I-Etihad Airways izakongeza iinqwelomoya ezintathu ngeveki phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi kunye neSydney ukuze isebenze ishedyuli yemihla ngemihla ukusuka nge-6 kaFebruwari 2017.
Ukuhamba ekuseni ukusuka e-Abu Dhabi - EY450 - kunye nokuhamba kwemini ukusuka eSydney - EY451 - kuya kunyuka ukusuka kwiinqwelo ezine ukuya kwezisixhenxe ngeveki.
Oku kongezwa kwishedyuli yenkampani yeenqwelomoya yaseSydney kuza nenyathelo leqabane elinobuchule laseVirgin Australia lokutshintshela e-Abu Dhabi umsebenzi walo wase-Australia ukusuka eSydney ukuya ePerth ukusuka nge-9 kaJuni ngo-2017.
Ukwandisa isivumelwano se-codeshare, i-Etihad Airways iya kongeza ikhowudi yayo ye-EY kwi-Virgin Australia entsha yeendiza zeveki ezintathu zePerth-Abu Dhabi.
Impembelelo edityanisiweyo yomthamo owongezelelweyo weSydney kunye nekhowudi entsha kunye neVirgin Australia kukwanda kwe-UAE iflegi ye-Australian footprint ukusuka kwi-42 ukuya kwi-45 yeendiza zeveki.
Ukugcina ishedyuli yokuqhubekeka, i-Etihad Airways iya kusebenzisa iinkonzo zayo ezintsha zeveki ezintathu zaseSydney ngexesha elifanayo njengenqwelomoya yaseVirgin Australia yangoku yaseSydney-Abu Dhabi, apho i-Etihad Airways ibeke ikhowudi yayo ye-EY ukususela oko yaqala ngoFebruwari 2011.
IGosa eliyiNtloko yeSigqeba se-Etihad Airways, uPeter Baumgartner, uthe: “I-Australia iyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yothungelwano lwethu, kwaye siya kuqhubeka nokongeza umthamo ukuze sihlangabezane nemfuno ekhulayo yeendlela ezimbini zohambo lweshishini nolonwabo.
"Ukunikezelwa kwezixhobo zethu ezitsha, i-A380 kunye ne-B787, kuzo zone iisango zase-Australia, kunye notyalo-mali lwemveliso yethu yesizukulwana esilandelayo kunye nenkonzo enikezelayo ibonisa ukuzinikela kwethu kule marike ikhuphisana kakhulu."
UMnu Baumgartner uphinde wabalaselisa iinzuzo zabahambi bekhowudi entsha kunye neVirgin Australia kunye nokunyuka kwamandla kwindlela yasePerth.
Ukusukela phakathi ku-2017, amashishini kunye nabakhenkethi bezolonwabo kwindlela yasePerth bayakonwabela uncedo lweenqwelomoya ezili-10 ngeveki ezingamisiyo ukuya kwindawo yethu yase-Abu Dhabi kunye nonxibelelwano olungenamthungo ukuya kwizixeko ezingaphezu kwama-55 kuthungelwano lwehlabathi lwe-Etihad Airways.
Phakathi kweemarike ezintsha eziqhagamshelwe ngeendlela ezimbini zePerth yiAthene, iBeirut, iGeneva, i-Istanbul, kunye nenani leendawo zase-Afrika ezibandakanya iDar es Salaam, i-Entebbe, iKhartoum neNairobi.
Iinqwelomoya ezongezelelweyo zaseSydney ziya kusetyenziswa yi-Boeing 777-300ER yeklasi ezintathu, uhlobo lwenqwelomoya olusebenza ngoku EY450/451 iphethini. Inqwelo-moya ilungiselelwe kunye nezihlalo ezisibhozo kwiKlasi yokuQala, i-40 kwiKlasi yeShishini kunye ne-280 kwiKlasi yezoQoqosho.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The combined impact of the additional Sydney capacity and new codeshare with Virgin Australia is an increase in the UAE flag carrier's Australian footprint from a total of 42 to 45 weekly flights.
- To maintain schedule continuity, Etihad Airways will operate its three new weekly Sydney services at the same timings as Virgin Australia's current Sydney-Abu Dhabi flights, on which Etihad Airways has placed its EY code since they began in February 2011.
- This enhancement to the airline's Sydney schedule comes with the move by strategic partner Virgin Australia to shift its Australia to Abu Dhabi operation from Sydney to Perth from June 9, 2017.
