Ngaphandle kobukho boMoya waseKorea kunye neTshayina esemaZantsi, umanyano iSkyteam luyaqhubeka nokusilela ukubonakala e-Asiya, uluvo olubonakala ngathi alumkholisi uPierre Gourgeon, umongameli kunye ne-CEO yeAir France-KLM, eqhuba umanyano.
Ayisiyonyani le! Sinobukho obomeleleyo eKorea, eJapan nase China, ngakumbi namaqabane ethu I-Korean Air ne China Southern Airlines, utshilo kwinkomfa yoonondaba ebiseParis. Nangona kunjalo, uyakhawuleza ukuqonda ukuba iSkyteam ihlala ibuthathaka kwiimarike ezinje ngeAsia Asia (India) kunye mpuma mpuma Asia.
Unyaka ka-2010 kufuneka uzise utshintsho olwamkelekileyo. UGourgeon uqinisekisa ukuba iVietnam Airlines izakungena kumanyano ngonyaka olandelayo inceda iSkyteam ukuba igubungele ngokubanzi mpuma mpuma Asiya kuzo zombini iindawo zaseVietnam eHo Chi Minh City naseHanoi. Iinqwelo-moya zaseVietnam ngoku zibandakanyeka kwinkqubo yala maxesha ngaphambi kokuba ibe lilungu elisemthethweni ngoJuni ka-2010. Ukusukela ngo-2007, inqwelo-moya iyalele i-Airbus A-36, ii-Airbus A-321 350XWB ezimbini, iBoeing B900 Dreamliners, kunye ne-16 ATR 787. Phakathi Ngo-Novemba, inqwelomoya yabhengeza iinjongo zayo zokufumana iiAirbus A11 ezine ngesivumelwano esigqityiweyo kwikota yokuqala yowama-72. ezilithoba. Ilindele ukuphindaphinda kathathu inani lezithuthi kunye nenani labakhweli ngo-380.
Uthungelwano lwenqwelomoya lucwangciswe kwakhona ukunciphisa ixesha lokuhamba kunye nokuphucula ukuhanjiswa kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseHCM, kwaye kutshanje inyuse inani leenqwelo moya zayo ngeveki ukuya eParis CDG, eyona ndawo iphambili yeAir France-KLM eYurophu. Iinqwelo-moya zaseVietnam ngoku zihamba izihlandlo ezisibhozo ngeveki, zinyuka ngamaza amabini. IYurophu imele ingeniso ye- € 165 yezigidi ngonyaka we-2008 ngeenqwelomoya ezintathu ezaya eRashiya, eJamani naseFrance. "Ngoku sisebenza sonke kunye ukuzisa inkqubo ye-Vietnam Airlines IT kumgangatho weSkyteam", utshilo uGourgeon.
Iqabane elitsha eliza kuqinisekiswa ngokusesikweni kungekudala ngumphathi wesizwe wase-Indonesia uGaruda. "Siyavuya kakhulu ukuxhasa u-Garuda, iqabane lethu elide e-Asia," ucacisile uPeter Hartman, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-KLM. “Kwintlanganiso yethu ephelileyo, sithathe isigqibo sokuxhasa inkqubo kaGaruda kwi-Skyteam ngokudibeneyo neKorea Air kunye neDelta Air Lines. Ndiyakholelwa, nangona kunjalo, ukuba le nkqubo izakuthatha unyaka de uGaruda angene ngokusemthethweni, ”ucacisile. Unyaka ka-2011 ukwabonwa njengosuku lokungena olunokubakho ngabaphathi bakaGaruda njengoko kuqinisekiswe kutshanje kuphela eTurboNews ngu-Emirsyah Satar, umongameli kunye ne-CEO yeGaruda. “Ngokukhawuleza, kungcono. Ngoku sisebenzela ekuphuculeni inkqubo yethu yokubeka indawo kwaye sijonge ukwandisa iinqwelo-moya zethu ukusuka kwiinqwelomoya ezingama-66 ukuya kwezili-116 ngowama-2014”, utshilo uSatar.
I-Air France ikwajonga ngokusondeleyo kwiJapan Airlines. Ukuva malunga nobunzima bezezimali beenqwelomoya, iAir France-KLM ijoyine iDelta Air Lines kunye neSkyteam ukubhida i-US $ 1.02 yezigidigidi zepaki yemali ukugcina inqwelo moya. Isindululo esenziwe nguDelta kunye neSkyTeam kubandakanya, phakathi kwezinye izinto, i-US $ 500 yezigidi zeenaliti ezivela kwi-SkyTeam kunye ne-US $ 300 yezigidi zeerandi ezivela kwi-Delta. Umphathi waseJapan usandula ukufumana imvume kurhulumente yemali mboleko malunga ne-yen 100 yezigidigidi kwiBhanki yoPhuhliso yaseJapan yemali mboleko yokuzigcina isebenza emva kokunikwa igunya ngurhulumente. UGourgeon uhlala elumkile malunga nesiphumo. “Andinakuthetha ngakumbi ngayo. Konke kuxhomekeke kwiziphumo zeengxoxo phakathi kukarhulumente waseJapan kunye nolawulo lweJAL. Okwangoku asazi ukuba urhulumente wase-Japan uyakuvumela ukungena komntu ophethe ilizwe langaphandle kubunini be-JAL, utshilo.
E-Indiya, iAir France ibonakala ngathi iyishiyile okwethutyana umbono wokudibana nomphathi waseIndiya. "Imakethi yohambo lomoya kungokunje kunzima kakhulu kunamathuba ambalwa amahle okufumana iqabane," utshilo uGourgeon ngononophelo.
