I-Qatar Airways iyavuya ukwazisa ukuba iya kusungula iinqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla eziya ngqo eCardiff eziqala nge-1 kaMeyi 2018, okwenza i-airline ephumelele ibhaso ibe ngumthuthi wokuqala we-Gulf kwinkonzo yaseWales kunye ne-Southwest England.
ICardiff yindawo ebalulekileyo yobuchule yeQatar Airways njengoko ivula isahlulo esitsha sase-United Kingdom kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, kunye nokuvumela abantu abaninzi ukuba bandwendwele isixeko esikhulu saseCardiff ukusuka kwiGulf nakwindawo ekude. I-Cardiff, i-capital of Wales, yenye yezona ndawo zihamba phambili zabakhenkethi e-UK, kunye neemyuziyam ezingenakubalwa kunye nemiboniso, indawo yomculo ekhulayo kunye neziganeko zemidlalo zehlabathi rhoqo kwi-Principality Stadium.
UMlawuli oyiNtloko weQela le-Qatar Airways, oHloniphekileyo uMnumzana Akbar Al Baker, uthe: "Siyavuya ukuvakalisa ukuqaliswa kwendlela yethu entsha eya kwikomkhulu laseWales. Abahambi abaninzi ngoku babhabha ukuya nokubuya eLondon besebenzisa izithuthi eziphantsi komhlaba phakathi kweLondon neCardiff, kwaye ukuqaliswa kwenkonzo ethe ngqo kuya kuvumela abakhweli ukuba babhabhe ngqo ukusuka eWales nakumazantsi-ntshona ukuya eDoha nangaphaya okokuqala. Sijonge ukubonelela abahambi beshishini kunye nezolonwabo olu nxibelelwano lufanelekileyo eCardiff kunye namanqaku angaphaya. "
Rt. U-Hon Carwyn Jones, uMphathiswa wokuQala waseWales, uthe: “Inkonzo yemihla ngemihla phakathi kweCardiff neDoha lukhuthazo olukhulu eWales. Iya kuvula amakhonkco eWales kunye nehlabathi liphela kwaye inikeze amathuba amatsha ezoqoqosho, ukuzonwabisa kunye nokuhamba kumashishini aseWales kunye nabantu baseWales. Ukubonelela ngendlela ethe ngqo kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esikhula ngokukhawuleza, isikhululo seenqwelomoya iHamad International, siyakusondeza iWales kwiimarike eziphambili zehlabathi ezifana neIndiya, iChina, iSingapore kunye neAustralasia.
IGosa eliLawulayo leSikhululo seSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCardiff uDeb Barber, uthe: “Ndinebhongo kakhulu kuba inkampani yeenqwelomoya ekumgangatho wehlabathi iQatar Airways iwabonile amandla akhoyo kulo mmandla kwaye yakhetha iSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCardiff ukuba siqhube inkonzo yemihla ngemihla. Le nkonzo ivula ihlabathi loqhagamshelwano kubathengi bethu kwiindawo ngeendawo eOstreliya, eNew Zealand, eAfrika naseAsia.
“Bangaphezu kwesigidi esi-1.4 abakhweli ngonyaka abasuka kulo mmandla bahamba besiya kwiindawo ezifumanekayo kuthungelwano lwe-Qatar Airways- iipesenti ezingama-90 zaba bakhweli ngoku basuka kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya zaseLondon, nto leyo egxininisa ukuba ingakanani imfuno ekhoyo kwimarike. Sijonge phambili ekuphuhliseni ubudlelwane bethu obuneziqhamo neQatar Airways kwezi nyanga zizayo kunye nasekuqalekeni kwale ndlela intsha inomdla ngoMeyi ka-2018. "
Indlela yaqala ukubhengezwa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka kwaye iyinguqu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCardiff, njengoko iya kuvula indawo yeGulf kubakhweli abasuka eMzantsi Wales nakumazantsi-ntshona eNgilani okokuqala. Abahambi abaya nokubuya eOstreliya nakumazantsi-mpuma eAsia nabo bamiselwe ukuba baxhamle kwiinqwelomoya ezihamba uhambo olude mihla le ngeDoha.
Inkonzo entsha phakathi kweDoha kunye neCardiff iya kunikwa i-Boeing 787 Dreamliner, enezihlalo ze-22 kwiKlasi yoShishino, enikezela abakhweli ukufikelela ngokuthe ngqo kwendlela kunye nokucwangciswa kwayo kwe-1-2-1, kunye nezihlalo ze-232 kwiKlasi yoQoqosho.
Ikhwele kwiQatar Airways iBoeing 787 Dreamliner, uxinzelelo olusezantsi olulinganayo, umgangatho womoya ophuculweyo kunye nokufuma okugqibeleleyo kudityaniswe neefestile ezinkulu, ezicuthekayo ngombane zidala iimbonakalo ezimangalisayo kwaye zinike abakhweli ukukhanya kwendalo okongezelelekileyo. Ukukhanya okugcweleyo kwe-LED kuya kubanceda baqhelane nokutshintsha kwemimandla yexesha, ukuvumela abakhweli ukuba bafike kwindawo abasingise kuyo beziva behlaziyekile.
I-Cardiff yenye yeendlela ezintsha ze-26 ezichazwe yi-Qatar Airways ecetywayo kwintsalela yalo nyaka kunye ne-2018, kuquka neChiang Mai, eThailand; Canberra, Australia kunye San Francisco, US, ukubala ezimbalwa. Inqwelomoya idibanisa abahambi kwizixeko ezininzi zaseYurophu kunanini na ngaphambili, ngokusungulwa kwamva nje eKyiv, ePrague, eSkopje naseDublin, ukukhankanya nje ezimbalwa.
I-Qatar Airways ngoku isebenza eLondon Heathrow, eManchester, eBirmingham nase-Edinburgh, kunye neCardiff ibe yindawo yesihlanu yokufikela e-UK.
I-Qatar Airways yawongwa ngamawonga abalulekileyo kulo nyaka, kubandakanywa iNqwelomoya yoNyaka kumawonga abalaseleyo e-Skytrax World Airline Awards ka-2017, abanjwe kuMboniso woMoya waseParis ngoJuni. Eli lixesha lesine iQatar Airways inikwa olu qwalaselo lwehlabathi. Kwakunye nokuvotelwa iNqwelo-moya eBalaseleyo ngabakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela, ophethe iflegi yesizwe yaseQatar ikwaphumelele isihlenga samanye amabhaso amakhulu kulo msitho, kuquka iNqwelo-moya eBalaseleyo kuMbindi Mpuma, iKlasi yoShishino eGqwesileyo eHlabathini kunye neYona ndawo iBalaseleyo yeHlabathi yokuQala yeNqwelomoya.
Iishedyuli zokuhamba ngenqwelomoya:
IDoha (DOH) ukuya eCardiff (CWL) QR 321 isuka ngo-07: 25 ifika ngo-12: 50 (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat)
ICardiff (CWL) ukuya eDoha (DOH) QR 322 ihamba nge-15: 55 ifika ngo-00: 50 (+1) (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat)
IDoha (DOH) ukuya eCardiff (CWL) QR 323 ihamba ngo-01: 15 ifika ngo-06: 40 (ngoLwesibini, ngoLwesine, ngeLanga)
I-Cardiff (CWL) ukuya eDoha (DOH) QR 324 ihamba ngo-08: 10 ifika ngo-17: 05 (ngoLwesibini, ngoLwesine, ngeLanga)
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Cardiff is a strategically important destination for Qatar Airways as it opens up a new portion of the United Kingdom to the airline, as well as allowing more people to visit the great city of Cardiff from the Gulf and even further afield.
- Many travellers currently fly to and from London using ground transport between London and Cardiff, and the launch of direct service will allow passengers to fly directly from Wales and the Southwest to Doha and beyond for the first time.
- The route was first announced earlier this year and is a transformative one for Cardiff Airport, as it will open up the Gulf region for passengers from South Wales and Southwest England for the first time.
