I-United Airlines (UAL) iphinde yaqala inkonzo yayo yokuqala engamisiyo ukuya nokubuya eHong Kong nge-6 kaMatshi, iphawula inkonzo yokuqala yenqwelomoya yabakhweli ephuma esixekweni ukusukela oko waqala ubhubhane. Inkonzo yemihla ngemihla ye-United engapheliyo ukusuka eHong Kong (HKG) ukuya ISan Francisco (SFO) idibanisa ngokuthe ngqo Hong Kong abahambi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sikhulu kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwi-US West Coast, kunye nezixeko ezininzi e-US, eCanada, eMexico naseLatin America vis hub yayo.
Ngomhla wesi-6 kuMatshi kwisango lokusuka le-UA862 yenqwelomoya e-United States kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHong Kong, uWalter Dias, umlawuli wengingqi yentengiso ye-Greater China kunye ne-Southeast Asia, kunye no-Consul General Gregory May we-Consulate yase-US babhiyozele ukubuya kwenkonzo engapheliyo yaseSan Francisco. ukuya eHong Kong ngokwenza amagqabantshintshi ngaphambi kokuba abakhweli bakhwele inqwelomoya.
Walter Dias, United Airlines' Umlawuli wengingqi weentengiso kwi-Greater China, Korea kunye ne-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia, uthe, "Kulo nyaka i-United ibhiyozela iminyaka engama-40 eHong Kong kwaye siyavuya ukukwazi ukubuyela kule ntengiso ibalulekileyo. Sijonge phambili kakhulu ekwamkeleni abathengi baseHong Kong kwinkonzo yethu yeHKG-SFO kwakhona. Abathengi abahamba besuka eHong Kong besiya e-US baya kufumana uqhagamshelo olulula, olulula kwindawo yethu yaseSan Francisco ukuya kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwama-70 e-US, eKhanada naseLatin America. Sikwajonge phambili ekuziseni abathengi bethu abathembekileyo kuMntla Merika kwisixeko esinyakazelayo saseHong Kong!”
Ummeli uGregory May we-US Consulate uthe, “Sibona ukuqaliswa kwakhona kwenkonzo ye-United Airlines engayekiyo eSan Francisco njengenyathelo elikhulu ekubuyiseleni inkonzo yenqwelo moya yase-US eHong Kong emva kweminyaka emithathu ecela umngeni. Kwezi nyanga zizayo, sizimisele ukwamkela iindwendwe ezingakumbi ezisuka eHong Kong size sidibanise abakhweli abasuka ngaphaya kweAsia Pacific ukuya eUnited States.”
I-United iphinde yaqinisekisa ukuzibophelela kwayo kwimarike yaseHong Kong apho inqwelomoya ibhiyozela iminyaka engama-40 kulo nyaka.
Inkonzo yaseHong Kong-San Francisco yaseUnited
Inqwelomoya i-UA862 iya kushiya i-HKG yonke imihla ngo-12:20 pm kwaye iza kufika nge-SFO ngo-8:45 kusasa kwangalo mini. Inqwelomoya ebuyayo, i-UA877, iya kumka kwi-SFO yonke imihla ngo-10:40 pm kwaye iya kufika e-HKG ngo-6:00 am kwiintsuku ezimbini kamva.
Zonke iinqwelomoya ziya kusebenzisa iBoeing 777-300ER inqwelomoya.
