SHANGHAI - I-China Eastern Airlines Corp ixoxisana ne-Star Alliance kanye neminye imifelandawonye emibili yemboni yezindiza emhlabeni wonke njengoba izama ukuthuthukisa igama layo, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu senkampani ngoLwesine.
I-China Eastern, okuwukuphela kwayo kwamathathu ahamba phambili ezweni ngaphandle kobudlelwano bomhlaba, ibheka ithuba lokujoyina enye yezimboni ezihlanganisa iStar Alliance neSkyTeam Alliance, kusho lesi sikhulu esicele ukungadalulwa ngoba ukuzwela kodaba.
Umzali womzali we-American Airlines i-AMR Corp (AMR.N) usezingxoxweni ezithuthukile neChina Eastern ukuyiletha ku-Oneworld Alliance, kusho isikhulu sezezimali se-AMR uTom Horton ekuqaleni kwaleli sonto.
Kepha isikhulu saseChina Eastern sithe lowo ophethe akanaye umlingani amncamelayo kuze kube manje.
“Sibambe izingxoxo ezifanayo nawo womathathu amaqembu njengamanje. Siyethemba ukuthi sizogcina sijoyine omunye wabo kodwa asazi ukuthi yimuphi okwamanje,” kusho lesi sikhulu.
I-Shanghai Airlines, eyatholwa yi-China Eastern ngoFebhuwari ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sokubuyisela emuva kuhulumeni, ingeye-Star Alliance, okuhlanganisa i-Air China, enguzakwethu we-Cathay Pacific Airways.
Kepha lokho akusho ukuthi umfelandawonye unguzakwethu othandwayo waseChina Eastern, kwengeza isikhulu saseChina.
I-China ibe yindawo egqamile phakathi nokuwohloka kwemboni yomhlaba wonke okuphoqe iJapan Airlines ukuthi iqophe.
Izindiza zaseShayina zathwala abagibeli abayizigidi eziyi-159 ngonyaka odlule, zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-15 ukusuka ngo-2008, ngokusho kwemininingwane esemthethweni, njengoba ukuvuselela umnotho waseBeijing kwaphakamisa ukuzethemba kwabathengi.
Izinkampani zezindiza emhlabeni wonke, ezifuna indlela yokunciphisa izindleko kanye nokwenyusa izinga lokuhlanganisa okungekho ngokuphelele, zifuna imifelandawonye eyengeziwe futhi zithole izindlela zokunciphisa izindleko zisebenzisa lezi zamanje.
I-China Southern Airlines isivele iyilungu le-SkyTeam.
I-American Airlines yaba nezingxoxo zokuhlanganisa ne-US Airways kanye nezingxoxo zomfelandawonye ne-Continental Airlines ngo-2008, ngemva nje kokuba i-Delta Air Lines neNorthwest zihlangene. Lezo zingxoxo zaphela njengoba i-Continental ikhetha ukwenza umfelandawonye ne-United, kusho umthombo.
