I-Cathay Pacific Airways, inkampani yezindiza ezinze e-Hong Kong, kanye ne-Lufthansa Group, iqembu lezindiza ezihamba phambili eYurophu, bazonikeza abagibeli babo izindiza ezikhethiwe ngaphansi kwenombolo yendiza yozakwethu esikhathini esizayo (ukwabelana ngekhodi). Kumakhasimende eLufthansa Group, lokhu kuzothuthukisa kakhulu ukuxhumana okutholakalayo kusuka e-Hong Kong kuya e-Australia naseNew Zealand. Isivumelwano esihambisanayo sisayinwe namuhla ngu-Ivan Chu, oyisikhulu esiphezulu seCathay Pacific Airways kanye noCarsten Spohr, uSihlalo weBhodi Eliphethe kanye no-CEO weDeutsche Lufthansa AG.
Ngenxa yalokhu kubambisana ne-Cathay Pacific, i-Lufthansa, i-Swiss International Air Lines (i-Swiss) kanye ne-Austrian Airlines (yase-Austrian) bazokwazi ukunikeza abagibeli babo izindawo ezine ezintsha e-Australia naseNew Zealand njengezindiza ezixhumanisa i-Hong Kong, kusukela zingama-26 kuMbasa wezi-2017.
Abagibeli abafika e-Hong Kong besuka eFrankfurt, eMunich, eVienna naseZurich bazokwazi ukudlulisela ngaphandle komthungo ekuxhumekeni okukhethiwe kwe-Cathay Pacific nangokubhuka okukodwa nje. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abagibeli bangabheka imithwalo yabo baze bafike lapho beya khona ekugcineni kunoma yimuphi umzila wase-Cathay futhi baqoqe amamayela kumasegimenti endiza eyabelana ngekhodi.
Izindawo ezintsha zokuya ngeHong Kong zimi kanje:
NgeLufthansa, iSwitzerland kanye ne-Austrian ngeHong Kong kuya
Sydney
Melbourne
I-Cairns
Auckland
Ngokulandelayo, abagibeli baseCathay Pacific bangafinyelela ngaphansi kwezinombolo zendiza ye-Cathay Pacific ezindaweni eziyishumi nane ezihlukene zaseLufthansa, eSwitzerland nase-Austrian ngamathikithi abo, ngaleyo ndlela bandise izinketho zabo zezindiza ezikhona ze-Cathay Pacific eziya eFrankfurt, eDusseldorf naseZurich.
U-Ivan Chu, Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-Cathay Pacific Airways, uthe: “Lesi sivumelwano esisha sokwabelana ngekhodi sizonikeza abagibeli baseCathay Pacific ukuxhumana okuthuthukisiwe ezindaweni eziya ezwekazini laseYurophu ngezindiza eziqhutshwa yiLufthansa, iSwiss kanye ne-Austrian Airlines ngokusebenzisa amasango ethu eFrankfurt, eDusseldorf naseZurich. Ngaso leso sikhathi, amakhasimende eLufthansa Group asuka e-Europe aye eNingizimu-ntshonalanga Pacific azokwazi ukufinyelela kalula izindiza eziya e-Australia naseNew Zealand ngokusebenzisa isikhungo sethu esikhulu e-Hong Kong.”
UCarsten Spohr, uSihlalo weBhodi Eliphethe kanye ne-CEO yeLufthansa Group, uthe: “I-Cathay Pacific Airways kanye ne-Lufthansa Group, amaqembu amabili ahamba phambili kwezokundiza emhlabeni, akha ubudlelwano obuqand'ikhanda. Ngijabule kakhulu ngoba kuqinisa inethiwekhi yethu yomhlaba wonke yobambiswano lwamasu futhi ithuthukisa nakakhulu ukunikezwa kwezinkampani zethu zezindiza emizileni yase-Asia ukuze sizuze abagibeli bethu. Isivumelwano sokwabelana ngekhodi kanye nesivumelwano sendiza esivamile phakathi kwe-Lufthansa, i-Austrian Airlines, i-Swiss International Air Lines kanye ne-Cathay Pacific Airways iletha izinzuzo kubagibeli babo bonke ozakwethu, ngoba amanethiwekhi emizila ezinkampani zezindiza ahambisana kahle. Ukusebenzisana ne-Cathay Pacific kungesinye isisekelo esibalulekile sokwakha isu lethu lase-Asia futhi kwenezela amabhizinisi ahlanganyelwe akhona ne-All Nippon Airways, Singapore Airlines kanye ne-Air China kanye nabanye ozakwethu be-Star Alliance e-Asia.”
Izinkampani ezingaphansi kwe-Cathay Pacific Cargo kanye ne-Lufthansa Cargo ezithwala impahla ngendiza zisayine isivumelwano sokusebenzisana emuva ngoMeyi 2016 futhi, kusukela ngoFebhuwari 2017, bebelokhu bemaketha ngokuhlanganyela amakhono abo ezindizeni eziphakathi kwe-Hong Kong ne-Europe. I-Cathay Pacific Cargo iphinde yathatha imisebenzi ye-Lufthansa Cargo yokuphatha impahla yendiza e-Hong Kong kanye ne-Lufthansa leyo yase-Cathay Pacific e-Frankfurt. Ukuthunyelwa okuhlanganyelwe okuvela e-Europe kuya e-Hong Kong kuhlelwa kusukela ngo-2018.
