Isikhululo senqwelomoya esithwala iflegi sase-Singapore sibhengeze ukuba siza kuphinda siphehlele kwakhona eyona nqwelo-moya inde ehlabathini isiya eNew York kule nyanga izayo, ngeli xesha ibhabha isiya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseJohn F Kennedy kwisiXeko saseNew York kunesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNew Jersey eNewark Liberty International.
Iinqwelomoya zeveki ezintathu ezingamisiyo ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseChangi ziya kuqalisa nge-9 kaNovemba zisebenzisa iAirbus A350-900. Iinqwelomoya ezibuyela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iChangi ziya kuqala kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva ngoNovemba 11, Singapore Airlines (SIA) watsho. Ngeeyure ezili-18 ezicwangcisiweyo, imizuzu engama-40, le iya kuba yeyona ndlela inde ehlabathini yokubhabha engamisiyo.
Umphathiswa welizwe wayinqumamisa inkonzo yakhe engayekiyo ukuya eNewark ngo-Matshi njengoko i-COVID-19 ibetha imfuno yokuhamba. INewark imalunga ne-15km ukusuka kwisiXeko saseNew York, kodwa ikummandla waseNew Jersey.
I-SIA yathi iinqwelomoya ziya kuvumela inkampani yeenqwelo moya ukuba ikwazi ukufumana umxube wabakhweli kunye nemithwalo yemithwalo "kwimozulu yangoku yokusebenza". Yongeze ukuba iinkonzo ezingayekiyo ziya kuxhaswa nalinani elikhulayo labakhweli abakwaziyo ukuhamba kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseChangi.
I-SIA ithe ilindele "imfuno ebalulekileyo yomthwalo" evela kuluhlu lwamashishini asekelwe kwindawo ye-metro yaseNew York efana namayeza, i-e-commerce kunye neefemu zeteknoloji.
"Inkonzo entsha iya kubonelela kuphela ikhonkco yempahla yomoya engayekiyo ukusuka e-US Northeast ukuya eSingapore, esebenza njengendawo yokusabalalisa imimandla kwiinkampani ezininzi ezinkulu zase-US," kusho i-SIA.
Ukuphinda kuqaliswe ngenqwelo moya ukuya eNew York ubona i-SIA isebenza ngeenkonzo ezimbini ezingamisiyo ukuya e-US - enye iyiLos Angeles. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya iya kuqhubeka nokuphonononga imisebenzi yayo e-United States kwaye ivavanye imfuno ekhulayo yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya phakathi kokuqhubeka kokuchacha kubhubhani we-COVID-19 "phambi kokuthatha isigqibo sokubuyisela iinkonzo kwezinye iindawo zelizwe".
Iqela le-SIA lathi kwiveki ephelileyo liye lafumana ubunzima be-98.1% ngonyaka wokuhla kwezithuthi zabakhweli ngoSeptemba, nanjengoko iSingapore ivule imida yayo kwiindawo ezininzi.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ithe izakujongana noloyiko lokhuseleko lwe-COVID-19 ebhodini ngokubonelela ngeeshedyuli zokucoca ezongeziweyo, iinkqubo zokucoca umoya kunye neemfuno zemaski yobuso.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The airline will continue to review its operations to the United States and assess the growing demand for air travel amid the ongoing recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic “before deciding to reinstate services to other points in the country”.
- Isikhululo senqwelomoya esithwala iflegi sase-Singapore sibhengeze ukuba siza kuphinda siphehlele kwakhona eyona nqwelo-moya inde ehlabathini isiya eNew York kule nyanga izayo, ngeli xesha ibhabha isiya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseJohn F Kennedy kwisiXeko saseNew York kunesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNew Jersey eNewark Liberty International.
- SIA said that the flights would allow the airline to better accommodate a mix of passenger and cargo traffic “in the current operating climate”.
