- I-United Airlines kanye ne-Airlink bamemezela isivumelwano sezentengiselwano sokusiza amakhasimende ahlole iNingizimu Afrika.
- Ubambiswano olusha lunikeza amakhasimende uhambo olulula lokuya ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-40 eNingizimu Afrika.
- Amakhasimende e-United Airlines manje angathola imali noma ahlenge amamayela ngezindiza ze-United ne-Airlink.
Namuhla, i-United Airlines kanye ne-Airlink, okuyinkampani yezindiza yaseNingizimu Afrika, bamemezele isivumelwano esisha se-codeshare esizonikeza amakhasimende ukuxhumana okuningi phakathi kwe-US kanye ne-Afrika eseNingizimu kunanoma iyiphi enye inhlangano yezindiza. Isivumelwano esisha, esingaphansi kokugunyazwa nguhulumeni, sizohlinzeka ngoxhumano olulodwa olusuka e-US luye ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwama-40 eNingizimu Afrika. Ukwengeza, i-United izoba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala ukuxhuma uhlelo lwayo lokwethembeka ne-Airlink, okuvumela amalungu e-MileagePlus ukuthi azuze futhi ahlenge amamayela lapho ehamba ngezindiza ze-Airlink. Lokhu kubambisana okusha kuzokwengeza ebudlelwaneni obukhona be-United nelungu le-Star Alliance iSouth African Airways.
“I-United iyaqhubeka nokukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu e-Afrika, iqala izindiza ezintathu ezintsha ceke eziya ezwenikazi lonke kulo nyaka kuphela okuhlanganisa nenkonzo entsha eya e-Accra, eGhana; Lagos, Nigeria kanye neJohannesburg, eNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uPatrick Quayle, iphini likamongameli wenhlangano yamazwe omhlaba kanye nemifelandawonye. Lufthansa. “Futhi manje ngesivumelwano sethu sokwabelana ngekhodi no Airlink - okuwubambiswano olunwebeka kakhulu e-Afrika eseNingizimu - amakhasimende azokwazi ukuhlola kalula izindawo eziningi zohlu lwamabhakede kulo lonke izwekazi okuhlanganisa ukuxhumana okulula neZambia, Zimbabwe nokunye."
Lufthansa iqhubekile nokwandisa umkhondo wayo e-Afrika, ngokusebenza okuqondile ezindaweni ezine zase-Afrika. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, i-United yamemezela izindiza phakathi kweWashington, DC neLagos Nigeria zizoqala ngoNovemba 29, ngokuya ngemvume kahulumeni. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-United yethule insizakalo entsha phakathi kweNew York/Newark neJohannesburg, eNingizimu Afrika naphakathi kweWashington, DC ne-Accra, eGhana, okulindeleke ukuthi isebenze nsuku zonke kulo Disemba noJanuwari. Inkonzo edumile ye-United phakathi kwe-New York/Newark ne-Cape Town, eNingizimu Afrika izophinda iqale ngomhla ka-1 Disemba.
“INyakatho Melika iyimakethe yomthombo obalulekile wezindawo zethu. Lokhu kwabelana ngekhodi kuzokwenza kube lula kumakhasimende ethu aseNyakatho Melika ukuthi afinyelele e-Okavango Delta, eChobe, e-Kruger National Park kanye nasezindaweni zokulala ezizimele eziseduze, eKapa, eGarden Route, eSwakopmund naseCopperbelt, phakathi kwezinye,” kusho. Airlink I-CEO kanye noMqondisi Ophethe, u-Rodger Foster. “Ngokufanayo, i-codeshare isho ukuthi amakhasimende ethu emazweni ayi-12 ase-Afrika esiwasebenzelayo njengamanje, azokwazi ukufinyelela ngokushesha futhi kalula kuwo wonke amanethiwekhi e-United.”
Lokhu kwabelana ngekhodi okusha kuzosetshenziswa ekugunyazweni kokugcina kukahulumeni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Namuhla, i-United Airlines ne-Airlink, inkampani yezindiza yaseNingizimu Afrika, bamemezele isivumelwano esisha sokwabelana ngekhodi esizonikeza amakhasimende ukuxhumana okwengeziwe phakathi kwe-U.
- Lokhu kwabelana ngekhodi kuzokwenza kube lula kumakhasimende ethu aseNyakatho Melika ukufinyelela e-Okavango Delta, Chobe, Kruger National Park kanye nezindawo zokulala ezizimele eziseduze, eKapa, eGarden Route, eSwakopmund naseCopperbelt, phakathi kwezinye,”.
- Ukwengeza, i-United izoba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala ukuxhuma uhlelo lwayo lokwethembeka ne-Airlink, okuvumela amalungu e-MileagePlus ukuthi azuze futhi ahlenge amamayela lapho ehamba ngezindiza ze-Airlink.
