I-Middle East Airlines ijoyina i-SkyTeam

I-BEIRUT, Lebanon – I-Middle East Airlines – i-Air Liban (MEA), inkampani ephethe ifulegi yase-Lebanon, namuhla isayine isivumelwano sokujoyina i-SkyTeam ngo-2012. I-MEA izoba yilungu lesibili lalo mfelandawonye eMpumalanga Ephakathi, okuyimakethe yamasu okukhula kwe-SkyTeam.

I-SkyTeam isebenza ngenkuthalo ukuqinisa ubukhona bayo eMpumalanga Ephakathi, okungenye yezifunda zezomnotho ezibaluleke kakhulu nezikhula ngokushesha emhlabeni. Ukwengezwa kwe-MEA kuhleloxhumano lomfelandawonye kuzokwenza i-SkyTeam ikwazi ukuncintisana ngokuphumelelayo, hhayi nje eMpumalanga Ephakathi kuphela, kodwa futhi naseNtshonalanga Afrika. I-SkyTeam njengembuyiselo inikeza i-MEA inethiwekhi yomhlaba wonke ehambisanayo. Amakhasimende e-MEA azokwazi ukuxhuma emhlabeni ngokugeleza kwethrafikhi evela kumahabhu e-SkyTeam eYurophu, e-Afrika, e-Asia naseMelika.

I-MEA iqhubekile nokuthuthukisa imikhiqizo namasevisi ayo kumakhasimende kusukela yaphetha ngempumelelo uhlelo oluhle lokuhlela kabusha, okuhloswe ngalo ukwenza inkampani yezindiza ibe yesimanjemanje futhi ihlele kabusha. Izici ezibalulekile zalolu hlelo zazihlanganisa ukuvuselelwa kwemikhumbi kanye nokulinganisa, okwandisa ukuminyana kwenethiwekhi yenkampani yenethiwekhi yaseYurophu, eMpumalanga Ephakathi naseNtshonalanga Afrika kanye nokwenza ngcono izinga lomkhiqizo nokuvumelana.

USihlalo we-MEA – uMqondisi Jikelele u-Mohamad El-Hout uthe: “Ngokujoyina i-SkyTeam, i-MEA njengoba ingaphansi kwenkampani yezindiza encane, manje isizokwazi ukunikeza amakhasimende ayo inethiwekhi ebanzi yomhlaba wonke ehlanganisa i-Europe, Asia, Africa kanye neMelika. Amakhasimende e-MEA azohlomula ohlelweni lokwethembeka lwamalungu e-SkyTeam kanye nezindawo zokuphumula zamalungu e-ST kuzo zonke izikhumulo zezindiza emhlabeni wonke.”

USihlalo weSkyTeam uLeo van Wijk uthe: “Namuhla kuphawula esinye isiqinisekiso somndeni okhulayo womhlaba wonke weSkyTeam. I-Middle East iyimakethe yamasu yomfelandawonye njengoba siqhubeka nokwelula inethiwekhi ye-SkyTeam kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba. Isifunda sibone ukukhula okumangazayo kwethrafikhi kule minyaka eyishumi edlule futhi sifuna ukuzibandakanya ngokugcwele kulokhu kwandiswa. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi i-MEA izokhula ibe umdlali obalulekile nobalulekile kwezokundiza eMiddle East.”

Umqondisi Ophethe we-SkyTeam, uMarie-Joseph Male, ubonisa ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwalolu mbimbi emhlabeni wonke: “Kulo nyaka i-China Airlines ne-China Eastern nendodakazi yayo yenkampani i-Shanghai Airlines zizosijoyina ngempumelelo, ngokohlelo. I-Garuda Indonesia, i-Aerolineas Argentinas kanye ne-Saudi Arabian Airlines zonke ziqinisekise ubulungu bazo obusebenza ngo-2012. Sizoqhubeka nokusebenzela ukwandisa inethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke ngokufuna ozakwethu abavela e-India naseLatin America.”