I-Qatar Airways iya ngokuya idlala indima ephambili, hhayi nje esibhakabhakeni saseYurophu kuphela kodwa nakumasu okumaketha nokubeka indawo yomthwali.
Inemizila eminingi eya ezinhlokodolobha zase-Europe, ukuxhumana okwengeziwe kwezindawo ezisafufusa e-Asia, kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okubalulekile ekuxhasweni kwebhola. Uma kungenjalo ukusesha i-hegemony, noma kunjalo, ngokuqinisekile ukubheja endimeni ehamba phambili ekuthuthweni kwezindiza ze-Old Continent, futhi kugxile emdlalweni othandwa kakhulu ngabaseYurophu.
Phakathi nesithangami sabezindaba e-ITB Berlin, umqondisi ophethe we-Qatar Airways, u-Akbar Al Baker, umemezele izinhlelo ezintsha zokwandisa kanye nezindawo eziyi-16 ezizongena kunethiwekhi kusukela ngo-2018 no-2019. Inkampani yaseGulf iphinde yethula indima yayo yokuba yisikhungo samandla adonsela phansi phakathi kweYurophu ne-Asia.
E-Europe, imingenelo emisha yilena: I-London Gatwick neCardiff e-UK, i-Lisbon, i-Tallin, i-Valletta, i-Bodrum ne-Hatay e-Turkey, i-Mykonos ne-Thessaloniki e-Greece, ne-Malaga. Kulokhu kwengezwa ukuxhumana kokuqala okuphelele neLuxembourg, kuyilapho kubheke empumalanga inkampani yezindiza izovula izindiza eziya eCebu naseDavao (Philippines), Langkawi eMalaysia, naseDa Nang eVietnam. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Qatar Airways izophinda kabili izindiza eziya eWarsaw, eHanoi, eHo Chi Minh City, ePrague naseKiev, kuyilapho izinkonzo eziya eMadrid, Barcelona, naseMaldives zizonyuka zibe amaza amathathu nsuku zonke.
“I-Qatar Airways,” kusho u-Al Baker, “ijabule kakhulu ukumemezela ukwanda okwengeziwe ngenani elibalulekile lezindawo ezintsha ezizokwengeza kunethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke, ezotholakala kubagibeli bethu phakathi kuka-2018 no-2019. Lokhu kuwumfanekiso oqondile yokuzibophezela kwethu ekuxhumaniseni abahambi abavela kuwo wonke amagumbi omhlaba ngendlela elula nebalulekile kubo. Sizibophezele ekuphishekeleni iqhinga lethu lokukhulisa umnotho ukuze sikwazi ukunikeza abagibeli bethu ithuba lokukhetha kabanzi futhi sibayise noma yikuphi lapho befuna ukuhambela umhlaba wonke.”
Okungokoqobo okubonakalayo nebhola likanobhutshuzwayo
Indawo yombukiso e-Berlin, nayo eklanywe ngokombono we-augmented reality, inikeze izivakashi ithuba - ngokusebenzisa isikrini sedijithali esingu-360° esizungeza yonke indawo - ukuze zizizwele okuhlangenwe nakho kohambo lwezinkanyezi ezinhlanu olunikezwa yiQatar Airways, ngenkathi zisendizeni. ukudlala kokuzijabulisa kuvumela izihambeli ukuthi zihlale cishe kwesinye sezihlalo Zekilasi Lebhizinisi. Inkampani yenethiwekhi yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi okwamanje isebenzisa indiza yesimanje yezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-200 ngesikhungo sayo, Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe i-Hamad. Ngenyanga edlule nje, inkampani yezindiza yamukele i-Airbus A350-1000, okuyikhasimende elisungulwe emhlabeni jikelele.
U-Al Baker uphinde wamemezela uxhaso olusha lwebhola lwenkampani yezindiza, kusukela kuNdebe Yomhlaba yeFIFA yaseRussia 2018 kuya kuleyo ezoba ngo-2022 nje eQatar. Ubambiswano olusha lweminyaka emihlanu neqembu elikhulu lebhola laseJalimane, i-FC Bayern Monaco, selumenyezelwe, okuqhubekisela phambili ukuqinisa indima yeQatar njengomholi womhlaba wonke emkhakheni wezemidlalo. Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano, inkampani yezindiza izoba nguzakwethu wePlatinum weqembu le-FC Bayern Munich kusukela ngoJulayi 1 kuze kube nguJuni 2023 futhi izobona imikhono yokaputeni bompetha baseJalimane ihlotshiswe ngophawu lwenkampani yezindiza.
