Umthwali welizwe laseJamani i-Lufthansa inefilosofi yenkonzo ecace gca: “Singabathuthi benkonzo yepremiyamu epheleleyo enikezela ngemveliso efanelekileyo kunye nenkonzo kuwo onke amacandelo awohlukeneyo abahambi. Kwaye njengomphathi weprimiyamu yenkonzo epheleleyo, sizinikele ekunikeni intuthuzelo engakumbi kubo bonke abakhweli, "wachaza uThierry Antinori, intloko yentengiso kunye neentengiso zebhodi yeLufthansa German Airlines ngexesha lenkomfa yabezindaba ekhethekileyo neyabucala kwi-ITB yakutshanje. “Sityala imali eyi-2.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola apho i-1.9 yezigidigidi iyodwa inikezelwe kwiinkampani zethu zeenqwelomoya. Kule minyaka mihlanu izayo, siceba ukutyala ibhiliyoni ye-Euro ukuze siphucule iimveliso zethu kuzo zonke iindidi zenkonzo,” utshilo.

Ukuphuculwa kwenkonzo kuya kubonakala emoyeni nasemhlabeni. I-Lufthansa iyaqhubeka ukutyala imali kubuchwepheshe obutsha ukukhawulezisa iinkqubo zokungena. “Abakhweli bangena ngokufanelekileyo ngaphandle kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya-ngefowuni yabo ephathwayo okanye ngePC-imele ipesenti ezili-15 zabo bonke abathengi bethu. Singafikelela ngokulula kulo nyaka kwiipesenti ezingama-20, kwaye ayisiyonto yokukholelwa ukuba eli nani ngenye imini linokufikelela kuma-50,” utshilo.

Kunyaka ophelileyo, iinkonzo zokungena ezisanda kuqaliswa kwiifowuni eziphathwayo esele zingaphezulu kwesigidi ekusebenzeni. ILufthansa iyaqhubeka nokuvula okanye ukulungisa iindawo zayo zokuhlala, ityala imali emalunga ne-50 yezigidi zeerandi. Kutshanje kuvulwe igumbi lokuphumla elikumgangatho wokuqala eNew York, kunye negumbi lokuphumla elamkelekileyo labakhweli abafikayo eFrankfurt. “Kungekudala siza kubonelela ngepremiere yehlabathi eMunich nge-23 kaMatshi enendawo yokuphumla yoshishino yokuqala edibanisa isitayile saseBavaria 'Igadi yeBeer'. Sikwaba bhetyebhetye ngakumbi ngokuvumela abakhweli bethu beFlyer rhoqo ukuba bathenge ukufikelela kwindawo yethu yokuphumla kwiqabane kwinqwelomoya enye, utshilo uAntinori.

I-Lufthansa nayo iya kuqalisa uhlaziyo olupheleleyo lwazo zonke iiklasi ukusukela ngo-Epreli kuzo zonke izithuthi zayo. Izihlalo ezitsha ziya kufakwa kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya ezithatha ixesha elifutshane, zinika intuthuzelo engakumbi kunye nesithuba esingakumbi kubo bonke abakhweli. “Kwiindlela zethu ezihamba ixesha elide, sizakwazisa imveliso entsha yodidi lokuqala ngokuziswa kweAirbus A380 ukusuka ngoJuni. Imveliso iya kuthi emva koko ifakwe kuzo zonke ezinye iinqwelomoya ezihamba ixesha elide njenge-Airbus A330 kunye ne-A340. Siza, ngokufanayo, sazise ukususela ngo-Epreli iklasi entsha yezoqoqosho kunye nesihlalo se-ergonomic kunye nevidiyo edibeneyo yomntu ngamnye, "kusho uMnu Antinori. Ngo-2011, ukulungiswa ngokutsha kwekhabhinethi kuya kugqitywa ngokutyhilwa kodidi olutsha lweshishini emva kokuziswa kwenqwelomoya yokuqala ye-Boeing B747-800.

ILufthansa iza kuthatha ngoMeyi ukuzisa eyokuqala kwezine zeAirbus A380. Lilonke, inqwelomoya iya kudibanisa iiyunithi ezili-15 zesigebenga esitsha sokubhabha. Nangona kunjalo, iindawo ezizayo eziqhutywa ngumthwali waseJamani ziya kutyhilwa kuphela ngo-Epreli. Ngeli xesha, uMnu Antinori wagxininisa inkqubo yexesha lehlobo elizayo. Umthamo womnatha uya kukhula ngeepesenti ze-3.6 kunye ne-airline enikezela ngee-12,800 iindiza zeveki ukuya kumazwe angama-81 "kunye nenani eliphezulu leendawo eYurophu," wagxininisa uMnu Antinori.

Iindawo ezintsha zokuya kuzo ziquka iBari, iChisinau (iMoldavia), iRostock, iTashkent, kunye neZadar yaseMunich, kunye nePalermo yaseMilan. Iinqwelomoya eziya eIraq zikwakucwangciso lokuphuma eMunich naseFrankfurt. Sikwaqhubeka nokukhula ngaphandle kweMilan Malpensa kunye neepesenti ezingama-22 ngaphezulu kunye neenqwelomoya ezintsha eziya eStockholm, eWarsaw nase-Olbia. Kodwa singathanda ukufumana amalungelo endlela yokubhabha ukusuka eMilan Linate ukuya eRoma, nto leyo esalalwa ngabasemagunyeni base-Italiya, ”wongeze watsho uThierry Antinori.

Isivumelwano sokwabelana ngekhowudi entsha kutshanje sisayinwe e-Afrika kunye ne-Ethiopian Airlines. Usekela mongameli weLufthansa akayifihli into yokuba iLufthansa ixhasa ngokusemthethweni i-East African carrier ukuba ingene kwiStar Alliance. "Ngaphaya kobudlelwane obuqinileyo obukhoyo iminyaka emininzi phakathi koomongameli be-Ethiopian Airlines kunye neLufthansa, sikholelwa ukuba iTopiya ngoyena mntu uthembekileyo ophetheyo kule ndawo yaseAfrika," utshele uMnu Antinori. I-Ethiopian Airlines kusenokwenzeka ukuba ilandelayo ukujoyina umanyano olukhulu kwihlabathi emva kokudityaniswa okulindelweyo kwe-TAM yaseBrazil phakathi enyakeni kunye ne-Air India ekupheleni konyaka.

Ebuzwa malunga nokubuyiswa kwetrafikhi, uMnumzana Antinori unethemba ngononophelo ngo-2010: “Ngokuqinisekileyo siqala ukubona iimpawu zokuqala zokuchacha kunye ne-Asia Pacific ebuyela umva ngokukhawuleza. Nangona kunjalo, asikaphumi ehlathini okwangoku, kodwa i-2011 ibonakala ithembisa ngakumbi. Senze inzuzo kunyaka ophelileyo ye-130 yezigidi zeedola. Siphumelele ukuhlala kumnyama, kodwa ezi ziphumo zemali zincinci ngokuphindwe kalishumi kunonyaka ka-2008,” ukhumbuze usekela mongameli weLufthansa.