- I-United Airlines kanye ne-Airlink bamemezela isivumelwano sezentengiselwano sokusiza amakhasimende ahlole iNingizimu Afrika.
- Ubambiswano olusha lunikeza amakhasimende uhambo olulula lokuya ezindaweni ezingaphezu kuka-40 eNingizimu Afrika.
- Amakhasimende e-United Airlines manje angathola imali noma ahlenge amamayela ngezindiza ze-United ne-Airlink.
Namuhla, i-United Airlines kanye ne-Airlink, okuyinkampani yezindiza yaseNingizimu Afrika, bamemezele isivumelwano esisha se-codeshare esizonikeza amakhasimende ukuxhumana okuningi phakathi kwe-US kanye ne-Afrika eseNingizimu kunanoma iyiphi enye inhlangano yezindiza. Isivumelwano esisha, esingaphansi kokugunyazwa nguhulumeni, sizohlinzeka ngoxhumano olulodwa olusuka e-US luye ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwama-40 eNingizimu Afrika. Ukwengeza, i-United izoba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala ukuxhuma uhlelo lwayo lokwethembeka ne-Airlink, okuvumela amalungu e-MileagePlus ukuthi azuze futhi ahlenge amamayela lapho ehamba ngezindiza ze-Airlink. Lokhu kubambisana okusha kuzokwengeza ebudlelwaneni obukhona be-United nelungu le-Star Alliance iSouth African Airways.
“I-United iyaqhubeka nokukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu e-Afrika, iqala izindiza ezintathu ezintsha ceke eziya ezwenikazi lonke kulo nyaka kuphela okuhlanganisa nenkonzo entsha eya e-Accra, eGhana; Lagos, Nigeria kanye neJohannesburg, eNingizimu Afrika,” kusho uPatrick Quayle, iphini likamongameli wenhlangano yamazwe omhlaba kanye nemifelandawonye. Lufthansa. “Futhi manje ngesivumelwano sethu sokwabelana ngekhodi no Airlink - okuwubambiswano olunwebeka kakhulu e-Afrika eseNingizimu - amakhasimende azokwazi ukuhlola kalula izindawo eziningi zohlu lwamabhakede kulo lonke izwekazi okuhlanganisa ukuxhumana okulula neZambia, Zimbabwe nokunye."
Lufthansa iqhubekile nokwandisa umkhondo wayo e-Afrika, ngokusebenza okuqondile ezindaweni ezine zase-Afrika. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, i-United yamemezela izindiza phakathi kweWashington, DC neLagos Nigeria zizoqala ngoNovemba 29, ngokuya ngemvume kahulumeni. Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, i-United yethule insizakalo entsha phakathi kweNew York/Newark neJohannesburg, eNingizimu Afrika naphakathi kweWashington, DC ne-Accra, eGhana, okulindeleke ukuthi isebenze nsuku zonke kulo Disemba noJanuwari. Inkonzo edumile ye-United phakathi kwe-New York/Newark ne-Cape Town, eNingizimu Afrika izophinda iqale ngomhla ka-1 Disemba.
“INyakatho Melika iyimakethe yomthombo obalulekile wezindawo zethu. Lokhu kwabelana ngekhodi kuzokwenza kube lula kumakhasimende ethu aseNyakatho Melika ukuthi afinyelele e-Okavango Delta, eChobe, e-Kruger National Park kanye nasezindaweni zokulala ezizimele eziseduze, eKapa, eGarden Route, eSwakopmund naseCopperbelt, phakathi kwezinye,” kusho. Airlink I-CEO kanye noMqondisi Ophethe, u-Rodger Foster. “Ngokufanayo, i-codeshare isho ukuthi amakhasimende ethu emazweni ayi-12 ase-Afrika esiwasebenzelayo njengamanje, azokwazi ukufinyelela ngokushesha futhi kalula kuwo wonke amanethiwekhi e-United.”
Lokhu kwabelana ngekhodi okusha kuzosetshenziswa ekugunyazweni kokugcina kukahulumeni.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Today, United Airlines and Airlink, a South African airline, announced a new codeshare agreement that will offer customers more connections between the U.
- This codeshare will make it easy for our North American customers to reach the Okavango Delta, Chobe, the Kruger National Park and adjacent private game lodges, Cape Town, the Garden Route, Swakopmund and the Copperbelt, among others,”.
- Additionally, United will be the first airline to connect its loyalty program with Airlink, allowing MileagePlus members to earn and redeem miles when they travel on Airlink flights.
