Umongameli we-Emirates Airlines uSir Tim Clark KBE kunye ne-CEO ye-Heathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye bakhuphe le ngxelo ilandelayo namhlanje:
“UMongameli we-Emirates Airline kunye ne-CEO yeSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHeathrow babambe intlanganiso eyakhayo ngale ntsasa. Emirates uvumile ukuba inqwelo moya ilungile kwaye izimisele ukusebenza kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya ukulungisa imeko kwezi veki 2 zizayo, ukugcina imfuno kunye nomthamo kwibhalansi kunye nokubonelela abakhweli kunye nohambo olugudileyo noluthembekileyo ngeHeathrow kweli hlobo.
"I-Emirates ivale ukuthengisa ngakumbi kwiinqwelomoya zayo eziphumayo Heathrow kude kube phakathi ku-Agasti ukuncedisa i-Heathrow kwi-resource ramp-up kwaye isebenza ukulungisa umthamo.
"Ngeli xesha, Emirates Iinqwelomoya ezisuka eHeathrow zisebenza njengoko bekucwangcisiwe kwaye abakhweli abanamatikiti banokuhamba njengoko bebhukisiwe.
I-Emirates yenye yeeflegi ezimbini ze-United Arab Emirates (enye ikufuphi ne-Etihad).
Isekwe eGarhoud, eDubai, inkampani yeenqwelomoya iphantsi kwe-Emirates Group, ephethwe ngurhulumente weDubai's Investment Corporation yaseDubai. Ikwayeyona nqwelo moya inkulu kuMbindi Mpuma, isebenza ngaphezulu kwe-3,600 yeenqwelomoya ngeveki ukusuka kwindawo yayo kwiSikhululo seSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDubai ngaphambi kobhubhani we-COVID-3.
I-Emirates isebenza kwizixeko ezingaphezu kwe-150 kumazwe angama-80 kumazwekazi ama-6 ngenqanawa yayo ephantse ibe yi-300 yeenqwelomoya. Imisebenzi yempahla yenziwa yi-Emirates SkyCargo.
I-Emirates yinqwelomoya yesine ngobukhulu emhlabeni ngokwengeniso ecwangcisiweyo yabakhweli-iikhilomitha eziqhutywayo, kwaye eyesibini ngobukhulu ngokweekhilomitha zeetoni zomthwalo eziqhutywayo.
Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHeathrow, ekuqaleni sasibizwa ngokuba yiLondon Airport de kwangowe-1966 ngoku eyaziwa ngokuba yiLondon Heathrow (IATA: LHR), sisikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhulu samazwe ngamazwe eLondon, eNgilani.
NgeGatwick, isiXeko, iLuton, iStansted kunye neSouthend, sesona sikhululo seenqwelomoya ezintandathu zamazwe ngamazwe ezisebenzela eLondon. Indawo yesikhululo seenqwelomoya iphethwe kwaye iqhutywa yi-Heathrow Airport Holdings. Ngo-2021, yayiyeyesixhenxe isikhululo seenqwelomoya esixakekileyo emhlabeni ngokugcwala kwabakhweli bamazwe aphesheya kunye neyesibhozo exakeke kakhulu eYurophu ngokugcwala kwabakhweli.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Emirates agreed the airline was ready and willing to work with the airport to remediate the situation over the next 2 weeks, to keep demand and capacity in balance and provide passengers with a smooth and reliable journey through Heathrow this summer.
- In 2021, it was the seventh-busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic and eighth busiest in Europe by total passenger traffic.
- “Emirates has capped further sales on its flights out of Heathrow until mid-August to assist Heathrow in its resource ramp-up and is working to adjust capacity.
