Njengoba inabalingani abangu-375 kanye nezivakashi ezihambele izakhiwo zayo esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Montréal-Trudeau, iTransat AT Inc., inkampani enkulu yezokuvakasha ehlangene yaseCanada, namuhla igubhe iminyaka engu-30 yasungulwa, ithatha ithuba lokwethula ukukhiqizwa kwayo okusha kwemikhumbi, okuthi, njengenkampani, kuhlanganiswe emisha ngokuqhubekayo.
“Ngizizwa nginokuziqhenya okukhulu uma ngibheka ukuthi sesihambe ibanga elingakanani kusukela ngoNovemba 14, 1987, lapho indiza yethu yokuqala isuka eMontreal ilibangise e-Acapulco,” kusho uJean-Marc Eustache, uMongameli kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu seTransat. . “Futhi uhambo lwethu lusekude ukuphela. Nakuba ibhizinisi lethu elisebenza ngokuvakasha kanye nokusebenza kwezindiza kuzanywa futhi kuhlolwa, izinsiza zethu ziyaqhubeka nokuthuthuka ukuze zihlangabezane nokulindelwe ngabahambi namuhla nasesikhathini esizayo. Sinenqwaba yezinto eziqanjiwe ezizayo, okuhlanganisa ukukhiqizwa kwemikhumbi emisha esiyembula namuhla kusihlwa, kanye nophiko olusha lwamahhotela esizolenza, konke lokho ukuze siphishekele umgomo wethu wokuhlala siphambili embonini yezokuvakasha.”
Kuwo wonke umlando wayo weminyaka engama-30, iTransat ihlale ithembekile embonweni wabasunguli bayo: owenkampani yezokungcebeleka evulekele umhlaba. Namuhla, iTransat inikeza amakhasimende izindawo ezingama-60 ezimakethe ezimbili ezinkulu: i-transatlantic (iYurophu neMpumalanga Ephakathi) kanye neNingizimu, kwezingu-21 zezindiza zaseCanada. Ithengisa izindiza zayo eziya eCanada emazweni angu-13 ase-Europe, kanye nase-Israel, e-United States nasezindaweni zayo ze-Sun. Inezisebenzi ezishisekayo ezingu-5,000 emhlabeni wonke, ezisiza ekukhanyiseleni usuku nosuku ngenjabulo yamaholide kubagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-4.5 minyaka yonke. Futhi isebenzela ukwakha ikusasa elingcono leplanethi, ngokusebenzisana nemiphakathi kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali ekuthuthukisweni okusimeme.
"Indaba yokukhula kwe-Transat kule minyaka engu-30 edlule iyamangalisa," kusho uDominique Anglade, iPhini likaNdunankulu waseQuebec, uNgqongqoshe Wezomnotho, Isayensi Nokuthuthukiswa Kwezinto Ezintsha, kanye noNgqongqoshe Obhekele I-Digital Strategy, enkulumweni yakhe. “Namuhla, iTransat iyinkampani yezokuvakasha edidiyelwe ehamba phambili eCanada, kanti i-Air Transat iyinkampani ehamba phambili yezwe yokungcebeleka. ITransat iphinde ihehe abahambi baseYurophu abangaba ngu-500,000 unyaka ngamunye ukuya eQuebec nakulo lonke elaseCanada, ikakhulukazi abavela eFrance nase-United Kingdom, izimakethe ezimbili ezinkulu zezokuvakasha. Ngokusebenza kwakhe, lo mqashi osezingeni lokuqala ukhiqiza izinzuzo ezinkulu zezomnotho kuyo yonke iQuebec.”
Imibala emisha ye-Air Transat
Yethulwe kusihlwa, indiza entsha ye-Air Transat ibonisa ukuvela kwakamuva kwesithombe somkhiqizo we-Transat futhi ihlala ithembekile esithembisweni senkampani: ukukhanyisa nsuku zonke ngenjabulo yamaholide. Uphawu lwenkanyezi, uphawu olwaziwayo lwe-Transat, lukhonjiswa ngokuziqhenya emsila naseceleni kwe-fuselage elingemuva kanye nasezihlokweni zamaphiko. Ukuze umake unyaka wama-30, idizayini isebenzisa ukuthinta okumpunga, ukuvuma ngekhanda ukukhiqizwa kwe-Air Transat yokuqala ngqa.
Lokho livery kuhlanganisa imibala eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ukuze kuvuse amandla okuguqula amaholide. Ekugcineni, igama le-Air Transat livela eceleni nangaphansi kwe-fuselage, iqinisekisa ukubonakala kwayo ngisho nalapho indiza indiza.
