I-Qatar Airways imemezele ukwethulwa kwenkonzo yayo entsha eGaborone, Botswana, ukuqala ngomhlaka 27 Okthoba 2019. Inhlokodolobha nedolobha elikhulu laseBotswana kuzoba indawo yokuqala yezindiza ezweni lase-Afrika.
Izindiza eziphindwe kathathu zamasonto onke zizoqhutshwa yindiza ye-Airbus A350-900, equkethe izihlalo ezingama-36 eBusiness Class nezihlalo ezingama-247 kwi-Economy Class.
Qatar Airways UMphathi Omkhulu we-Group, uMhlonishwa uMnu u-Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “Sijabule ngokwethula izindiza zamasonto amathathu eziya eGaborone, nokuyindawo efunwa kakhulu e-Afrika. I-Qatar Airways izibophezele ekukhuliseni ubukhona bethu e-Afrika futhi yengeza ezindaweni ezingama-22 emazweni ayi-15 esivele siwanikeza. Umsebenzi wethu omusha oya edolobheni elihehayo laseGaborone uzosenza sikwazi ukuhlinzeka ngohambo olungenamthungo lokuya nokubuya eBotswana, kubagibeli abaxhuma kwinethiwekhi yethu yezindawo ezingaphezu kuka-160 emhlabeni jikelele. ”
IGaborone iyinhloko-dolobha futhi idolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke eBotswana, izwe elingavinjelwe eNingizimu ye-Afrika, eliboshwe yiNamibia, iZambia, iZimbabwe neNingizimu Afrika. Imvelo enkulu yalesi sizwe nezilwane zasendle zikwenze kwaba indawo eyaziwayo yezivakashi ezintsha ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
I-Qatar Airways njengamanje isebenza ngemikhumbi yesimanje yezindiza ezingaphezu kwama-250 ngendawo yayo, iHamad International Airport (HIA) eya ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwezingu-160 emhlabeni jikelele. Inkampani yezindiza muva nje yethule inqwaba yezindawo ezintsha ezithokozisayo, okuyiRabat, eMorocco; Izmir, eTurkey; IMalta; IDavao, ePhilippines; ILisbon, ePortugal; naseMogadishu, eSomalia. Inkampani yezindiza izokwengeza iLangkawi, eMalaysia kwinethiwekhi yayo ebanzi ngo-Okthoba 2019.
I-Qatar Airways yaqanjwa njenge 'World's Best Airline' ngama-World Airline Awards ka-2019, aphethwe yinhlangano yamazwe omhlaba yokulinganisa izindiza iSkytrax. Iphinde yabizwa ngegama lokuthi 'Inkampani Yezindiza Engcono Kakhulu eMpumalanga Ephakathi', 'Isigaba Sebhizinisi Esihamba Phambili Emhlabeni' kanye 'nesihlalo Esihamba Phambili Sebhizinisi', ngokuhlonishwa kwesipiliyoni sayo se-Business Class, iQsuite. I-Qatar Airways iyona kuphela inkampani yezindiza enikezwe isicoco se- “Skytrax Airline of the Year” esifunwa ngabomvu, esaziwa njengesiqhingi esiphambili embonini yezindiza, amahlandla ayisihlanu.
Uhlelo lwezindiza
(NgeSonto, ngoLwesithathu, ngoLwesihlanu)
IDoha-Johannesburg
QR1377: Isuka e-DOH 06: 55hrs, ifika eJNB 14: 50hrs
EGoli-Gaborone
QR1377: Isuka eJNB 15: 55hrs, Ifika i-GBE 16: 50hrs
IGaborone-Johannesburg
I-QR1378: Isuka e-GBE 18: 35hrs, ifika eJNB 19: 30hrs
EGoli-Doha
I-QR1378: Isuka eJNB 20: 40hrs, Ifika e-DOH 06: 35hrs + 1
