Usihlalo omusha weBhodi labaPhathi be-IATA: Isikhulu seQatar Airways u-Akbar Al Baker

I-Qatar ihlukanisiwe emazweni amaningi angomakhelwane icindezela iQatar Airways ukuthi ibe sesimweni esibucayi ayimisanga i-International Air Transport Association (IATA) ukukhetha i-Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, uMhlonishwa uMnu u-Akbar Al Baker, njengoSihlalo omusha we iBhodi labaPhathi (i-BoG) kusukela ngoJuni 2018.

Isikhathi esijikelezayo sonyaka owodwa sizoqala ekupheleni koMhlangano Jikelele Wonyaka (i-AGM) we-IATA wezi-2018 eSydney futhi sizoqhubeka kuze kube sekupheleni kwe-AGM yango-2019. UMnu u-Al Baker uzongena esikhundleni sikaSihlalo we-IATA BoG njengamanje uMnuz Goh Choon Phong, oyi-Chief Executive Officer ye-Singapore Airlines.

UMnu. Al Baker uthe: “Ngiyajabula ukuthi ngakhethwa amalungu ebhodi engangikanye nawo ukuba ngihole le nhlangano ebalulekile, lapho imboni ibhekene nezinselelo eziningi emazingeni amaningi. Ukumela nokuhola iBhodi labaPhathi be-IATA kuyilungelo elikhulu, futhi ngiyabonga ngethuba lokumela imboni ebambe iqhaza elibaluleke kangaka emnothweni womhlaba.

“Sekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amabili ngihlala ngiphefumula ngendiza, futhi ngibheke phambili ekusebenzisaneni neBhodi Lababusi ukulwela amalungelo abagibeli nokwenza ngcono amazinga okuphepha kuyo yonke imboni, kanye nokuqhubeka nokuqhakambisa amalungelo wenkululeko yokundiza yabo bonke . ”

I-IATA imele ezinye izindiza ezingama-275 ezibandakanya amaphesenti angama-83 womgwaqo womoya womhlaba. Ukukhethwa kukaMnumzane Al Baker kulesi sikhundla esihloniphekile kuwukubonakaliswa okusobala kweqhaza alibambayo alibambayo embonini enamandla nelaqhudelana kakhulu.

UMnu u-Al Baker ungomunye wabantu ababonakala kakhulu ezindizeni zomhlaba wonke. Umbono nokuzibophezela kwakhe kunike amandla ukuthuthukiswa kweQatar Airways isuka enkampanini encane yesifunda iye enkampanini yezindiza enkulu yomhlaba esikhathini seminyaka engama-20 kuphela. Ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, iQatar Airways isiphenduke enye yezindiza ezihlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni, incintisana ngezinga izindiza ezimbalwa ezizuzileyo. Abagibeli bakubonile ukuzibophezela kwale nkampani ezindinganisweni zokuphepha, ezokuphepha, ezokuqamba izinto kanye nekhwalithi yensizakalo ngokuyinikeza iSkytrax Airline of the Year 2017, okwesine ukuthola lo mklomelo.

I-Qatar Airways yaziwa kakhulu ngokuphishekela okungapheli kokuqamba izinto ezintsha, futhi isanda kwethula isihlalo sayo esiwina umklomelo seBusiness Class, iQsuite, equkethe umbhede wokuqala owake waba khona kabili kule mboni otholakala eBusiness Class, unamapaneli obumfihlo ayaqhela, avumela abagibeli abasondelene izihlalo zokwakha igumbi labo elizimele. Amapaneli ashintshekayo neziqaphi ze-TV ezihambayo phakathi nendawo izihlalo ezine zinika ozakwabo, abangane noma imindeni abahamba ndawonye ithuba lokuguqula indawo yabo ibe yindawo yangasese, lapho bengasebenza khona, badle futhi bahlangane ndawonye. Lezi zici ezintsha zinikeza isipiliyoni sokuhamba esenziwe ngokwezifiso ekugcineni esenza abagibeli bakwazi ukudala indawo evumelana nezidingo zabo ezihlukile.

Inkampani yenethiwekhi kazwelonke ye-State of Qatar ingenye yezindiza ezikhula ngesivinini esikhulu ezisebenzisa enye yamabhanoyi amancane emhlabeni. Manje ngonyaka wayo wamashumi amabili wokusebenza, iQatar Airways isinemikhumbi yesimanje yezindiza ezingama-200 ezindiza eziya kwezamabhizinisi nezokungcebeleka emazwenikazi ayisithupha.

Ngaphezu kokuvotelwa i-Airline of the Year ngabahambi abavela emhlabeni wonke, umphathi wenhlangano kazwelonke waseQatar uphinde wazuza isihlenga seminye imiklomelo emikhulu emcimbini weSkytrax 2017, kubandakanya iBest Airline eMiddle East, iBest Business Class neWorld's Best First Class Emhlabeni Indiza Lounge.

I-Qatar Airways izokwengeza izindiza ezindaweni eziningi ezithokozisayo kunethiwekhi yayo ngo-2017 nango-2018, kubandakanya i-Abidjan, i-Ivory Coast; I-Accra, eGhana; ECanberra, e-Australia; EChiang Mai, eThailand; Utapao, Thailand; IChittagong, Bangladesh neMombasa, Kenya, ukubala ezimbalwa.