I-Airberlin iza kuba lilungu elipheleleyo le-oneworld® ukusukela ngoLwesibini wama-20 Matshi 2012, yongeza iYurophu yesithandathu ngobukhulu kumfelandawonye wenqwelomoya yehlabathi. Inqwelomoya yase-Austrian i-NIKI, ekwalilungu leqela le-airberlin, iya kujoyina i-oneworld ngaxeshanye njengelungu elidibeneyo.

I-Airberlin ifumene ukukhanya kwayo okuluhlaza ukuba ikhwele i-oneworld emva kokugqiba ngempumelelo uphononongo olucokisekileyo lokulungela kwayo oluqhutywa yiBritish Airways, exhasa ukungena kwayo kumfelandawonye, neqela eliphakathi le-oneworld.

Ngoko ke ukusukela ngomhla wama-20 kuMatshi ka-2012, iza kube ibonelela ngoluhlu olupheleleyo lweenkonzo zehlabathi – kwaye yandise kakhulu uthungelwano lomanyano eJamani, olona qoqosho lukhulu lwaseYurophu, nakuMzantsi nakuMbindi Yurophu wonke. Iza kongeza phantse iindawo ezingama-70 kwimaphu yomanyano, yandise ukugutyungelwa kwehlabathi lonke ukuya kutsho kwiindawo ezingama-840 kumazwe ali-150, incedwa luhambo olungaphezu kwama-9,000 ngosuku oluqhutywa ziinqwelo-moya ezidityanisiweyo ezimalunga nama-2,500, ezithwala abakhweli abaphantse babe zizigidi ezingama-300 ngonyaka. ingeniso ngonyaka phantse US$ 100 billion.

Ukujoyina i-oneworld kuya komeleza ukukhuphisana kwe-airberlin, ukuyivumela ukuba ibonelele abathengi uthungelwano olungenakuthelekiswa nanto lwelizwe jikelele olunikezelwa ngamahlakani aquka ezinye zeenqwelomoya zibalaseleyo nezinkulu ehlabathini.

Iza kuba yinxalenye ye-oneworld kwiinyanga ezintathu phambi kokuba ingene kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha saseBrandenburg kwikhaya layo eliseBerlin, eza kuvulwa nge-3 kaJuni ngokuthwala abakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-27 ngonyaka. I-airberlin kunye namahlakani ayo asebenzisanayo aya kuhlala kwindawo entsha yaseYurophu, amagumbi okuphumla okwabelwana ngawo kunye nezinye izibonelelo ezininzi, ukunika abathengi apho olona nxibelelwano lulula.

ICEO yeOneworld uBruce Ashby uthe: “I-airberlin yenza iqabane elifanelekileyo lehlabathi. Inegama elibalaseleyo lenkonzo yabathengi - kanye ngokuhambelana nokugqalisela kwe-oneworld kumgangatho. I-oneworld sele ineenkampani zeenqwelomoya ezintlanu zaseYurophu. Ukongeza indawo yesithandathu enkulu ethwala inqwelo moya yelizwekazi kunye neyesibini ngobukhulu inqwelo moya esekwe kowona qoqosho mkhulu welizwekazi kuya kuluphucula kakhulu ukhuselo lwethu kuwo wonke lo mmandla kwaye, kunye nezinye iinqwelomoya ezisijoyine kulo nyaka, zibeke ilizwe elinye ngamandla ngakumbi njengomanyano olukhethwayo, ngakumbi kwihlabathi liphela. abahambi ngezoshishino.”

I-CEO ye-Airberlin uHartmut Mehdorn wongeze wathi: "Ukuba lilungu le-oneworld lolona hambo lubalulekileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwi-airberlin. Iya komeleza isikhundla sethu sokhuphiswano kakhulu, isenze sikwazi ukunika abathengi bethu uthungelwano lwehlabathi lokwenene kunye namaqabane ethu aquka ezinye zeenqwelomoya ezingcono nezinkulu ehlabathini, ngelixa isenza sikwazi ukuxhamla kuzo zonke izibonelelo zemali ezivela ekubeni inxalenye yomanyano lwehlabathi, ngokongezwa kokutya kwabakhweli kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwiinkqubo ezahlukeneyo ezifanelekileyo. Siyavuya kwaye sinebhongo ngokuma emgceni ukuze sijoyine iqela leenqwelomoya ezikumgangatho ophezulu kwihlabathi ngomhla wama-20 kuMatshi.”

Xa i-airberlin ijoyina i-oneworld nge-20 kaMatshi, amalungu enkqubo yayo ye-topbonus rhoqo yeflaya iya kukwazi ukufumana kwaye ihlawule iimbasa zemayile kuwo onke amaqabane e-oneworld-American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN Airlines, Malév I-Hungarian Airlines, Qantas, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines kunye neenqwelomoya ezihambelanayo eziphantse zibe ngama-20.

Ukusukela ngomhla wama-20 kuMatshi, amalungu azizigidi ezili-120 eenkqubo zokubhabha rhoqo zeenqwelo moya ze-oneworld aza kukwazi ukufumana amabhaso kunye namanqaku enqanaba lenqanaba kwaye afumane zonke ezinye izibonelelo zehlabathi kwi-airberlin ne-NIKI.

Uthungelwano lwe-Airberlin - esebenza ngaphezu kwe-160 kwiindawo ekufikelwa kuzo kumazwe angama-40 - luya kugutyungelwa luluhlu olupheleleyo nolubanzi lwe-oneworld lweendleko zomfelandawonye kunye neemveliso zentengiso ukusuka ngomhla woku-1 ku-Epreli wama-2012.

Ngoku zonke iinqwelomoya ezingamalungu e-oneworld ezisebenzayo zikhonza eJamani, zibhabha ziye kumasango asixhenxe apho. I-airberlin iyakongeza ezinye iindawo ezili-18 kwilizwe layo.

Inkqubo yokuphumeza umfelandawonye imele enye yeeprojekthi ezibanzi kakhulu kwimbali yayo, kunye namaqela asebenzayo aquka imisinga yemisebenzi engama-20. Iiprojekthi zisondela ekugqityweni ukuzisa iinkqubo zayo ezahlukeneyo zangaphakathi kunye neenkqubo ezihambelana neemfuno zomfelandawonye, kwaye iinkqubo zoqeqesho olubanzi lwabasebenzi kunye neenkqubo zonxibelelwano ziyaqhuba ngoku e-airberlin kunye namalungu akhoyo emanyano, ukuqinisekisa ukuba bakulungele ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zabathengi kunye neenzuzo ze-oneworld kulo lonke. umanyano olwandisiweyo ukusuka kwi-20 Matshi.

Ukusukela ekufumaneni isimemo sokujoyina umanyano ngoJulayi 2010, i-airberlin iphumeze ukwabelana ngekhowudi kunye namaqabane asixhenxe asekiweyo e-oneworld - American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Malév Hungarian Airlines, S7 kunye neRoyal Jordanian.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

It will strengthen our competitive position considerably, enabling us to offer our customers a truly global network together with our partners who include some of the best and biggest airlines in the world, while enabling us also to tap into all the financial benefits that come from being part of a global alliance, through additional passenger feed and participation in various efficiency programmes.
It will become part of oneworld three months before it moves into the new Brandenburg airport at its Berlin home, which will open on 3 June with an eventual capacity for 27 million passengers a year.
Projects are nearing completion to bring its various internal processes and procedures into line with the alliance's requirements, and extensive employee training and communications programmes are now underway at airberlin and the alliance's existing members, to ensure they are ready to provide oneworld's customer services and benefits across the expanded alliance from 20 March.