I-LONDON, eNgilani - I-AirAsia X, i-Malaysian esekelwe ixesha elide, i-affiliate ephantsi ye-AirAsia iye yazisa ukuba ukuqala kwe-24 Oktobha, i-2011, i-AirAsia X iya kuqalisa iindiza ukusuka kwi-Gatwick Airport ukuya e-Kuala Lumpur I-Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT). Isiseko esitsha senqwelomoya simiselwe ukonyusa ngakumbi ukugcwala kwabahambi ukusuka eLondon ukuya kuMzantsi Mpuma Asia ngeenqwelomoya ezintandathu ngeveki ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iGatwick embindini kaDisemba.
Isigqibo sika-AirAsia X sokutshintshela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Stansted ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-Gatwick yayikukwandisa amathuba orhwebo e-Gatwick, ukuqhubela phambili ukunyuka kokuhamba kwetrafikhi phakathi kwe-UK ne-Malaysia, kunye neemarike ezohlukeneyo eziphambili ze-AirAsia kwinethiwekhi ye-AirAsia Pacific apho inqwelomoya ibonakalisile kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseStansted. . Iindwendwe ze-AirAsia X ziya kunikwa ukhetho olubanzi lokuhamba phambili kwaye ziqhagamshelane ngaphakathi nangaphandle ngesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseGatwick. Izithuthi zikawonke-wonke kunye neendawo zokuhlala zifikeleleka ngokulula nge-Gatwick kwindawo yokumisa iindwendwe okanye kwabo basinga kumbindi weLondon kunye nommandla ongqongileyo.
I-AirAsia X iqalise indiza yayo yokuqala kwi-Airport ye-Stansted International (eLondon) ngo-Matshi 2009. I-airline yexabiso eliphantsi eliphantsi kwexesha elide lisebenza ngoku amaxesha amathandathu ngeveki phakathi kwe-Stansted ne-Kuala Lumpur. Indlela ikhawuleze yajika iKuala Lumpur yaba yindawo edibanisa amazwekazi amathathu, nabahambi base-UK ababhabhela kwikomkhulu laseMalaysia kwaye baxhuma ukuya kwindawo edumileyo yaseMazantsi Mpuma Asia njengeVietnam, Indonesia neThailand.
IGosa eliLawulayo le-AirAsia X, uAzran Osman-Rani uthe, “Injongo yethu ibisoloko ikukuvulela bonke abantu uhambo. Ukuthandwa kwendlela yaseLondon-KL kububungqina obungakumbi kwimfuno yepent-up yokuhamba uhambo olude, ngaphandle kokuba iimali zokukhwela ziphantsi kwaye umgangatho uphezulu. Yindibaniselwano thina kwi-AirAsia X siyinika iindwendwe zethu. ”
“Isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseGatwick sikhethwe njengoko sibonakalisa umdla wokusebenza nathi ekufezekiseni iinjongo zethu zokukhulisa ukugcwala kwabakhweli phakathi kweendawo zethu eLondon naseAsia Pacific. Ngesiseko sethu sasekhaya esitsha eGatwick, iindwendwe ziya kukwazi ukuxhamla ngakumbi kufikelelo lwesikhululo seenqwelomoya kunye nokubanakho ukuqhagamshelwa kwemarike ngoqhagamshelo lukaloliwe olukhawulezayo nolufikelelekayo esixekweni xa kuthelekiswa neStansted. I-AirAsia X ibona amandla anamandla kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya njengoko sikholelwa ukuba ukungena kwethu kuya kujongana nenyani yokuba iinkonzo ezithe ngqo eziya e-Asiya azigcinwanga kakhulu ukusuka eGatwick, ”uqukumbele watsho uAzran.
UMlawuli oyiNtloko kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseGatwick, uStewart Wingate uthe, “Sibona abantu abaninzi baseBritane bekhetha ukuhamba imigama emide, ngakumbi ukukhangela amazwe akuMzantsi Mpuma Asia. IMalaysia ibekwe njengenye yeendawo zokuzonwabisa ezilishumi eziphezulu kwihlabathi kwaye ikomkhulu layo, iKuala Lumpur, sesinye sezona zixeko zityelelwa kakhulu emhlabeni. Sivuya kakhulu ukuba ne-AirAsia X ebhodini ukuze idibanise i-Gatwick kulo mmandla udumileyo kwaye inike abantu baseBritani abangama-450,000 abahamba besiya eMalaysia nyaka ngamnye ithuba lokubhabha ngenqwelomoya enikezela ngenkonzo ekumgangatho ophezulu ngamaxabiso abantu abanokuwafumana.
"Sijonge phambili ekusebenzisaneni ne-AirAsia X ukubanceda bafezekise ukukhula kwabo kwaye siqinisekise ukuba isikhululo sethu seenqwelomoya siyaqhubeka nokusebenzela iindawo abakhweli base-UK abafuna ukuya kuzo, nokuba kukuzonwabisa okanye ishishini."
Indlela iya kunikwa inkonzo ye-AirAsia X ye-Airbus A340-300, enezihlalo ze-327 ezibandakanya izihlalo zebhedi ze-Premium Fly Flat. Iibhedi ze-AirAsia X's Premium Fly Fly yimigangatho yodidi lweshishini oluqhelekileyo oluyi-18” ububanzi, 20” pitch kwaye lunwenwele ukuya kuma-60” kwindawo yokucotha ngokupheleleyo. Izihlalo zineesokethi zamandla endalo yonke, iintloko ezilungelelanisiweyo kunye nezixhobo zobuqu ezakhelwe ngaphakathi ezifana netafile yetreyi, isibambi sesiselo, isibane sokufunda kunye nescreen sabucala. Iindwendwe ezikwizitulo zePremium ziyakonwabela le mveliso ilandelayo yeprimiyamu encomekayo kunye neenkonzo: Khetha iSitulo, Ukungena ngokubaluleka, Ukukhwela okuPhambili, uMthwalo oPhambili, Isibonelelo sempahla, iCombo Meal, umqamelo kunye neBlankethi.
Zikwakhona ziiNkonzo zethu zeFly Thru, inkonzo eyenza ukuba iindwendwe kuhambo ngenqwelomoya ezininzi zijonge kanye ukungena kwiinqwelomoya zazo zoqobo kunye nokudibanisa iinqwelomoya kanye ukuya kwindawo yazo yokugqibela. Nge-Fly-Thru, iindwendwe ezisuka eLondon zinokuhamba zisiya kwiindawo ezikhethwa kuzo e-New Zealand, e-China, e-Australia, eThailand, e-Indonesia nase-Singapore ngaphandle kwemfuneko yokukhutshwa kwemvume yokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe okanye i-visa yokuhamba eMalaysia. Ekufikeni kwabo eKuala Lumpur, iindwendwe ziya kunikwa ukufikelela kwiholo lokuhamba, eliqhagamshelwe ngokuthe ngqo kwiholo lokuhamba kwaye iindwendwe ziya kufuneka zibe kwisango lokuhamba okungenani imizuzu engama-20 ngaphambi kokuxhuma inqwelomoya.
Le nkonzo iphinda isuse imfuneko yokujonga kwakhona imithwalo xa uqhagamshelana kwinqwelomoya elandelayo ukuya kwindawo yokugqibela.
