Qatar Airways wamukelwa Air CanadaIndiza yokuqala esuka eToronto iya eDoha namuhla, isungula isikhumulo sezindiza i-Hamad International njengesikhumulo sezindiza kuphela eMpumalanga Ephakathi esizosebenza ngensizakalo ehlelelwe ngumthuthi waseNyakatho Melika. Indiza yamukelwe ngokuhalalisela inganono yamanzi eHamad International Airport kanye nasemcimbini wokusika iribhoni obuthanyelwe nguMhlonishwa uNxusa uStefanie McCollum, iNxusa laseCanada eQatar kanye noMphathi Omkhulu weQatar Airways Group uMhlonishwa uMnu u-Akbar Al Baker kanye neHamad International Airport Chief Isikhulu Esisebenzayo u-Engr. UBadr Mohammed Al Meer.
Indiza yanamuhla yokuqala ibonakalisa indiza yokuqala e-Air Canada eya eDoha futhi ikhombisa ukuqiniswa okuqhubekayo kobudlelwano phakathi kweCanada noMbuso waseQatar. I-Qatar Airways ne-Air Canada zisanda kusayina isivumelwano se-codeshare esisebenza ekuhambeni phakathi kweDoha neToronto. Isivumelwano sizokwenza ukuthi abagibeli bezindiza bobabili bakwazi ukujabulela ukuthungwa, isitobhi esisodwa sokuya nokubuya eToronto ngeBest Airport eMiddle East, eHamad International Airport nokuqhubekela phambili ezindaweni ezingaphezulu kwama-75 e-Afrika, e-Asia naseMiddle East.
Inxusa laseCanada eQatar, uMhlonishwa uNxusa uStefanie McCollum, uthe: “Kuyajabulisa ukuba lapha ukuzofakaza, nokwamukela, indiza yokuqala ye-Air Canada eya eDoha. Lesi ngesinye isibonelo esibambekayo sokukhula kwezibopho zentengiso nezenhlalo phakathi kwamazwe ethu womabili. I-Qatar ingumlingani obalulekile weCanada, futhi ukuxhumana kwalezi zindiza kungenye yezinguquko ezinhle ebudlelwaneni bethu obuqinile. "
Isikhulu Esiphezulu seQatar Airways Group, uMhlonishwa uMnu u-Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “Ngijabule kakhulu ngalobu budlelwano obuqinile iQatar Airways enabo ne-Air Canada ngaphansi kobuholi bokuphayona bomngani wami, uCalin Rovinescu ofake uphawu oluqinile lwe-Air Canada imephu yezindiza yomhlaba. I-Air Canada, enye yezindiza ezindiza kakhulu eNyakatho Melika, izokwengeza inani elikhulu kunethiwekhi eyandayo yeQatar Airways. ICanada imakethe ebaluleke ngokwamasu yeQatar Airways, futhi le nsizakalo izosiza izinsizakalo zethu ezikhona zamasonto onke eziya eMontreal futhi inikeze abahambi bethu ezinye izinketho lapho behlela ukuya nokubuya eCanada. Silangazelela ukusebenzisa amandla ethu ahambisanayo ukukhulisa ukukhetha kwabagibeli bethu abayizinkulungwane futhi sikwazi ukuxhumana kalula ezindaweni eziningi ezintsha - ikakhulukazi kulo lonke elase-Afrika, e-Asia naseMpumalanga Ephakathi .. ”
UMongameli we-Air Canada kanye noMphathi Omkhulu, uMnuz Calin Rovinescu, uthe: “Ngijabule ukuqinisa ubudlelwano bethu neQatar Airways, enye yezindiza ezihamba phambili emhlabeni, ezovumela i-Air Canada ukuthi iphendule kangcono ekushintsheni kwezimfuno ezifunwayo. Njengoba i-Air Canada yakha kabusha inethiwekhi yayo yomhlaba wonke, sakha amasu amasha ngemizila emisha futhi siphokophele ezimakethe ezinakekela inani labantu abakhulayo baseCanada abakhulayo. Njengoba amakhasimende ethu eqhubeka nokuhambela amazwe angaphandle ngonyaka ozayo, lesi sivumelwano esithuthukisiwe sizovumela abantu baseCanada izinketho ezikahle zokuvakashela umndeni nabangane, kanye nokuvula izindawo ezintsha ezijabulisayo. Ngibonga kakhulu umngani wami omkhulu, u-HE Akbar Al Baker, ngokwamukelwa ngemfudumalo akwenzele i-Air Canada eDoha. ”
Engr. U-Badr Mohammed Al Meer, oyi-Chief Operating Officer esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Hamad International uthe: “Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Hamad International siphumelele ekuqhubekeni sihlinzeka ngemisebenzi yaso yokuwina imiklomelo emhlabeni ukuze siqinisekise ukuxhumana komhlaba wonke. Ngokugxila ekuqinisekiseni ukukhetha kwabagibeli, ukuzivumelanisa nezimo, nenhlalakahle yezemizwa, kuyasithokozisa ukunikela ngeminikelo yethu yokusebenziseka kalula nokufinyeleleka kubagibeli be-Air Canada ”.
Isikhumulo sezindiza iHamad International siyazuza lapho sakhiwe khona, njengoba u-80% wabantu emhlabeni ungaphakathi kwendiza yamahora ayisithupha ye-HIA, enikeza izinketho zokuxhuma ezilula zabahambi bomhlaba. Ngokunikezwa kwayo kokuphila okuhlukahlukane kokuthengisa, ukungenisa izihambi namasiko eceleni kobuchwepheshe bayo bokunika amandla abagibeli, i-HIA iyisango elikhethwayo emhlabeni labahambi bomhlaba.
I-Qatar Airways iqale ukundiza ibheke eCanada ngoJuni 2011 ngezindiza ezintathu zamasonto onke eziya eMontreal ezikhule zaze zaba ezine masonto onke ngoDisemba 2018. Inkampani yezindiza isebenze kakhulu noHulumeni waseCanada namanxusa ayo emhlabeni wonke kulo lonke lolu bhubhane, isebenza izinsizakalo ezintathu zamasonto onke IToronto ngaphezu kwezindiza eziqashwayo eziya eVancouver ukusiza ukuletha ngaphezu kwabagibeli abangama-40,000 ekhaya eCanada.
Ukutshalwa kwezimali kweQatar Airways ezinhlotsheni ezahlukahlukene ezonga uphethiloli, ezinezinjini ezimbili, kufaka phakathi nemikhumbi emikhulu yezindiza ze-Airbus A350, kuyenze yakwazi ukuqhubeka nokundiza kuyo yonke le nkinga futhi iyibeka kahle ukuze ihole ukuvuselelwa okusimeme kokuhamba kwamazwe omhlaba. Inkampani yezindiza muva nje ithathe ukulethwa kwezindiza ezintsha ezintathu ze-Airbus A350-1000, okwenyusa inani layo eliphelele le-A350 laba ngu-52 ngobudala obumaphakathi beminyaka engu-2.6 nje. Ngenxa yethonya le-COVID-19 ekufunweni kohambo, inkampani yezindiza ibeke imikhumbi yayo ye-Airbus A380s njengoba kungavunyelwa ukuthi isebenzise indiza enkulu kangaka enezinjini ezine emakethe yamanje. I-Qatar Airways nayo isanda kwethula uhlelo olusha olwenza abagibeli bakwazi ukuqeda ngokuzithandela ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni okuhambisana nohambo lwabo lapho bebhukha khona.
Ekupheleni kweNkathi Yasebusika ye-IATA, iQatar Airways ihlela ukwakha kabusha inethiwekhi yayo ibe yizindawo eziyi-126 ezibandakanya ezingama-20 e-Afrika, eziyi-11 eMelika, ezingama-42 e-Asia-Pacific, ezingama-38 eYurophu nezili-15 eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Amadolobha amaningi azonikezwa ngohlelo oluqinile olunamafrikhwensi wansuku zonke noma amaningi.
