I-Qatar Airways 'yokuqala yabahambi abakhwela ePortugal ifike eLisbon Airport ngoMvulo we-24 kuJuni 2019, njengoko inqwelo moya yongeza kwinethiwekhi yayo yaseYurophu ekhula ngokukhawuleza. Isebenza ngenqwelomoya ye-Boeing 787 Dreamliner, inqwelomoya i-QR343 yamkelwa ngomlomo wamanzi xa ufika.
Okwangoku kwibhodi yokuqala eya eLisbon yayinguNozakuzaku wasePortugal eQatar, u-Mnu. Ricardo Pracana, kunye neGosa eliyiNtloko lezoRhwebo lase-Qatar, uMnu Simon Talling-Smith. Baye badibana nee-VIPs kubandakanya uMmeli wase-Qatar ePortugal, u-Mnu. Saad Ali Al-Muhannadi kunye neGosa eliyiNtloko le-Aeroportos de Portugal uMnu Thierry Ligonnière.
UMlawuli oyiNtloko weQatar Airways Group, oHloniphekileyo uMnu. Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “Siyavuya ukwazisa iinkonzo ezizodwa eLisbon, ulongezo lwamva nje kwiQatar Airways 'eyandisa ngokukhawuleza inethiwekhi yaseYurophu. ILisbon idume ngembali yayo ebanzi kunye nenkcubeko, iqhayisa ngobutyebi belifa kunye nelifa le-gastronomic. Sijonge phambili ekwamkeleni abahambi kwezamashishini nakwezolonwabo ngokufanayo ebhodini ukuze bazokufumana le ndawo idlamkileyo, eyenye yezona dolophu zindala eNtshona Yurophu. Indlela entsha iqinisekisa ukuzibophelela kwethu kwimakethi yasePortugal kwaye iza kubonelela abakhweli abasuka eLisbon bangene kwiQatar Airways kuthungelwano olubanzi lweendlela zehlabathi ezingaphezu kwe-160 kwihlabathi liphela. ”
Iinkonzo ezithe ngqo zemihla ngemihla eLisbon ziya kuqhutywa yinkampani yenqwelomoya ye-Boeing 787 Dreamliner, enezihlalo ezingama-22 kwiBusiness Class kunye nezihlalo ezingama-232 kwiKlasi yezoQoqosho. I-Qatar Airways abakhweli abahamba kwiKlasi yeShishini banokuphumla kwenye yeebhedi ezihlala kamnandi, ezilala ngokupheleleyo esibhakabhakeni kunye nokonwabela ukutya kweenkwenkwezi ezintlanu kunye nenkonzo yesiselo esinikwa 'ukutya kwimfuno'. Abakhweli banokusebenzisa ithuba lokuphumelela amabhaso kwinqwelo-moya, kwiOryx One, ebonelela ngeendlela ezingama-4,000.
Le nkonzo ivula umhlaba wonxibelelwano kubathengi beQatar Airways abasuka eLisbon baya kwiindawo ezinqumla eAfrika, eAsia naseAustralia, ezinjengeMaputo, Hong Kong, Bali, Maldives, Bangkok, Sydney nezinye ezininzi.
ILisbon ikwazile ukujoyina uthungelwano lothutho ngomoya lweQatar Airways, kunye nengalo yomntu ophetheyo enikezela inani elipheleleyo leetoni ezingama-70 ukuya nokubuya ePortugal veki nganye, kunye nokunxibelelana ngqo neendawo eYurophu, kuMbindi Mpuma naseMelika ngeDoha. Ukongeza koku, iQatar Airways Cargo inobukho obukhulu eSpain esineenqwelomoya ezingama-47 zokuthwala imithwalo eziya e-Barcelona naseMadrid, kubandakanya neenqwelomoya zonyaka ukuya eMalaga veki nganye. Umntu ophetheyo usebenza nge-10 ngeveki iBoeing 777 kunye neenqwelo moya zeAirbus A330 ukuya eZaragoza, ukubonelela ngaphezulu kweetoni ezingama-950 zomthwalo wempahla kubathengi.
I-Qatar Airways ngoku isebenza ngenqwelomoya yangaphezulu kweenqwelo moya ezingama-250 ngehabhu yayo, iSikhululo senqwelomoya saseHamad (HIA) ukuya kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwe-160 kwihlabathi liphela.
ILisbon yindawo yesine entsha yokungeniswa yinkampani yenqwelomoya kweli hlobo emva kokumiselwa kweenqwelomoya eziya eIzmir, Turkey, naseRabat, Morocco, ngoMeyi; neMalta ekuqaleni kukaJuni naseDavao, kwiiPhilippines nge-18 kaJuni; kulandele uMogadishu, eSomalia, nge-1 Julayi; kunye neLangkawi, eMalaysia, nge-15 ka-Okthobha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Lisbon has also joined Qatar Airways' air freight network, with the carrier's cargo arm offering a total capacity of 70 tonnes to and from Portugal each week, and a direct connection to destinations in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas via Doha.
- Qatar Airways passengers travelling in Business Class can relax in one of the most comfortable, fully lie-flat beds in the sky as well as enjoying a five-star food and beverage service served ‘dine on demand'.
- Lisbon is the fourth new destination to be introduced by the airline this summer following the launch of flights to Izmir, Turkey, and Rabat, Morocco, in May.
