I-BANGKOK (eTN) - Ukususela ngo-1 kaJuni, i-Bangkok ikwi-airports ezimbalwa emhlabeni jikelele ukufumana i-Airbus A380 rhoqo ngenqwelomoya yemihla ngemihla esuka kwi-Emirates Airlines edibanisa i-capital yase-Thai ukuya e-Dubai.
“Ngumsitho omkhulu kuthi kwaye luphawu lokuzithemba eThailand,” watsho kumsitho wokwamkela uSihlalo weGunyabantu lezoKhenketho eThailand, u-Weerasak Kowsurat.
“Sibona ukwehla okungephi kubakhweli ababhabha besiya eThailand kodwa oku ayothusi kwaphela. I-traffic isenamandla kwaye sizimisele kwimakethi yaseThailand. Sinikezela ngeenqwelomoya ezintathu zemihla ngemihla ukusuka eDubai ukuya eBangkok kwaye ukufika kwe-A380 yongeza umthamo wepesenti ezingama-30,” utshilo uKhalid Bardan, umphathi weThailand kunye ne-Indochina ye-Emirates.
Umthwali ose-Dubai uhlala eqinisekile malunga nokubanakho ukuqhubeka ekhula kula maxesha anzima, nangona uRichard Vaughan, usekela-mongameli ophezulu wezoRhwebo kwiHlabathi liphela, evuma ukuba i-Emirates iguqule kancinane izicwangciso zayo zokwandisa. “Siza kuvula iindawo ezintsha zokuya kulo nyaka ezifana neLuanda e-Angola kwaye kamva eThekwini kodwa kungcono siye ngoku kwisigaba sokumanyanisa,” ucacise watsho. Siza kufumana iinqwelomoya ezimalunga ne-18 kude kube ngunyaka ozayo eziya kusinceda sonyuse amaza kwiindlela ezikhoyo.”
I-Emirates isebenza e-Asia zonke iindlela zokwenza imali, ngokutsho kukaVaughan. “Sisayikhumbula iTokyo kodwa kufanele ukuba siqale iinkonzo zethu apho ngokuvulwa kweendlela zeenqwelomoya ezintsha kulo nyaka uzayo,” utshilo.
NgokukaKhalid Bardan, inqwelomoya ifunda ngononophelo inguquko yemarike yaseVietnam kodwa akukho nto ibonisa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku i-Emirates iqala iinkonzo apho kungekudala.
Kwaye malunga ne-Airbus A380, uRichard Vaughan ubonise ukuba isixeko esilandelayo sase-Asia samkele inqwelomoya entsha ye-Emirates iya kuba yiSeoul, ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka.
