I-CHICAGO -Abathengi be-United banokonwabela unxibelelwano olutsha olulula kwizixeko zaseYurophu nase-Afrika phantsi kwesivumelwano esitsha se-codeshare kunye ne-Brussels Airlines evulekele ukuthengiswa namhlanje. Iinqwelomoya zeCodeshare ziqala nge-6 ka-Epreli ka-2010 kwaye zongeza kwinkonzo eyayibhengezwe ngaphambili ye-United engapheliyo phakathi kweChicago neBrussels eyasungulwa nge-28 kaMatshi.
“Sigxile ekomelezeni uthungelwano lwethu olukumgangatho wehlabathi kwaye songeze iindawo ezininzi zokusingwa kubathengi bethu ngamathuba omfelandawonye,” utshilo uMark Schwab, usekela mongameli omkhulu we-United of Alliances, International & Regulatory Affairs. "Obu budlelwane kunye neBrussels Airlines yandisa ububanzi benethiwekhi yethu kwiindawo ezininzi zaseYurophu kunye neemarike ezivelayo zaseAfrika."
"Esi sivumelwano se-codeshare kunye ne-United linyathelo elibalulekileyo ekuphuhliseni i-Brussels Airlines," kusho u-Erik Follet, umongameli olawulayo we-Strategy & Business Development for Brussels Airlines. "Nge-United ngoku sineqabane elomeleleyo e-US elizisa, njengelungu le-Star Alliance, izibonelelo ezininzi ezintsha kubakhweli bethu."
Abathengi be-United ngoku banokuthenga amatikiti kwiinqwelomoya eziqhutywa yi-Brussels Airlines phakathi kweBrussels kunye neendawo ezingama-24 zaseYurophu kunye neendawo ezili-12 zokufikela zase-Afrika, uninzi lwazo ziimarike ezintsha zekhowudi ye-United. Abathengi be-Brussels Airlines baya kunandipha inkonzo ye-codeshare kwii-hubs ezimbini zase-United States, i-Washington Dulles kunye ne-Chicago O'Hare, evumela uxhulumaniso kumakhulu eendawo zase-United States.
Zombini iinqwelomoya zingamalungu e-Star Alliance - i-United iqabane elisungulayo, kunye ne-Brussels Airlines yajoyina njengeqabane ngoDisemba ka-2009. Amalungu e-United's Mileage Plus (R) kunye ne-Brussels Airlines 'Miles & More iinkqubo zinokuqhubeka nokufumana kwaye zikhulule iimayile ngelixa usiya kwiindawo ongazange wazifumana ngaphambili.
