KwiMarike yokuHamba yeHlabathi kaNovemba ophelileyo eLondon, ukufika kwabathunywa base-Iraq yeyona nto ibilindelwe kakhulu ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi. Imiba yeVisa ekugqibeleni ibe ngumqobo ngomzuzu wokugqibela, kodwa oku akuzange kuthintele ishishini lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho ekubekeni i-Iraq kwinkqubo yabo. Inkampani yamva nje yokwenza inyathelo elinjalo yiLufthansa Airlines yaseJamani.
“Njengoko i-Iraq isiya ivula amathuba okuhamba ngeenqwelomoya, imfuno yeenqwelomoya eziya elizweni iyakhula,” utshilo uLufthansa. "I-Lufthansa ke ngoko ivavanya ukuba kunokwenzeka yini ukusungula iinkonzo ezininzi ezintsha e-Iraq kwaye ngoku iceba ukukhonza ikomkhulu, i-Baghdad, kunye nesixeko sase-Erbil kuMntla we-Iraq ukusuka eFrankfurt naseMunich."
ILufthansa yongeze ukuba ijolise ekusunguleni iinkonzo ezintsha ngehlobo lika-2010, xa sele ifumene amalungelo ayimfuneko endlela. “Ezinye iimfuno zeziseko zophuhliso nazo ziyavavanywa. Ngokuqalisa kwakhona kweenqwelomoya eziya e-Iraq, iLufthansa ilandela umgaqo-nkqubo wayo wokwandisa uthungelwano lwendlela kuMbindi Mpuma, ngoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezingama-89 ngeveki ukuya kwiindawo ezili-13 kumazwe alishumi.”
ILufthansa yasebenza ngenqwelomoya eya eBaghdad ukusukela ngo1956 de kwaqala iMfazwe yaseGulf ngo1990. U-Erbil sele enikwa inkonzo esuka eVienna yiAustria Airlines, eyinxalenye yeQela laseLufthansa. Ukusukela ngehlobo elizayo, iBaghdad kunye ne-Erbil zizakudityaniswa nehabhu yaseLufthansa eFrankfurt naseMunich kwaye ke ziya kudityaniswa kuthungelwano lwendlela yaseLufthansa.
Awona maxesha okubhabha achanekileyo kunye neentlawulo ziya kubhengezwa emva kwexesha nje ukuba kuvulwe ukubhukisha iindlela ezintsha, inqwelomoya yaseJamani yongezelele.
ILufthansa Airlines yenye yeenqwelomoya ezinkulu zehlabathi. Ibhabha isiya kwiindawo ezingama-190 kumazwe angama-78 ukusuka kwiindawo zayo eFrankfurt naseMunich/eJamani. KuMbindi Mpuma iLufthansa inceda izixeko ezili-13 kumazwe ali-10 ngeenqwelomoya ezingama-89 zizonke ngeveki.
