Abahambi abaninzi basakhumbula amakhonkco iLufthansa ebonelelwe empuma Afrika, xa babesaqhuba iinqwelomoya zabo zemihla ngemihla zabakhweli ukuya kummandla (eNairobi naseDar es Salaam) ukuya kuthi ga ekupheleni kweminyaka yoo-1990. Ngelo xesha, i-LH yarhoxa ngesaziso esincinci kula mazwe mabini, ikhankanya isivuno esibi kunye nokunqongophala kweenqwelomoya ezifanelekileyo, besanda kuthengisa iinqanawa zabo ze-A310s kwaye bengenazo iinqwelomoya ezifanelekileyo ngelo xesha, okanye batsho kwaye balibalisa ibali. .
Abanye abathwali, nangona kunjalo, baxhamle kolu phuhliso, kwaye ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iFrankfurt inokufikelelwa ngokungapheliyo ukusuka empuma Afrika ukuba ibhabhela kwiholide yeholide ukuya nokubuya eMombasa okanye ngenye indlela kwiinqwelomoya ezicwangcisiweyo ngeBrussels, Zurich, Amsterdam, London, Addis Ababa, okanye eDubai.
Xa wayedibana ne-CEO yaseLufthansa eBrussels kumsitho we-Star Alliance wokubhiyozela ubulungu be-Brussels Airlines, kwavela ithuba lokuthetha noWolfgang Mayrhuber malunga nezicwangciso zabo zempuma Afrika. Ebuzwa ngamathuba okuba i-LH iphinde iqalise iinqwelomoya ezithe ngqo, uthe ngelixa iLufthansa yayisoloko ibeka iliso kwimfuno kunye nokuhamba kwetrafikhi ukuya nokusuka empuma Afrika, inqwelomoya ngoku yonwabile ngamalungiselelo abo okusebenzisa ikhowudi yokwabelana kunye neBrussels Airlines ukuya e-Entebbe ngelixa, enyanisweni. , kuqwalaselwa ukwandisa izabelo zekhowudi kwezinye iindawo ezintathu zasempuma Afrika zeSN eBujumbura, Kigali, naseNairobi, ngokuxhomekeke kwimvume yolawulo.
I-Lufthansa ine-45 yepesenti yezabelo ze-Brussels Airlines esele kwaye inokhetho lokuthenga ibhalansi yezabelo ngo-2011.
Kusebenza okufanayo nakwi-Swiss, leyo i-LH sele idityaniswe ngokupheleleyo kwiQela leLufthansa. ISwitzerland ngoku ibhabha isiya eNairobi naseDar es Salaam kwaye ibonelela abakhweli abasuka eJamani ngokulula, besebenzisa iLufthansa neSwiss iinqwelomoya ezidibeneyo phakathi kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseJamani kunye neZurich, apho banokutshintshela kwinqwelomoya yomgama omde eya eNairobi okanye eDar.
Umnumzana Mayrhuber uthe wanelisekile ukuba ezi nqwelo moya zimbini zenza umsebenzi omhle ekuboneleleni ngezihlalo kwimarike yaseJamani ngokusebenzisa iindawo zazo kwaye ke ngoko, akusayi kuphinda kuqalwe ngeenqwelo moya eziqhutywa yi-LH eziya empuma Afrika nangaliphi na ixesha kungekudala - ngelixa. engayigwebi imbuyekezo ethubeni, xa imfuno inyuke ngokwaneleyo ukuyithethelela.
I-Lufthansa, nangona kunjalo, isazibophelele, yacaciswa kule kholamu ngomnye umthombo ongaphakathi eLufthansa, ukuba iqhube iinqwelomoya zempahla rhoqo ezingena nokuphuma eKenya kunye nokufunwa kweetshatha zomthwalo kwezinye izikhululo zeenqwelomoya empuma Afrika njengoko kufuneka amaxesha ngamaxesha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Asked about the chances of LH resuming direct flights, he said that while Lufthansa was always monitoring demand and traffic flow to and from eastern Africa, the airline presently is happy with their arrangements of using the code share with Brussels Airlines to Entebbe while, in fact, considering expanding code shares to the other three eastern African SN destinations of Bujumbura, Kigali, and Nairobi, subject to regulatory approvals.
- Mayrhuber said he was satisfied that these two group airlines were doing a good job in offering seats for the German market via their respective hubs and there would, therefore, not be a resumption of LH operated flights to eastern Africa any time soon – while not ruling out a return in the long run, once demand had sufficiently risen to justify it.
- Swiss presently flies into Nairobi and Dar es Salaam and provides an easy connection for passengers from Germany, using Lufthansa and Swiss's joint flights between the German airports and Zurich, where they can transfer to the long-haul flight to Nairobi or Dar.
