I-DUBAI, i-UAE, nge-25 kaFebruwari 2007 -I-Emirates, inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya esekwe e-Dubai, namhlanje ibhengeze ukuba izakuphehlelela iinkonzo ezingapheli zonke iiveki ezintandathu kwidolophu yase-Indiya yase-Kozhikode (Calicut), ukuqala nge-1 kaJulayi ka-2008.
Ukuqinisa ukunxibelelana komoya phakathi koqoqosho lwamaIndiya kunye neArabian Gulf kwezoqoqosho, iKozhikode iya kuba sisixeko sesithathu kwiphondo laseKerala ukuba isetyenziselwe iinqwelomoya ezingamisiyo e-Emirates zisuka eDubai, emva kokuba inqwelomoya yazisa iinkonzo eKochi ngo-2002 naseTiruvananthapuram ngo-2006. Kozhikode iya kuba yindawo ye-Emirates yeshumi e-India.
U-HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, uSihlalo kunye ne-Chief Executive Officer ye-Emirates kunye neQela, uthe: "I-Kozhikode kunye ne-Kerala banobudlelwane obude bezorhwebo kunye ne-Arabia peninsula ebuyela kwimbali. Kuyasivuyisa ukukwazi ukubonelela ngendawo engayekiyo phakathi kweDubai neKozzhode, eya kuthi incede ekwandiseni amathuba ezorhwebo, kwaye yenze kube lula ngakumbi kuluntu olukhulu olungabemi baseIndiya kwiGulf ukutyelela iintsapho kunye nabahlobo babo.
"Sizimisele ukuqhubeka nokukhuthaza ilizwe elihle laseKerala kunye nokuzisa abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe kurhulumente ngazo zontathu iindlela esingena ngazo."
Kwindlela yase-Dubai-Kozhikode, i-Emirates izakuqala isebenzise i-Boeing 777-200 kunye neenqwelo moya zeAirbus A330-200, ezibonelela ngaphezulu kwe-4,000 yoShishino kunye noQoqosho lwezihlalo kunye nokusondela kwiitoni ezingama-200 zomthwalo wempahla ngeveki kumacala omabini.
Ukuhamba, abagibeli banokukhangela phambili kwinkonzo yokujonga ingqalelo evela kubasebenzi bekhabhathi bamazwe aphesheya kwe-Emirates, izihlalo ezenzelwe i-ergonomic ukongeza intuthuzelo, kunye nezixhobo zangoku zokukhanya kubandakanya izikrini zokuzonwabisa ezihleli kuzo zonke iiklasi nge-imeyile kunye nokuthumela imiyalezo.
Iinqwelomoya ezintsha eziya e-Kozhikode ziya kubonelela abahambi ngonxibelelwano olugqwesileyo ukuya nokubuya kwingingqi yeGulf ngokukodwa, ngaphandle kwezinye iindawo zenethiwekhi ye-Emirates. I-Kozhikode yindawo ethandwayo yabakhenkethi enamabhishi amahle, iindawo zelifa lemveli kunye nobugcisa bezenkcubeko kunye nemibhiyozo. Ikwaliziko lezorhwebo kunye nentengiso yempahla yorhwebo enje ngeziqholo, irabha kunye nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwimizi mveliso.
Ishedyuli yenqwelomoya yaseDubai-Kozhikode, ukusuka nge-1 kaJulayi ka-2008:
NgoMvulo, ngooLwezibini, ngooLwezithathu nangooLwezihlanu
EK562 Isuka eDubai ngeyure ze-14: 15 kwaye ifike eKozhikode nge-19: 50 iiyure
I-EK563 isuka eKozhikode ngeyure ezingama-21: 20 kwaye ifike eDubai ngeyure ezingama-23: 40
NgoLwezine, ngeMigqibelo
I-EK560 isuka eDubai ngo-03:30 iiyure kwaye ifike eKozhikode ngo-09:05 iiyure.
I-EK561 isuka eKozhikode ngo-10:35 iiyure kwaye ifike eDubai ngo-12:55 iiyure.
I-Emirates okwangoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezingama-99 ngeveki ukusuka eDubai ukuya kwiindlela ezilithoba eIndiya: Ahmedabad, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Kochi, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata nase Thiruvananthapuram. Uthungelwano lwendlela ekhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi lonke inezixeko ezingama-99 kumazwe angama-62 kumazwekazi amathandathu. Kulo nyaka, ukongeza kwi-Khozikode, i-Emirates ikwabhengeze ukuba izakuqala iinkonzo eKapa nge-30 kaMatshi.
