I-Continental Airlines ibhengeze namhlanje ukuba iyandise inkonzo yayo yokupasa ehambayo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLondon iHeathrow. Baza kuba ngumthwali wokuqala wokubonelela ngeepasiti zokukhwela iphepha ukusuka e-United Kingdom ukuya e-US.
Inkonzo ivumela abathengi ukuba bafumane iipasiti zokukhwela nge-elektroniki kwiiselfowuni zabo okanye ii-PDA kwaye ziphelise imfuneko yokupasa kwamaphepha.
“Siyavuya ukongeza iHeathrow kuluhlu olukhulayo lwezikhululo zeenqwelo moya esizisebenzelayo ngeepasile zokuhamba ezihambayo,” utshilo uMartin Hand, usekela mongameli we-Continental wogcino kunye ne-eCommerce.
"Abathengi basixelele ukuba olu luhlobo lophuculo lwemveliso abalufunayo, kwaye siza kuqhubeka nokwandisa itekhnoloji yokuzenzela iinkonzo kwiindawo zethu zasekhaya nezamazwe ngamazwe."
Amapasi okukhwela ahambayo abonisa ikhowudi yebha enemigangatho emibini kunye nolwazi lomkhweli kunye nenqwelomoya, eziskena kwindawo yokukhangela yokhuseleko kunye nesango lokukhwela ziqinisekise. Itekhnoloji ithintela ukuguqulwa okanye ukuphinda-phindwa kwamapasi okukhwela kwaye iphakamisa ukhuseleko.
Ukongeza kwiipasile zokukhwela, i-Continental ibonelela ngokufikelela kulwazi oluphuculweyo lokubhabha ngezixhobo eziphathwayo. Abathengi banokujonga izinto eziluncedo ezikwibhodi kunye noluhlu lokulinda, kunye nokulandela umkhondo wemo yeenqwelomoya zabo.
I-Continental yaba ngumthwali wokuqala wokubonelela ngeepaseji zokungena kwiphepha e-US kwiprogram yokulinga kunye noLawulo loKhuseleko lwezoThutho olwaqala ngoDisemba 2007. I-airline okwangoku inikezela ngokuhamba kwee-mobile boarding pas zeenqwelo-moya ze-42, kuquka ii-hubs zayo eNew York, e-Houston naseCleveland. I-Continental yaba yinkampani yokuqala yase-US enikezela ngeepasile zokuhamba ezihambayo ukusuka kwindawo yezizwe ngezizwe xa yayisungula inkonzo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseFrankfurt ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo.
I-Continental isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezintlanu ngosuku ukuya eHeathrow - ezintathu ukusuka kwindawo yayo yaseNew York kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseNewark Liberty kwaye ezimbini zisuka eHouston. I-airline yazisa kutshanje ukuba iya kongeza inkonzo yesine yemihla ngemihla kwi-New York - umzila we-Heathrow ngo-Matshi kunye nenkonzo yesihlanu yemihla ngemihla ngo-Oktobha, ukuzisa inani elipheleleyo lokuhamba kwe-Continental imihla ngemihla ukuya kwi-Heathrow ukuya kwisixhenxe. I-Continental iphinde yabhengeza ukuba ukusebenza nge-2 kaJuni ka-2010, zonke iinqwelomoya ezicwangciselwe iinqwelomoya zayo ze-Heathrow ziza kuba nezihlalo ezitsha, ezisicaba kwiBusinessFirst.
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