I-Boney M yayihamba phambili kwiitshathi, "Igrisi" yayikwicala lokuba yi-movie yasehlotyeni kwaye i-Delta yayiqhuba indiza yayo yokuqala ukuya e-UK Kodwa ngelixa i-JR Ewing ye-dastardly ayisekho kwiiTV zethu kunye neeperms kunye neentsimbi zentsimbi zawa. yefashoni, iminyaka engama-40 kwiDelta yomelele kunangaphambili e-UK
NgoMeyi ka-1978, iDelta yabhabha yaya eLondon-Gatwick isuka eNew Orleans idlula eAtlanta isebenzisa inqwelo moya ye-Lockheed L-1011 TriStar. Ukukhawuleza ukuya kwi-2018, kwaye i-Delta indiza i-A330 yayo ethandwayo kunye nezinto zangaphakathi eziphuculweyo ukusuka eLondon-Heathrow ukuya e-Atlanta, eNew York-JFK naseDetroit. Inqwelo moya ikwanceda ezinye izixeko ezine zase-US ezingapheliyo ukusuka eHeathrow, kunye ne-Edinburgh kunye neGlasgow evela kwi-JFK. Kodwa eyona nto ichukumisayo ngamava asebhodini. Ngubani owayenokuqikelela ukuba i-Wi-Fi ngoku izakuba semgangathweni kwaye abathengi bangahlala benxibelelana nabahlobo kunye nosapho phantsi - simahla - besebenzisa inkonzo ye-Delta yomyalezo ongaphakathi kwinqwelomoya?
Ukubhiyozela isiganeko esibalulekileyo, i-Delta ibonelela ngophuculo kunye nokufikelela kwindawo yokuphumla kumthengi wama-40 ohlola iinqwelomoya ezikhethiweyo eziya e-United States kwi-Heathrow Terminal 3 namhlanje. Iqabane likaDelta, iVirgin Atlantic, nalo liphawula umcimbi. Abathengi abasebenzisa iVirgin Atlantic Clubhouse eHeathrow kule nyanga banokuyonwabela incasa yaseMelika phambi kokuba babhabhe ngembeko yebhega yenkukhu ekhethekileyo yaseMazantsi eqhotsiweyo.
“Sisoloko sikhulisa inethiwekhi yethu kwaye sityale imali eninzi kubathengi bethu e-UK kwezi nyanga zili-12 zidlulileyo ngeemenyu ezintsha, iimuvi kunye nemiyalezo. Kwaye kule minyaka yakutsha nje, ngenxa yobudlelwane bethu obunomdla kunye neVirgin Atlantic, abathengi bethu banamava odidi lokuqala kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eHeathrow nabo,” utshilo uCorneel Koster, uSekela Mongameli oPhezulu weDelta – iYurophu, uMbindi Mpuma, iAfrika kunye neIndiya. "Yeyiphi indlela engcono yokubhiyozela isikhumbuzo sethu se-ruby ngaphandle kwabathengi bethu kwesona sikhululo sixakekileyo sase-UK, i-Heathrow?"
