Njengoba ezokuthutha ngendiza zizobheka emuva ku-2009 njengonyaka wazo omubi kunawo wonke emashumini eminyaka, iSwiss Airlines izwakala inethemba elimangalisayo. Esontweni eledlule eZurich, isikhulu esiphezulu saseSwitzerland u-Harry Hohmeister wethule izinhlelo zenkampani zokunwetshwa kwekusasa lika-2010 kanye nemifaniswano emisha sha yabasebenzi abaphansi nabandizayo.
“Siyajabula ukubona ukuthi iSwitzerland iphumelele ukuhlala inenzuzo ngenxa yemizamo yeminyaka emi-5 yokwehlisa izindleko zethu nokwenza ngcono ukusebenza kahle. Esikhathini sobunzima, ukuvula izindawo ezintsha futhi ikakhulukazi umzila ohamba ibanga elide uphenduka umcimbi omangalisayo, ”kusho uHarry Hohmeister.
Ngemva kokuvula imizila emisha eya eLyon nase-Oslo esuka eZurich kulo nyaka, inkampani yezindiza imemezele ngokusemthethweni ukwethulwa komzila omusha oya eSan Francisco. Kusukela ngoJuni 2, umzila uzolethwa izikhathi eziyisithupha ngesonto yi-Airbus A340-300. “Isidingo sihlala siqinile eSan Francisco njengendawo yokungcebeleka kodwa futhi indawo yebhizinisi. Izinkampani eziningi zaseSwitzerland ezifana neCredit Suisse, UBS, Novartis, Nestlé noma Roche zikhona endaweni yaseBay. Futhi siyazi ukuthi kunesidingo esikhulu esivela ezimakethe zethu eziphezulu zokudlulisa imithombo,” kwengeza u-Hohmeister.
Indiza yase-San Francisco izobe ixhumene nezindawo ezithatha uhambo olufushane njengeBerlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Milan, Paris kanye neTel Aviv. “Ukundiza ngomzila ofana ne-Zurich San Francisco kuwukutshala imali okubalulekile, okulinganiselwa ku-CHF 150 million [cishe ama-US$145 wezigidi] futhi kusithathe iminyaka emibili ukukuphothula. I-Swissairs yayijwayele ukuhamba ngendiza iZurich-San Francisco kwaze kwaba ngu-2002,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu sale nkampani. “Kodwa-ke, inkampani yezindiza yayine-Boeing 747 emzileni ebingakwazi ukusimama ngokwezimali njengoba ibiza kakhulu umgibeli ngamunye. I-Airbus A340 nokho iyindiza ekahle futhi umkhiqizo wethu omusha osezingeni lebhizinisi uzokhanga kakhulu emakethe.”
I-San Francisco City nayo izibandakanye ekubuyeni kwe-Swiss ngokusiza inkampani yezindiza ngohlelo lokumaketha kanye ne-PR. Isevisi entsha yaseSwitzerland yaseSan Francisco izosebenza ngomthamo wezindiza okhona njengoba izindiza ezimbili ze-Airbus A340-300 zibuyela emsebenzini entwasahlobo ka-2010 ngemuva kokuhoxiswa okwesikhashana emkhunjini.
Umthamo owengeziwe wendiza uzosiza ekwandiseni amaza okuya eDelhi, eMumbai, eSão Paulo naseMontreal.
“Siqaphe futhi isidingo e-Asia. Sizofaka imvamisa eyengeziwe yamasonto onke e-Shanghai ehlobo elizayo. Siphinde sibheke iBeijing kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi,” kwengeza i-CEO yaseSwitzerland.
Inkampani yezindiza nayo ibheke ukukhulisa ubukhona bayo e-Geneva. ISwitzerland izosebenza kusukela entwasahlobo yaseLondon Heathrow ngezindiza eziyisithupha zansuku zonke ezivela eGeneva. “Isinyathelo sokuqala, kodwa angikwazi ukusho okwengeziwe,” kusho u-Hohmeister.
I-Swiss isivele ibheka imizila emisha eya eNingizimu naseNtshonalanga Yurophu enamadolobha abalulekile afana ne-Nice noma i-Rome okungenzeka abuyele kumephu yaseSwitzerland aphuma e-Geneva.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Ukundiza ngomzila ofana ne-Zurich San Francisco kuwukutshala imali okubalulekile, okulinganiselwa ku-CHF 150 million [cishe ama-US$145 wezigidi] futhi kusithathe iminyaka emibili ukukuphothula.
- Esikhathini sobunzima, ukuvula izindawo ezintsha futhi ikakhulukazi umzila ohamba ibanga elide uphenduka umcimbi omangalisayo, ”kusho uHarry Hohmeister.
- I-Swiss isivele ibheka imizila emisha eya eNingizimu naseNtshonalanga Yurophu enamadolobha abalulekile afana ne-Nice noma i-Rome okungenzeka abuyele kumephu yaseSwitzerland aphuma e-Geneva.
