungo samasiko, ezezimali nezohwebo saseNingizimu California, futhi yaziwa emhlabeni wonke njengekhaya laseHollywood. I-Hong Kong Airlines ijabule ngokuba ne-Los Angeles njengendawo yayo yesibili eNyakatho Melika, futhi izibophezele ekusekeleni ukuhwebelana okucebile kwebhizinisi, isiko nokuzijabulisa phakathi kwakho kokubili i-Hong Kong ne-Los Angeles.
Ngaphambi kokusuka kwendiza ebibhukwe ngokugcwele i-HX068, i-Hong Kong Airlines ibe nomcimbi wokugubha esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Hong Kong International Airport ukukhumbula ukwethulwa ngokusemthethweni komzila omusha, obuholwa nguMnuz Chan Fan, u-JP, uNobhala Wezokuthutha Nezezindlu we Isifunda Sokuphatha Esikhethekile sase-Hong Kong.
Isevisi entsha ye-Hong Kong Airlines isetshenziswa i-Airbus A350, ehlome ngenani lezinsiza zesimanje eziklanyelwe ukuthuthukisa ulwazi lwabagibeli. Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-WiFi yendiza - imizuzu yokuqala eyi-15 yakhona itholakala mahhala kubo bonke abagibeli - kanye nohlelo olusha sha lokuzijabulisa lokuhamba ngendiza, oluziqhenya ngekhathalogi enwetshiwe yokuqukethwe kokuzijabulisa okungaphezu kwe-100 okuhlanganisa amamuvi akamuva nezinhlelo ze-TV, kanye bukhoma. ukusakazwa kwe-CNN, i-BBC World News kanye ne-Sport24.
Ukwethulwa kwendiza yokuqala ye-Hong Kong Airlines eya e-Los Angeles futhi kuphawula ukwethulwa kwe-A350 edolobheni lase-US. Njengoba ezintathu sezilethiwe kanye nezinye eziyi-18 ngoku-oda, i-A350 isilungele ukuba umgogodla wemikhumbi yezindiza ezidonsa isikhathi eside zeHong Kong Airlines.
“Ukwethulwa kwenkonzo yethu entsha e-Los Angeles kumelela esinye isinyathelo soguquko lwethu sisuka endimeni yesifunda siye enkampanini yezindiza yomhlaba wonke,” kusho uMnu Tang King Shing, iPhini likaSihlalo weHong Kong Airlines. “Njengendawo edumile yokuvakashelwa nokuhamba ngebhizinisi, i-Los Angeles nayo ingenye yezinjini ezinkulu zezomnotho e-United States. Siyajabula ukunikeza amakhasimende ethu izinketho eziningi zokuhamba ngezindiza eziya e-Los Angeles.”
I-tableware entsha ye-"East-meets-West".
Abagibeli abahamba ngendiza yokuqala ye-Hong Kong Airlines eya e-Los Angeles bazophinde babe ngabokuqala ukudla ochungechungeni lwezitsha zetafula ezisanda kuklanywa, ezihlanganisa i-chinaware, i-glassware, nezinto zokusika. I-Business Class Hong Kong Airlines ibambisene nenkampani ewina imiklomelo, uhlobo lomkhiqizo we-homeware wasendaweni i-JIA Inc. (“Jia”) kanye nezingcweti zokuhlangenwe nakho kwe-inflight CLIP ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukukhethwa okusha kwezimpahla zetafula zeBusiness Class ezibonisa amagugu namasiko ayingqayizivele edolobha.
Isebenzisana nabaklami bamazwe ngamazwe, i-JIA ibheka ukufaka imikhuba yokudlela yendabuko yamaShayina ngokufinyeleleka kwesimanje - ngokwenza kanjalo, idala ukuhumusha okusha ngomklamo ongumshado wezinto zaseMpumalanga nezaseNtshonalanga.
“Umklamo wezinto ezintsha ze-tableware ze-Hong Kong Airlines ugqugquzelwe i-Bauhinia × blakeana (imbali ye-Bauhinia) – ebonakala kulogo ye-Hong Kong Airlines kanye nophawu lwezitshalo zase-Hong Kong,” kusho abasunguli be-JIA uMnu noNkk Christopher noKay Lin.
“Indishi nepuleti le-appetizer libonisa ukufana okuhlukile nokuma kwe-petal yembali ye-Bauhinia, kuyilapho ukuklanywa kwesitsha sebhotela elibomvu kugqugquzelwe ukuzungeza nokuma kwembewu. Ngaleso sikhathi, ipuleti lesinkwa elinsundu ngokumnyama lifana nokuma kweqabunga le-Bauhinia, futhi ukubukeka kwe-cutlery nokuzacile okuzacile kuvusa izinkumbulo zeziqu ezithambile ze-Bauhinia.”
Kwenziwe nge-china entsha yamathambo, insimbi engagqwali kanye nengilazi, isethi eklanywe ngobunyoninco iklanyelwe ukukhulisa ukunethezeka kwamakhasimende futhi idlale ngobuqili ngezinkomba zaseMpumalanga nezaseNtshonalanga: i-cutlery ingeyaseNtshonalanga kodwa ifana ngokusemthethweni neziqu zembali ye-Bauhinia; isethi yekhofi ehlakaniphile ilungele umkhuba wanamuhla futhi amapuleti amahle amise okwezimbali ahlobisa ukudla okwethulwayo.
Izinto ezisongayo izixuku zikasawoti kanye nopelepele - izihlinzeki ze-condiment ezibonakala ziyivelakancane ku-Business Class namuhla. Idizayinelwe ngesimo se-Dim Sum edumile, i-Ha Gow (i-prawn dumpling) ne-Siu Mai (idombolo lengulube), izishiqili zikasawoti kanye nopelepele ezintsha ze-Hong Kong Airlines zenza izikhumbuzo ezinhle kakhulu, futhi ziyizingcezu ezihlukile zaseHong Kong ezikhuthazwa bonke abagibeli beBusiness Class. ukubuyela ekhaya.
Isigaba Sezomnotho
Kubagibeli abahamba nge-Economy Class, i-tableware nayo ivuselelwe ngokuphelele. I-CLIP idizayine iqoqo elisha ukuthi lisebenze kakhulu kuyilapho isakhiwo sejiyomethri esingaphelelwa isikhathi. Yenziwe nge-resin yekhwalithi ephezulu eyenza isiphetho esihle, esibushelelezi. Umbala omuhle omhlophe ongemhlophe ubukeka njengamanje futhi uklanyelwe ukuthuthukisa umbono wokudla okuqukethe.
“Sigqugquzelwe ukuthi sakhe ukubukeka kwesimanje manje kwemishini emisha; futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, uqinisekise ukuthi izimiso zokuziphatha ze-Hong Kong Airlines kanye namanani ebhrendi ayacatshangelwa ekuklanyweni okuphelele. Imishini entsha ye-Hong Kong Airlines Economy Class ihlanzekile, yesimanje, futhi inhle - ngokuhlanganisa izinhlamvu ezinhlanu zelayisi ukuze zakhe imbali ye-Bauhinia, lo mklamo wesiginesha uqinisa nakakhulu ukuxhumana phakathi kwe-Hong Kong Airlines nekhaya layo. Umklamo olula, nokho ongaphelelwa isikhathi uqinisa ukuzibophezela kwe-Hong Kong Airline ekunikezeni abagibeli bayo ulwazi lwangempela nolwehlukile lwesiko nendlela yokuphila yase-Hong Kong,” kusho uNksz Cindy Lam, uMqondisi we-CLIP.
*(Isithombe – ukusuka Kwesokunxele ukuya Kwesokudla: UMnu George Liu, Isikhulu Esiyinhloko Sezokumaketha se-Hong Kong Airlines; UMnu Vitoo Zhan, iPhini likaMongameli we-Hong Kong Airlines; UMnu Wang Liya, iPhini likaSihlalo kanye noMongameli we-Hong Kong Airlines; UMnu Fred
Lam, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sesikhulu Sezindiza saseHong Kong; UMnu Kurt Tong, i-Consul General ye-US Consulate
Okujwayelekile i-Hong Kong & Macau; UMnu Zhang Kui, USihlalo Obambisene Wezinkampani Zezindiza zaseHong Kong; UMnu Chan Fan, unobhala we
Ezokuthutha kanye Nezezindlu; Mnu Simon Li, uMqondisi-Jikelele Wezokundiza Komphakathi; Mnu CK Ng, uMqondisi Omkhulu – Imisebenzi Yezikhumulo Sezindiza e-Airport Authority e-Hong Kong; UNksz Kate Chang, uMqondisi Wesifunda - waseChina wezokuvakasha e-Los Angeles
& Ibhodi Lengqungquthela; UMnu Tang King Shing, iPhini likaSihlalo weHong Kong Airlines; kanye noMnu Ben Wong, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sezokusebenza seHong Kong Airlines)
