Etihad Airways, kampani ya ndege ya dziko la United Arab Emirates, ikupitirizabe kukhalapo mu Africa kudzera mu mgwirizano watsopano wa codeshare ndi kulula, South Africa yopambana mphoto yotsika mtengo.
Mgwirizano wa codeshare umapatsa makasitomala a Etihad Airways njira zaulendo wandege kupita kumizinda ingapo yayikulu ku South Africa yomwe imaphatikizapo Cape Town, Durban, George ndi East London kudzera ku Johannesburg.
Etihad Airways iyika nambala yake ya EY pamaulendo apandege a kulula pakati pa Johannesburg ndi mizinda yotchuka ya m'mphepete mwa nyanjayi. Mgwirizanowu umalola alendo kuti azitha kulowa komanso kusamutsira katundu komwe akupita.
Ntchito zatsopano za codeshare zidzagulitsidwa kuyambira 3 October 2016, ndi maulendo kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa ndondomeko ya Kumpoto kwa Zima pa 30 October.
Panganoli ndi kulula likulimbitsa kudzipereka kwa Etihad Airways ku Africa ndipo likubweretsa chiwerengero chonse cha madera omwe akupita ku kontinenti yonse kufika pa 23 kudzera mu mgwirizano womwe ulipo kale ndi Kenya Airways, Royal Air Maroc, ndi strategic equity partner Air Seychelles.
Peter Baumgartner, Mkulu wa Etihad Airways, anati: “kulula ndi kampani yandege yotsogola komanso yopambana mphoto ndipo mgwirizano watsopano wa codeshare ukuwonetsa zomwe Etihad Airways ikufuna kulimbikitsa ntchito zathu ku Africa konse. Kupyolera mu mgwirizanowu, kulula kupatsa anthu okwera ndege mwayi wolowera kuchokera ku Johannesburg kupita kumadera anayi odziwika bwino m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku South Africa, ndipo ndikutsimikiza kuti kufalikira komwe kudzaperekedwa kudzera mumgwirizanowu kudzasangalatsanso apaulendo abizinesi ndi osangalala.
Erik Venter, Chief Executive Officer wa kampani ya makolo a kulula, Comair, adati: "Ndife okondwa kuwonjezera Etihad Airways pamndandanda wathu womwe ukukula wamagwirizano oyendetsera ndege ndipo tili okondwa kupeza mwayi wowonjezera ubalewu. Tikuyembekezera kulandira makasitomala a Etihad Airways m'ndege zathu. "
