Isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Budapest kanye ne-LOT Polish Airlines namuhla bamemezele ukuzibophezela okubalulekile ekusaseni lokuthuthukiswa kwenethiwekhi yesango laseHungary. Umthwali wefulegi waseYurophu uyaqinisekisa ukuthi kuzoba yindiza eyodwa futhi wengeze eminye imizila emibili esuka e-Budapest kamuva kuleli hlobo. Ilungu le-Star Alliance, i-LOT izoba enye yezinkampani zezindiza eziyinhloko esikhumulweni sezindiza, kanti ukutshalwa kwezimali kuzovula amathuba amasha okuxhumana kwezinye izimakethe zaseYurophu, okuzothuthukisa ukuhamba kwabagibeli e-Budapest.
Iqala ukusebenza izikhathi eziyi-12 ngesonto eBrussels naseBucharest kusukela mhla zi-2 kuSepthemba, isevisi ye-LOT yamafrikhwensi aphezulu izosebenzisa ama-E195 esigaba sesithathu, ekugcineni iqondise kubagibeli bebhizinisi abafuna ukuhamba phakathi kwamadolobha amakhulu kanye nokuxhumana okubalulekile okuya phambili, okuhlanganisa ukubaluleka kwenkampani yenethiwekhi. imizila yohambo olude eya eNew York naseChicago isuka eBudapest. Ngenkathi ihlinzeka ngezixhumanisi ezibalulekile kubahambi baseHungary kunethiwekhi ebanzi ye-LOT, izinsiza ezintsha zenza ezinye izindawo eziningi zomhlaba zitholakale ngokusebenzisa abanye ozakwethu be-Star Alliance.
Ephawula ngalezi zindaba, u-Jost Lammers, oyi-CEO, Isikhumulo sezindiza sase-Budapest ujabule: “Besilokhu sinobambiswano oluyimpumelelo ne-LOT Polish Airlines ngakho-ke kuwumzuzu wokuziqhenya ukubona ukuzibophezela okwenziwa inkampani yezindiza, hhayi esikhumulweni sezindiza kuphela kodwa naseHungary izwe. Ikhula isuka enkonzweni yansuku zonke eya e-Warsaw ngo-2017, inkampani yezindiza isithuthuke ekuthwaleni abagibeli abangaphezu kwekota yesigidi ngonyaka isuka eBudapest. Isimemezelo sokukhula okwengeziwe ngo-2019 sibonisa ukuthi inkampani yezindiza yenza kahle esikhumulweni sezindiza sethu, nokuthi ibheke ukuqhubeka nokuba khona kwayo lapha. " Ephawula ngokuqhubekayo, uLammers wathi: “Lezi zinsizakalo eziya eBrussels naseBucharest zibalulekile kusihambi sebhizinisi esidinga uhambo losuku, kanye nesivakashi esidinga ikhefu langezimpelaviki edolobheni lethu elihle. Ngokusebenzisana ngokubambisana nozakwethu sizoqhubeka nokuthuthukisa ukuncintisana kwemakethe yaseHungary, siqinise umnotho wethu futhi sikhulise ukuxhumana kwethu nomhlaba, okubaluleke kakhulu namuhla kunangaphambili. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uhlelo lwe-BUD olusanda kumenyezelwa lwe-€700m lokuthuthukisa isikhumulo sezindiza luzokhuphula kakhulu amandla, amazinga esevisi kanye nokunethezeka kwabagibeli.
Njengoba izinsiza zakamuva ze-LOT zijoyina izindiza zayo ezithatha uhambo olude eziya eNew York JFK, Chicago O'Hare kanye nezinsiza zansuku zonke, zamaza aphezulu eLondon City, Warsaw Chopin naseKraków, lesi simemezelo sizobona inkampani yenethiwekhi ye-Star Alliance isebenza ezindaweni eziyisikhombisa futhi bona inkampani yezindiza ibe phakathi kozakwethu bezindiza abaphezulu beBudapest ngo-2019 mayelana nomthamo wezihlalo.
“Ifeza isithembiso esinikezwe abagibeli baseHungary, iLOT iyaqhubeka nokukhula eBudapest njengoba simemezela izindiza eziqondile ezintsha eziya emadolobheni abalulekile aseYurophu nasemhlabeni. Ngemuva kweLondon City, kuzoba yisikhathi sezinsizakalo eziya eBrussels naseBucharest, izinhloko-dolobha ezinokuxhumana okungakagcinwa kahle yinkampani yezindiza esebenza ngokugcwele. Kusukela manje kuqhubeke, i-LOT kuphela ezohlinzeka ngamakilasi amathathu ohambo lwezindiza ezikhululekile ze-Embraer. Yilokho abagibeli bethu abakufunayo,” kusho uRafał Milczarski, oyi-CEO, iLOT Polish Airline. “Ngalezi zindiza ezintsha sizoqala ukuthuthukisa ukuhamba kwabantu ngesikhumulo sezindiza saseBudapest. Lokho kusebenza kubagibeli abavela eBucharest, abaxhuma eBudapest, okungukuthi eLondon City, eNew York naseChicago, kanye naseBrussels. Ukunikezwa koxhumano lwezokuthutha nakanjani kuzokwandisa ukukhanga kwesikhumulo sezindiza saseBudapest,” kunezela uMilczarski.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Commencing 12 times weekly operations to both Brussels and Bucharest from 2 September, LOT's high-frequency service will utilise the carrier's three-class E195s, ultimately targeting business passengers wanting to travel between the capital cities as well as vital onward connections, including the carrier's pivotal long-haul routes to New York and Chicago from Budapest.
- “We've always had a successful partnership with LOT Polish Airlines so it's a proud moment to see the commitment the airline is making, not only to the airport but to Hungary as a country.
- A member of Star Alliance, LOT will become one of the main hub airlines at the airport, with the investment also opening new connection opportunities for other European markets, which in turn will advance passenger flows through Budapest.
