I-Qatar Airways isayine isivumelwano esibalulekile se-codeshare ne-American Airlines isinyathelo esizokhuphula ukubambisana kwezohwebo, siqinise ukuxhumana futhi sidale amakhulu ezinketho zokuhamba ezintsha zezigidi zamakhasimende. Isivumelwano esisha sizosungula ubudlelwano ezingeni lomhlaba wonke phakathi kwezinkampani zezindiza ezimbili ezixhumeke kakhulu emhlabeni, ezixhumanisa ezinye zezikhungo zezindiza ezinkulu kunazo zonke e-US nesikhumulo sezindiza i-Hamad International Airport e-Doha, esivotele isikhungo esingcono kakhulu saseMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi esiphethe indawo izikhumulo zezindiza ezinhlanu eziphezulu emhlabeni kule minyaka emithathu edlule.
Qatar Airways I-Group Chief Executive uMhlonishwa u-Akbar Al Baker uthe: “Sijabule kakhulu ukuvikela lobu budlelwano obuhle American Airlines – isivumelwano phakathi kwezinkampani zezindiza ezimbili eziphumelelayo nezifuna ukuvelela ezinenhloso efanayo yokuthuthukisa ulwazi lwamakhasimende. Lesi sivumelwano sizohlanganisa amanethiwekhi amabili ezindiza ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni, sikhulise ukukhetha kwezigidi zabagibeli futhi sihlinzeke ngoxhumano olungenazihibe ezindaweni eziningi ezintsha, ngokuhambisana nesu lokukhula ngempumelelo le-Qatar Airways.
“Sisuke ezinkingeni ezedlule futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana ne-American Airlines ukuze sakhe ubudlelwano obuhamba phambili emhlabeni wonke wawo wonke amakhasimende ethu. Lesi sivumelwano sizosebenzisa amandla ethu ahambisanayo nezinsiza futhi senze amakhasimende amaningi akwazi ukuzwa ikhwalithi yomkhiqizo owine imiklomelo ye-Qatar Airways.”
“Umgomo wethu uwukuqhubeka nokwandisa nokujulisa ubudlelwano bomhlaba wonke ukuze kuhambisane nenethiwekhi yaseMelika futhi sidale ukukhetha okwengeziwe kumakhasimende ethu,” kusho uSihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-American uDoug Parker. “Izinkinga eziholele ekumisweni kobambiswano lwethu eminyakeni emibili edlule sezixazululiwe futhi sikholelwa ukuthi ukuqalisa kabusha isivumelwano sethu se-codeshare kuzosivumela ukuthi sinikeze usizo ezimakethe amakhasimende ethu, amalungu eqembu kanye nabanikazi bamasheya abazisayo, okuhlanganisa namathuba amasha okukhula kwe-American Airlines. Sibheke ngabomvu ukubambisana okuvuselelwe phakathi kwezinkampani zethu zezindiza futhi sithemba ukwakha ubudlelwano obuqine nakakhulu neQatar Airways ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.”
Isivumelwano se-codeshare ne-American Airlines (AA) sizovumela abagibeli beQatar Airways ukuthi bahambe ngezindiza zasekhaya ze-AA ezisuka eBoston (BOS), Dallas (DFW), Chicago (ORD), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK) kanye ne-Philadelphia (PHL), kanye nasezindizeni zamazwe ngamazwe ze-AA eziya noma ezibuya eYurophu, eCarribean, Central kanye neNingizimu Melika.
Abagibeli be-American Airlines bazokwazi ukubhukha uhambo kuzo zonke izindiza ze-Qatar Airways phakathi kwe-US ne-Qatar nangale kuya ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene e-Middle-East, East Africa, South Asia, Indian Ocean kanye naseNingizimu East Asia.
Ngemva kokuvuselelwa kwe-codeshare, zombili izindiza zizophinde zihlole ithuba le-American Airlines ukuthi iqhube izindiza phakathi kwe-USA ne-Qatar, kanye nenani lezinhlelo ezihlanganyelwe zezohwebo nezokusebenza ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokuqinisa lobu budlelwano obuvuselelwe.
