UMhlekazi uRichard Branson kufuneka abe yindoda enebhongo njengoko wayethatha ukuhanjiswa kweBoeing 777-300 ER entsha egameni lenqwelomoya yakhe yase-Australia, iV Australia. Le yi-777-300ER yokuqala ukuya kwi-airline yase-Australia kunye neyesibini neyesithathu i-777 ngenxa yokuhanjiswa kwiiveki ezizayo.
I-V Australia iyakusungula iinkonzo ze-trans-pacific nge-27 Feb. xa i-V Australia yokuqala isuka kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Sydney's Kingsford Smith isingise e-Los Angeles kwiphondo kwaye iinqwelomoya ziya kunyuka kwaye nge-20 Matshi ziya kuba yimihla ngemihla. Inqwelomoya yesibini entsha iqala nge-08 kuTshazimpuzi xa iV Australia isungula inqwelomoya yaseBrisbane isiya eLos Angeles ngeyesithathu isuka eMelbourne iqala ekuhambeni kwethuba enyakeni.
Iinqwelomoya ziya kuthwala ukuya kutsho kuma-361 abakhweli kulungiselelo lweeklasi ezintathu: Ishishini, iPremium Economy and Economy class kunye neempawu zobugcisa kwiinkqubo zokuzonwabisa ngenqwelomoya.
Uhlomle u-Stan Deal we-Boeing “Lusuku oluhle ukubona le 777-300ER ithatha umsebenzi owawuyilelwe, iV Australia iya kuba yeyokuqala ngeenkonzo ezingama-777 kwindlela yaseSydney ukuya eLos Angeles-kanye isizathu sokuba sakhe inqwelomoya. Sivuyisana ne-V Australia ngendima yayo yombono.”
Ukuqaliswa kweV Australia kuye kwalibaziseka kakhulu ngenxa yengxabano yezoshishino eyachaphazela ukuveliswa kwe-777, i-airline yayicebe ekuqaleni ukuqalisa ukuhamba nge-Autumn yokugqibela.
Ngezi nkonzo zintsha Virgin unokuqhayisa ukuba iye yaba airline yehlabathi ngokwenene.
Iza kukhuphisana njani i-V Australia ngokuchasene nokuthandwa kweQantas ebhabha i-Airbus A380 idekhi ephindwe kabini okanye i-United Airlines ende esekiweyo. Ewe ukuba umatshini wokuthengisa weVirgin ucofa kwigiya ephezulu uya kwenza kakuhle kakhulu enkosi. Ngokweengxelo zeendaba uMhlekazi uRichard ucinga ukuba ukhuphiswano oluvela e-United lunokuba lufutshane.
Imodeli enexabiso eliphantsi yenkampani engudade iVirgin Blue iqeshiwe kwaye kukho iintengiso zokwenyani ekufuneka zibe nazo okwangoku. Umzekelo iQantas ibonelela ngexabiso eliphantsi ukusuka kwiSYD ukuya kwi-LAX ngaphezulu kwe-AU$2100 ngelixa iV Australia ibonelela ngohambo olufanayo lokuya nokubuya nge-AU$ 975. Umyalezo ke ngoko ucacile……bhala ngoku kwaye ubeke imali eninzi.
