I-City Airlines esanda kusungulwa yeLufthansa Group izoqala ukusebenza ngendiza ehlobo lika-2024. Inkampani yezindiza yasungulwa ngonyaka odlule futhi yathola isitifiketi sayo se-Air Operator (AOC) I-German Federal Aviation Authority emuva ngoJuni. Izosebenzisa izindiza zayo kusukela e-Munich kanye ne-Frankfurt hubs futhi ngaleyo ndlela inikeze izindiza eziphakelayo Lufthansa. I-City Airlines izosebenza eceleni kweLufthansa CityLine. Ukuqashwa kwabasebenzi abasebenzayo kuzoqala ngoNovemba 2023, kuzodingeka abashayeli bezindiza kanye namalungu eqembu ukuze kwethulwe.
Ukuqinisa ukuncintisana kwenethiwekhi yokuthutha okufushane kubalulekile endaweni yemakethe yeLufthansa Group kanye nasekukhuleni okuhleliwe kwengxenye edonsa isikhathi eside emakethe yaseJalimane.
Ukuze i-City Airlines ibekwe esikhundleni isikhathi eside, abashayeli bezindiza abakhuluma isiNgisi nabo bayacatshangelwa ohlelweni lokunxeshezelwa kwezindima ze-cockpit. Abafakizicelo abanolwazi lwangaphambilini bazonikezwa okuthandayo ngesikhathi sokuqashwa. Kubasebenzi beQembu abanentshisekelo yokushintshela ku-City Airlines, izipesheli ezinemibandela yokushintsha ngokuzithandela zingaxoxisana. Lokhu kubandakanya ikakhulukazi abasebenzi baseLufthansa CityLine.
“NgeCity Airlines, sifuna ukwakha amathuba emashumini eminyaka ezayo futhi sivikele imisebenzi esimeme eJalimane. Lena ukuphela kwendlela yokuthi sikhule futhi siqinise ngokuqhubekayo izindawo eziseMunich nase-Frankfurt,” kusho u-Jens Fehlinger, uMqondisi Ophethe we-City Airlines.
Izingxoxo nabalingani bezenhlalo ukuze kuvunyelwane ngezimo zemisebenzi encintisanayo nevikelekile seziqalile.
Amakhasimende nabagibeli beLufthansa bangabheka ngabomvu ulwazi lwamakhasimende eLufthansa endizeni ye-City Airlines. Ngenkathi i-City Airlines izoqala ukusebenza ngendiza ye-Airbus A319, iLufthansa Group okwamanje ihlola ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukusebenzisa indiza i-Airbus A220 noma i-Embraer.
