Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwaiti flag carrier, Kuwait Airways, have signed a codeshare partnership on selected services on bookings effective 22 December 2019, for travel from 5 January 2020.
Ngokuxhomekeke ekuvunyweni komthetho, i-Etihad iya kubeka ikhowudi yayo ye-'EY 'kwi-Kuwait Airways esebenza ngeenqwelo-moya ukusuka e-Abu Dhabi ukuya eKuwait, eNajaf naseDhaka.
Kwelinye icala, i-Kuwait Airways izakubeka ikhowudi yayo 'KU' kwiinqwelomoya ze-Etihad ukusuka e-Kuwait ukuya e-Abu Dhabi, eBelgrade, eCasablanca, eRabat, eKhartoum, eRhawutini, eLagos, eNairobi, eMaldives, naseMahe eSeychelles.
UTony Douglas, iGosa eliyiNtloko eliLawulayo leQela, i-Etihad Aviation Group, uthe: “Eli linyathelo lokuqala elihle kwinto esinethemba lokuba iyakuba lulwalamano oluhluzanayo nolukhulayo phakathi kweKwait Airways, enye yeenqwelo-moya ezindala nezinamava kulo mmandla, kunye ne-Etihad, enye yeyona incinci kunye neyona idumileyo. Uthungelwano oludibeneyo kunye nemveliso yokusebenzisana kwethu kunye neKuwait Airways iyakwenza izibonelelo ezibonakalayo kubathengi bethu, sakhe ubudlelwane obuqinileyo phakathi kwamazwe ethu amabini, ngelixa ibonelela ngokulula nangakumbi kwinkonzo yenqwelomoya kunye nokubuka iindwendwe.
"Ukongeza, inika i-Etihad indlela yokufikelela engafumanekiyo kwiimarike ezibalulekileyo ezingakhange zenziwe yi-Etihad, ngakumbi e-Iraq nase-Bangladesh, apho sinendawo ebalulekileyo yokuhambisa izithuthi, kwaye sifezekisa iinkonzo zethu esele zikhona kwiidolophu ezinje nge-Istanbul, esenza ukuba ngoku bathengise iinqwelomoya ukuya kwisango lesibini lesixeko. ”
U-Kamel Al-Awadhi, iGosa eliyiNtloko lesiGqeba se-Kuwait Airways, uthe: “Siyayamkela i-Etihad njengeqabane lendibano. Olu bambiswano lutsha luza kuzisa uqhakamshelwano oluphuculweyo kunye nolwandiso olongezelelekileyo kubathengi bethu, abanokulindela inqanaba elifanayo lenkonzo engenakulinganiswa abayifumana kwi-airline yethu xa behamba ngeenqwelomoya ze-codeshare ukuya nokubuya e-Kuwait ukuya e-Abu Dhabi nangaphaya.
“Isivumelwano sizakuxhasa ukusebenza kweKubait Airways kunye ne-Etihad phakathi kweedolophu zethu ezibini kwaye sibonelele ngeendlela zokuhamba ezingaphaya kweesango zombini. Ubambiswano lwecodeshare luya kunika abathengi indlela elula yokuthenga iinqwelomoya kwiinqwelomoya zombini zisebenzisa indawo enye, ziqinisekisa amava angenamthungo kuhambo lwabo lonke. Abakhweli kunye neearhente zokuhamba baya kuba nakho ukubhukisha ngokuthe ngqo kwezi nqwelo moya kwiwebhusayithi yethu kunye neenkqubo zokubekisa iiarhente. Ngapha koko, obu budlelwane bokwabelana ngeekhowudi abuyi konyusa ubudlelwane phakathi kweenqwelo moya zimbini kodwa kwanolwalamano oluluqilima phakathi kwamazwe amabini obuzalwana beKuwait neUnited Arab Emirates. ”
I-Etihad Airways okwangoku isebenza ukubuya kweenqwelomoya ezintlanu phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi ne-Kuwait, kwaye i-Kuwait Airways ikhonza i-Abu Dhabi ngenkonzo yemihla ngemihla.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “This is a great first step in what we hope will be a mutually beneficial and growing relationship between Kuwait Airways, one of the region's oldest and most experienced airlines, and Etihad, one of its youngest and most acclaimed.
- This new partnership will bring enhanced connectivity and increased convenience to our customers, who can expect the same level of impeccable service that they receive from our airline when they travel on codeshare flights to and from Kuwait to Abu Dhabi and beyond.
- In turn, Kuwait Airways will place its ‘KU' code on Etihad flights from Kuwait to Abu Dhabi, Belgrade, Casablanca, Rabat, Khartoum, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, Male in the Maldives, and Mahe in the Seychelles.
