I-CLEVELAND, ngo-Dec. 23, 2008 - I-Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba iya kuqalisa inkonzo yemihla ngemihla ye-non-stop phakathi kwe-hub yayo yaseCleveland kunye ne-Airport yaseLondon ye-Heathrow, ukusebenza ngoMeyi 2, 2009 (empuma). Indlela entsha iza kuthatha indawo yenkonzo yamaxesha onyaka ekhoyo phakathi kweCleveland neLondon/Gatwick Airport.
Ukongezelela, ngenxa yeengxaki zezoqoqosho, umphathiswa uya kuphelisa inkonzo yexesha elithile ukusuka eCleveland ukuya eParis / Charles de Gaulle Airport.
“Abathengi bethu baseCleveland basixelele ukuba bafuna inkonzo engayekiyo eya eHeathrow, esona sikhululo seenqwelomoya sibaluleke kakhulu eYurophu, kwaye siyakuvuyela ukukwazi ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zeSixeko,” utshilo uLarry Kellner, usihlalo kunye neCEO yelizwekazi. “Sityala imali kule nkonzo ngenxa yesakhono sayo,” utshilo.
Inkonzo entsha ye-Heathrow iya kusebenza ukususela ngoMeyi 2 ukuya kutsho ngoSeptemba wama-26. Iinqwelomoya ziya kuphuma eCleveland yonke imihla ngo-8:25 pm kwaye zifike eLondon ngo-9:15 kusasa ngentsasa elandelayo. Iinqwelomoya ezibuyayo ziya kumka eLondon yonke imihla ngo-11:40 am kwaye zifike eCleveland ngo-3:30 pm kwangolo suku lunye.
“Kudala sikholelwa ukuba inkonzo engayekiyo kwi-Heathrow yinto efunwa yiCleveland kwaye iya kuba lukhuthazo kwiinzame zethu zophuhliso lweshishini. Ndinethemba lokuba oosomashishini balo mmandla baza kuyixhasa le nkonzo iphuculweyo eya eLondon ngendlela eya kwenza ukuba i-Continental ithathele ingqalelo yokwandisa inkonzo unyaka wonke kwixesha elizayo,” utshilo uSodolophu waseCleveland uFrank Jackson.
Le nkonzo iza kusetyenziswa ziinqwelomoya ze-Boeing 757, ezihlalisa abakhweli abali-16 kwikhabhinethi ephumelele ibhaso yeBusinessFirst kunye nabakhweli abali-159 kwezoqoqosho.
Ilizwekazi liza kuqhubeka nokusebenzisa iinqwelomoya ezimbini zemihla ngemihla eziya eHeathrow ukusuka kwindawo yayo yaseHouston kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBush Intercontinental ukongeza kwiinqwelomoya ezintathu zemihla ngemihla eziya eHeathrow ukusuka kwindawo yayo yaseNew York kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNewark Liberty. Umphathiswa uya kuqhubeka eqhuba iinqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla kuzo zombini
hubs yayo Houston kunye New York ukuya Paris/Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Ukongeza kwiinqwelomoya zayo ze-Heathrow, i-Continental ikwasebenza ngenkonzo yokudibanisa elula ukusuka eCleveland ukuya eNewark Liberty ukuya eBelfast, eBirmingham, eBristol, e-Edinburgh, eGlasgow naseManchester, kunye naseDublin naseShannon - enikezela ngenkonzo ye-Atlantiki kwizixeko ezininzi zase-UK kunye. I-Ireland kunayo nayiphi na enye inqwelomoya.
