Saudia, ophethe iflegi yesizwe yaseSaudi Arabia, ngokubambisana neNkqubo yoQhagamshelwano loMoya, iqalise iinqwelomoya eziya ngqo kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseJohannesburg, eMzantsi Afrika, ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseKing Abdulaziz eJeddah.
Unikezelo lwenzeka ngexesha lomsitho kwi-AlFursan International Lounge phambi kukaMnu. Moegammad Gabriels, u-Consul General weRiphabhlikhi yoMzantsi Afrika, uMnu. Musaed Almusaed, i-AVP ye-International Regions Sales at Saudia, UMnu. Rashed Alshammari, i-VP yezoRhwebo kwi-ACP, kunye nabameli abavela kumagunya karhulumente wesikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ngexesha lokukhwela, iindwendwe kwinqwelomoya yokuqala zanikwa izipho zesikhumbuzo ukuphawula esi siganeko sibalulekileyo.
I-Saudia icwangcise iinqwelomoya ezine ngeveki ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iKing Abdulaziz International eJeddah (SV0449) kunye neenqwelomoya ezibuyayo ukusuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseJohannesburg (SV0448). Ezi nqwelomoya zimiselwe ukusebenza ngeMivulo, ngooLwezithathu, ngooLwezihlanu nangeMigqibelo. Iinqwelomoya zisebenza ngeB787-9 Dreamliner, enezihlalo ezingama-24 zeshishini kunye nezihlalo ezingama-274 zezoqoqosho. Ibonakala ngokuhlala kwayo okuphangaleleyo kunye neenkqubo zolonwabo ezikwinqanaba eliphezulu kwinqwelomoya ezilungiselelwe iintlobo ngeentlobo zeendwendwe ezikhethwayo, zilungelelaniswa nokuzibophelela kwenkampani yenqwelomoya ekunikezeni iinkonzo ezikhethekileyo zenqwelomoya ukomeleza amava ohambo ngokubanzi.
UMnu. Musaed Almusaed uthe:
“Kubalulekile ukuqinisa ubukho beSaudia eMzantsi Afrika ngokuzisa iindlela eziya ngqo eRhawutini.”
“Ezi nqwelomoya zibonelela ngeeshedyuli ezifanelekileyo zexesha, ziqaqambisa intsebenziswano esebenzayo ne-ACP. Eli nyathelo lomeleza izicwangciso zeSaudia zokwandisa ukutsala abakhenkethi abaninzi abavela kwihlabathi liphela beze eBukumkanini. ”
Ukusuka kwi-ACP, i-CEO u-Ali Rajab uthe, “Indlela yase-Johannesburg-Jeddah ne-Saudia imele inyathelo elibalulekileyo eliya phambili kwiinzame zethu zokuphucula unxibelelwano lomoya phakathi koMzantsi Afrika noBukumkani. I-ACP izimisele ukwenza ubambiswano olutsha kunye nokwandisa uthungelwano lomoya kunye nemarike ekhulayo yaseMzantsi Afrika, iqinisekisa amava okuhamba angenamthungo kubakhweli. Wongeze wathi, “Le mpumelelo yenziwe yaba nokwenzeka ngenkxaso kunye nezikhokelo zoHloniphekileyo u-Ahmed Al-Khateeb, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho eSaudi Arabia kunye noSihlalo weKomiti eLawulayo ye-ACP. Sijonge phambili ekusebenzisaneni namaqabane ethu e-ecosystem ukuvula iindlela ezintsha zokukhula kunye nokukhusela ikamva leSaudi Arabia njengenkokeli yehlabathi kukhenketho kunye nokubhabha.
I-Saudia inothungelwano olubanzi lweendawo ezingaphezulu kwekhulu zokuya kumazwekazi amane, isebenzisa iinqwelo zayo ezincinci ze-143 ze-Boeing kunye ne-Airbus. Ngesicwangciso esinamabhongo sokwandisa iinqanawa zayo, i-airline ihlala izinikele ekuqaliseni iindawo ezintsha zamazwe ngamazwe, ezijolise ekudibaniseni ihlabathi noBukumkani. Eli nyathelo likwanegalelo ekuphunyezweni kweenjongo zeSaudi Vision 2030 kuwo wonke ukhenketho, ulonwabo, ezemali, ushishino, iHajj, kunye ne-Umrah.
