(eTN) BERLIN – Ichithiwe ukukhetha kwe-China Eastern Airlines ekugcineni ikhethe i-SkyTeam esikhundleni se-oneworld, isikhulu somfelandawonye u-John McCulloch usimise okwesikhashana ekufuneni komfelandawonye umaqondana e-China. “Asibhekile isikhathi kunoma iyiphi inkampani yezindiza eChina. Futhi ngingaqinisekisa ukuthi [asizange] sizibambe izingxoxo ne-Hainan Airlines, inkampani yokugcina enkulu yamazwe ngamazwe e-Mainland China,” kusho uMnu. McCulloch esithangamini nabezindaba ngesikhathi soMhlangano Omkhulu Wonyaka we-IATA (AGM) e-Berlin.
Kwaphela izinyanga, i-oneworld inethemba lokuthi izokwazi ukuheha i-China Eastern, bese ibhekwa njengesinyathelo esikhulu sokuqinisa umbimbi. Ukudumala bekubonakala njengoba i-oneworld bekucatshangwa ukuthi inikeze idili elingcono kakhulu lenkampani yenethiwekhi ese-Shangha. Abahlaziyi bachaza ukukhetha kwe-SkyTeam kwe-China Eastern ngokuthi uSihlalo wamanje wase-China Eastern uLiu Shaoyong unokuxhumana okuseduze ne-China Southern Airlines - futhi oyilungu le-SkyTeam - njengoba ake waba yi-CEO yayo kuze kube ngonyaka odlule.
“Sesivele sinabo ubukhona obuqinile eChina sibonga iCathay Pacific kanye nenhlangano esebenzisana nayo, iDragonair. I-Hong Kong cishe iyihabhu ehamba phambili yase-China ngenxa yokuxhumana kwayo okuphumelelayo. Futhi iCathay Pacific yaziwa njengenye yezindiza ezihamba phambili emhlabeni,” kusho uMcCulloch. Uma ngempela i-Hong Kong iyisikhungo esiqinile sokuya e-China, indawo yayo eseningizimu ye-Mainland China ngabe ihlanganiswe kahle nelinye isango eliya enyakatho yezwe. Ebuzwa ukuthi ekugcineni iCathay Pacific ingavula yini indawo yesibili e-Mainland China, u-Anthony Tyler, oyi-CEO yeCathay Pacific, uphendule wathi: “Asinawo amandla angokomthetho okuqhubeka ngale ndlela. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi sinikeza eHong Kong ihabhu eliphumelelayo elikwazi ukuncintisana nezinye izikhumulo zezindiza ezinkulu eChina. ”
Ebuzwa mayelana nemibono ngokukhula ngonyaka odlule ku-AGM ye-IATA e-Kuala Lumpur, uMcCulloch ngaleso sikhathi wamemezela ukuthi amazwe e-BRIC (i-Brazil, i-Russia, i-India, ne-China) yiwona ahamba phambili ngokuphelele ekwandiseni umfelandawonye, i-China ne-India okuyiwona okugxilwe kuwo. Njengoba i-S7 yaseRussia manje isiyingxenye yomhlaba owodwa kanye nesimemezelo esisemthethweni sokuthi i-Kingfisher Airlines (India) izojoyina umfelandawonye ngonyaka ozayo, umgomo we-oneworld usufezeke ingxenye. “Manje imizamo yethu sesigxile eBrazil. Lokhu okulandelayo okuhlosiwe njengoba kumele imakethe enkulu. Sesivele sinesikhundla esiphezulu eLatin America, futhi iBrazil ihambisana kahle namasu ethu okuhlala iwumbimbi olukhulu kule ngxenye yomhlaba,” kusho uMcCulloch. I-Oneworld ayikabi nantshisekelo nge-Southeast Asia kodwa isenezingxoxo ezivamile nenani lezinkampani zezindiza ezihlanganisa i-Malaysia Airlines. “Njengoba ibhizinisi lethu seliphinde liba ngcono, manje sesisezingeni lokubheka kakhulu ukujoyina umfelandawonye. Futhi, kunjalo, i-oneworld noma i-SkyTeam yizivumelwano ezimbili esizizwa sithanda ukuzijoyina,” kusho u-Tengku Azmil Aziz, oyi-CEO ye-Malaysia Airlines.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Asked about perspectives on the expansion last year at the IATA AGM in Kuala Lumpur, McCulloch declared then that BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) were the absolute priority to the alliance's expansion, with China and India being the focus.
- If Hong Kong is indeed a strong hub to China, its location in the south of Mainland China would have been ideally complemented by another gateway more to the north of the country.
- We already have a dominant position in Latin America, and Brazil fits perfectly to our strategy to remain the largest alliance in this part of the world,”.
