Ngabe iCondor Airlines isandiza ngemuva kukaThomas Cook Bankruptcy

Ngokuvumelana ne condor.com, I-Condor Airlines eseJalimane isasebenza ngentambo ngemuva komnikazi wayo UThomas Cook wangena ebhange namhlanje ekuseni. Lokhu okungenani okwesikhathi samanje.

Condor, ifakwe ngokomthetho njenge Condor I-Flugdienst GmbH, iyinkampani yezindiza zokungcebeleka yaseJalimane ezinze eFrankfurt kanye nenkampani engaphansi kwalabo abangakwazi ukukhokhela izikweletu. UThomas Cook Iqembu. Isebenzisa izindiza ezihleliwe eziya ezindaweni zokungcebeleka e-Mediterranean, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and the Caribbean.

ICondor ibiphethwe phakathi kweNorddeutscher Lloyd (27.75%), Hamburg America Line (27.75%), Deutsche Lufthansa (26%), neDeutsche Bundesbahn (18.5%). Iqembu lokuqala lezindiza ezintathu ezinabagibeli abangu-36 i-Vickers VC.1 Viking bezizinze e-Frankfurt Airport, ihabhu laseLufthansa. I-Lufthansa yathenga amanye amasheya ngo-1960.

Ngo-1961, iDeutsche Flugdienst yathatha imbangi yayo iCondor-Luftreederei (eyasungulwa ngo-1957 ngu-Oetker), ngemuva kwalokho yashintsha igama layo laba. I-Condor Flugdienst GmbH, ngaleyo ndlela sethula igama elithi “Condor” neLufthansa.

Kusukela ngo-2000 kuya phambili, amasheya e-Condor aphethwe yi-Lufthansa kancane kancane atholwa yibo bobabili u-Thomas Cook AG kanye no-Thomas Cook Group plc.  Inqubo yokuguqula iCondor isuke enkampanini engaphansi kweLufthansa iye engxenyeni kaThomas Cook (kanye noThomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium kanye noThomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia yaqala ngokuqanjwa kabusha njenge UThomas Cook enikwa amandla yiCondor ngo-1 March 2003. Kwethulwa i-livery entsha, efaka uphawu lukaThomas Cook emsileni wendiza kanye negama elithi “Condor” elibhalwe ngefonti esetshenziswa uThomas Cook Airlines. Ngomhla zingama-23 kuJanuwari 2004, uCondor waba yingxenye kaThomas Cook AG futhi wabuyela ku- Condor Igama lomkhiqizo NgoZibandlela wezi-2006, amasheya eLufthansa asele abe ngamaphesenti angama-24.9 kuphela.

Mhla zingama-20 kuSepthemba 2007, ngemuva nje kokuthatha i-LTU International, i-Air Berlin yamemezela inhloso yayo yokuthola i-Condor ngesivumelwano sokushintshwa kwamasheya. Kwakuhloswe ukuthi kuthengwe amaphesenti angama-75.1 wamasheya e-Condor aphethwe nguThomas Cook, nezimpahla ezisele zeLufthansa ezazitholwa ngo-2010. Ngokubuyisela emuva, uThomas Cook wayezothatha amaphesenti angama-29.99 esitoko se-Air Berlin. Ngomhla ziyi-11 kuMandulo wezi-2008, uhlelo lwayekwa.

NgoDisemba 2010, uThomas Cook Group wakhetha umndeni we-Airbus A320 njengohlobo lwendiza edonsa isikhathi esifushane ezinkampanini zawo zezindiza, ngokubuyekezwa okuphathelene nendiza edonsa isikhathi eside ehlelelwe u-2011.

Ngomhla ziyi-17 kuSepthemba 2012, inkampani yezindiza yasayina isivumelwano se-codeshare nenkampani yenethiwekhi ebiza kancane yaseMexico, iVolaris. Mhla ziyi-12 kuNdasa wezi-2013, i-Condor kanye nenkampani yezindiza yaseCanada i-WestJet bavumelana ngobudlelwane phakathi kwe-inthanethi obuzohlinzeka amakhasimende ngokuxhuma izindiza eziya/ezisuka ezindaweni eziyi-17 e-Canada. Lesi sivumelwano sandisa inethiwekhi yazo zombili izinkampani zezindiza, sivumela abagibeli ukuthi baxhumeke ngale kwenethiwekhi yenkampani yezindiza ngayinye.

Ngomhla zizi-4 kuNhlolanja wezi-2013, iThomas Cook Group yamemezela ukuthi uThomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium, kanye neCondor bazohlanganiswa babe ingxenye eyodwa yokusebenza yeThomas Cook Group, Thomas Cook Group Airlines. Ngo-Okthoba 1, 2013, i-Thomas Cook Group yaqala ukuzethula ngaphansi kophawu olusha lomkhiqizo oluhlanganisiwe. Indiza ye-Thomas Cook Group Airlines nayo yayinophawu olusha: i-Sunny Heart yengezwe emisileni yayo futhi yapendwe kabusha ohlelweni olusha lombala wenkampani ompunga, omhlophe, nophuzi. Endizeni, i-Sunny Heart emsileni ihloselwe ukukhombisa ukuhlanganiswa kwezinkampani zezindiza kanye nabaqhubi bokuvakasha phakathi kweQembu Lonke lase-Thomas Cook.

I-Condor ilungise amakhabethe kuzo zonke izindiza zayo ze-Boeing 767-300 ezithatha uhambo olude. Zonke izihlalo zesigaba somnotho nesigaba somnotho oyi-premium zithathelwe indawo izihlalo ezintsha ezivela ku-ZIM Flugsitz GmbH. I-Condor igcine i-Premium Economy Class yayo eyimpumelelo ine-legroom eyengeziwe namasevisi angeziwe. Izihlalo ezintsha zeBusiness Class (Zodiac Aerospace) zinikeza izihlalo ezizenzakalelayo, ezine-angle-lie-flat ezikwazi ukutshekela ku-engeli engu-170 degrees nobude bombhede obungamamitha angu-1.80 (5 ft 11 in). Inkampani yezindiza yengeze izihlalo esigabeni sayo esisha seBusiness Class ukusuka ezihlalweni eziyi-18 kuye kwezingama-30 endizeni yayo emithathu i-Boeing 767. Ukuzijabulisa okusha endizeni kuhlanganisa izikrini zomuntu siqu zabo bonke abagibeli kuzo zonke izigaba ezintathu zesevisi. I-Condor izosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-RAVE IFE beZodiac In-flight Entertainment. Ngomhla zingama-27 kuNhlangulana wezi-2014, i-Condor yaqeda ukulungisa ikhabethe layo yonke indiza yayo eyi-Boeing 767 ethatha uhambo olude.

Ekuqaleni kuka-2017 Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Condor u-Ralf Teckentrup wethula uhlelo lokunciphisa izindleko zokusebenza ngama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-40, ngenxa yokulahlekelwa kwezindleko zokusebenza eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-14 kanye nokwehla kwemali engenayo eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.4. Izinombolo zabagibeli nazo zehle ngo-6%. I-Condor iphinde yahlela imizila emisha eya e-United States okwakuthi: I-San Diego, i-New Orleans, ne-Pittsburgh - zonke izindiza ziqhutshwa yi-767-300ER.

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