I-WestJet namhlanje ibhengeze injongo yayo yokubuyisela iinqwelo-moya zayo ezingama-737 MAX kwinkonzo yabakhweli ngendlela enezigaba nebala. Izicwangciso zeenqwelo moya zilandela isibhengezo esivela kuThutho Canada (TC) nge-17 kaDisemba ngo-2020 apho iingcali zokhuseleko lwe-TC zaqinisekisa khona utshintsho kuyilo lwenqwelomoya kunye neemfuno ezichaziweyo kubaphathi beCanada.

Ukuqinisekiswa kweCanada yezothutho kulandele i-US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) ngoNovemba 18, 2020.

"Njengokuba siqhubeka nokusebenza noThutho Canada kwiimfuno ezongezelelweyo zaseCanada, i-MAX yethu yokuqala iya kuba ilungele ukubuyela ngokukhuselekileyo kwinkonzo ukusukela nge-21 kaJanuwari," utshilo uEd Sims, uMongameli we-WestJet kunye ne-CEO. "Ngelixa singenaso isiqinisekiso sokugqibela ukuba i-TC izakuyivula nini isithuba somoya saseCanada kwinqwelomoya ye-737 MAX, ngenjongo yokwenza izinto elubala sabelana ngeenjongo zethu zokubhabha sakube sifumene esi siqinisekiso."

“I-FAA, i-Arhente yoKhuselo loPhapho lweeNqwelo-moya kunye neminye imibutho emininzi elawulayo kwihlabathi lonke bachitha ngaphezulu konyaka behlola inqwelo moya ye-MAX ukubonelela ngotshintsho olucetyiswayo kwisoftware, uqeqesho lokuqhuba kunye neemfuno zolondolozo. Siqinisekile ngotshintsho abalugunyazisileyo, ”uqhubeke uSims. "Ngokukodwa, ukujongisisa ngabom, okuneenkcukacha kunye nokuzimela okusetyenziswe liqela leZothutho laseKhanada leSizwe lezoThutho, elichaze iimfuno ezongezelelweyo kwiinkqubo zokulinga kunye noqeqesho, linika ukuzithemba ngakumbi kwinqwelomoya kunye nokubuya kwayo ngokukhuselekileyo."

I-WestJet izakuthatha indlela enezigaba yokungena kwakhona kwiinqwelomoya ze-MAX eziqala ngeenqwelomoya zovavanyo ezingezozorhwebo ekulindeleke ukuba ziqale phakathi kuJanuwari. Nge-21 kaJanuwari, ngoku kulindelwe ukuvulwa kwezothutho eKhanada kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseCanada kwiinqwelomoya ze737 MAX, inqwelo moya yaceba ukuqhuba iinqwelomoya ezintathu ezijikelezayo, ngeveki, phakathi kweCalgary neToronto. Ishedyuli iya kuhlala ikho iiveki ezine, ngelixa ivavanya ezinye iindlela kunye namaxesha ongezelelweyo. I-WestJet ngoku isebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezintandathu zemihla ngemihla phakathi kwezi zixeko zibini.

"Sizinikezele ekubuyiseleni ukuzithemba kweendwendwe kule nqwelo-moya ngokusebenza kwethu ngokukhuselekileyo, ngelixa sinika elubala kunye nokuba bhetyebhetye kwezinye iindwendwe zethu," uqukumbele watsho uSims. "Siza kuza neendwendwe zethu apho zibhabha khona inqwelomoya ye-MAX, kwaye siya kuba bhetyebhetye notshintsho lwethu kunye nokucima umgaqo-nkqubo ukuqinisekisa ukuba iindwendwe zethu zinokwenza izicwangciso zabo zokuhamba ngokuzithemba."

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

“We will be forthcoming with our guests on where the MAX aircraft are flying, and we will be flexible with our change and cancel policy to ensure our guests can make their travel plans confidently.
“While we don’t have final confirmation on when TC will open Canadian airspace to the 737 MAX aircraft, in the interest of transparency we are sharing our intent to fly once this confirmation is received.
On January 21, pending Transport Canada’s reopening of the Canadian airspace to commercial flights for the 737 MAX, the airline plans to operate three roundtrip flights, per week, between Calgary and Toronto.