IQatar Airways ibhengeze ngokusungulwa kwenkonzo yayo entsha eGaborone Botswana, Ukuqala nge-27 ka-Okthobha 2019. Ikomkhulu kunye nesona sixeko sikhulu saseBotswana iya kuba yindawo yokuqala yenqwelomoya kwilizwe laseAfrika.

Iinqwelomoya eziphindwe kathathu ngeveki ziya kusebenza ngenqwelomoya iAirbus A350-900, enezihlalo ezingama-36 kwiKlasi yeShishini kunye nezihlalo ezingama-247 kwiKlasi yezoQoqosho.

Qatar Airways UMphathi oyiNtloko weQela, oHloniphekileyo uMnu. Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “Siyavuya ukwazisa ngeenqwelo moya ezintathu-ngeveki ukuya eGaborone, enye indawo efunwa kakhulu e-Afrika. I-Qatar Airways izinikele ekukhuliseni ubukho bethu e-Afrika kwaye yongeza kwiindawo ezingama-22 kumazwe ali-15 esele siwanikile. Inkonzo yethu entsha eya kwisixeko esinomtsalane saseGaborone iyakusenza sikwazi ukubonelela ngohambo olungenamthungo ukuya nokubuya eBotswana, kubagibeli abadibanisa kuthungelwano olubanzi lweendawo ezingaphezu kwe-160 kwihlabathi liphela.

IGaborone sisixeko esilikomkhulu kunye nesona sixeko sikhulu eBotswana, ilizwe elingenamda kuMazantsi eAfrika, lijikelezwe yiNamibia, iZambia, iZimbabwe noMzantsi Afrika. Ubume besizwe obukhulu kunye nezilwanyana zasendle zenze ukuba ibe yindawo eyaziwayo yabakhenkethi abavela kwilizwe lonke.

I-Qatar Airways ngoku isebenza ngenqwelomoya yangaphezulu kweenqwelo moya ezingama-250 ngehabhu yayo, iSikhululo senqwelomoya saseHamad (HIA) ukuya kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwe-160 kwihlabathi liphela. I-airline isandula ukumisela uluhlu lweendawo ezintsha ezinomdla, ezizezi Rabat, Morocco; Izmir, eTurkey; Maltha; IDavao, kwiiPhilippines; ILisbon, ePortugal; neMogadishu, eSomalia. I-airline iza kongeza iLangkawi, iMalaysia kuthungelwano lwendlela ebanzi ngo-Okthobha u-2019.

I-Qatar Airways yathiywa igama njengeyona 'nkampani yeenqwelo moya ibalaseleyo kwihlabathi' ngamawonga eeNqwelo moya eHlabathi ka-2019, alawulwa ngumbutho wenqanaba lezothutho lomoya wamazwe aphesheya iSkytrax. Yayibizwa ngokuba 'yiNqwelo-moya eNgcono eMbindi Mpuma', 'Elona Klasi liBalaseleyo kwezeShishini' kunye 'nesihlalo esiPhambili seShishini', ekuqwalaseleni amava ayo oQeqeshiso lweShishini, iQsuite. I-Qatar Airways kuphela kwenqwelo-moya eye yanikwa iwonga elinqwenelekayo le- “Skytrax Airline of the Year”, nelaziwa njengeyona ncopho iphambili kushishino lweenqwelo moya, amatyeli amahlanu.

Ishedyuli yenqwelomoya

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IDoha-Johannesburg
QR1377: Isuka e-DOH 06: 55hrs, ifike kwi-JNB 14: 50hrs

ERhawutini-eGaborone
QR1377: Isuka eJNB 15: 55hrs, ifika nge-GBE 16: 50hrs

EGaborone-Johannesburg
QR1378: Iyaphuma i-GBE 18: 35hrs, ifika JNB 19: 30hrs

ERhawutini-Doha
QR1378: Iyasuka i-JNB 20: 40hrs, ifike kwi-DOH 06: 35hrs + 1