(eTN) - Kamora tšebelisano e tsoelang pele lipakeng tsa sefofane sa naha sa Abu Dhabi, Etihad (EY) le KLM/Air France ea mega ea Europe, ha ho makatse, ntle le nako, hore Etihad e se e saenetse tumellano e pharalletseng ea codeshare le. Kenya Airways (KQ), molekane oa SkyTeam eo KLM e bileng le seabo se seholo ho tloha ka 1996 ha KQ e ne e etsoa praefete.
Etihad Airways le Kenya Airways li phatlalalitse thapameng ena Abu Dhabi hore KQ e tla qala lifofane tse eang Abu Dhabi ho qala ka Phuptjane selemong sena, qalong tse tharo ka beke ka ho arolelana khoutu hang-hang ts'ebeletso ea letsatsi le letsatsi ea Etihad lipakeng tsa Abu Dhabi le Nairobi. Ho makatsang leha ho le joalo ke boholo ba tumellano e seng e entsoe, kaha lifofane tse arolelanoang li ke ke tsa akaretsa feela likarolo tse lipakeng tsa Nairobi le Abu Dhabi empa li fetela ka nqane, ka bobeli, ha Etihad e fumana monyetla oa ho fihlella marang-rang a KQ a Afrika ha Kenya Airways le eona e rua molemo. phihlello ea libaka tse 32 ho netweke ea EY ho ea India, Boroa le Asia Leboea, le Australia, ho fa bapalami ba bona boleng bo boholo bakeng sa botšepehi ba bona ba nang le libaka tse ngata, lifofane tse ngata, le menyetla e mengata ea ho fumana chelete ea lik'hilomithara tse ngata moo lifofane ka bobeli li seng li ntse li sebetsa ikamahanya le ho kopanya mananeo a bona a khafetsa a flier (FFPs).
Leha ho le joalo, e ne e ke ke ea netefatsoa hang-hang, empa ho lebelletsoe haholo, hore tumellano ena e saenneng e kanna ea ba selelekela sa tšebelisano e haufi lipakeng tsa Air Seychelles - moo Etihad e nang le karolo ea 40 lekholong mme e fana ka taolo - le Kenya Airways ho butle-butle eketsa lifofane tse ling lipakeng tsa Nairobi le Mahe. Hona joale lifofane tse tharo ka beke li tsamaisoa ke Kenya Airways empa codeshare le HM e se e fumaneha ho fa sefofane sa naha sa Seychelles monyetla o moholoanyane oa ho fihla k'honthinenteng ea Afrika, moo KQ e ka fanang ka likhokahano tse se nang moeli ho litoropo tse ngata tsa Afrika, le qetellong ea se latelang. selemo ha e le hantle lihlooho tsohle tsa khoebo le tsa lipolotiki ha lifofane tse ngata li tla moleng.
Ena ke mofuta o mong hape oa mofuta oa The Pride of Africa kamora ho saena libekeng le likhoeling tse sa tsoa feta litumellano tse ts'oanang le Vietnam Airlines le China Eastern kamora ts'ebetso e arolelanoang le Korea Air. Hona joale KQ e na le balekane ba 18 ba li-codeshare ho tsoa lefats'eng ka bophara ha ho ntse ho tsejoa hore Etihad e se e sebelisana le lifofane tse 42 lefatšeng ka bophara. Dr. Titus Naikuni, Mookameli oa Sehlopha le CEO oa Kenya Airways ketsahalong eo: "Tumellano ena e ncha ea codeshare ke nts'etsopele ea bohlokoa bakeng sa Kenya Airways e re nolofalletsang ho fa bapalami ba rona monyetla oa ho fumana motse-moholo oa UAE le ho ea pele. marangrang a pharaletseng a Etihad Airways."
James Hogan, Mopresidente oa Etihad Airways, o ile a araba ka ho re: "Tumellano ea tšebelisano 'moho le Kenya Airways e tsamaellana le leano la rona la ho theha lilekane le lifofane ho pota lefatše ho ntlafatsa marang-rang a rona le phihlello ea papatso. Selemong se fetileng re ile ra thakhola lits'ebeletso tse ncha ho la Tripoli, Nairobi le Lagos, 'me lilemong tse hlano tse fetileng re ekelitse litšebeletso tsa rona Afrika ho feta habeli, ho bonts'a bohlokoa bo ntseng bo eketseha ba kontinente. Ka nako eona eo re tsamaisitse bapalami ba ka bang limilione tse tharo lipakeng tsa Afrika le UAE, le libaka tsa bohlokoa ho pholletsa le marang-rang a rona. ”
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- What is surprising though is the extent of the deal now inked, as the codeshared flights will not just cover the sectors between Nairobi and Abu Dhabi but go way beyond, both ways, with Etihad gaining access to KQ's Africa network while Kenya Airways in turn gains access to 32 destinations in the EY network to India, South and North Asia, and Australia, giving their passengers yet greater value for their loyalty with more destinations, more flights, and more opportunities to earn frequent flyer miles where both airlines are already working to align and integrate their respective frequent flier programs (FFPs).
- Presently three flights a week are operated by Kenya Airways but a codeshare with HM is now within reach to give the Seychelles national airline greater access to the African continent, where KQ can provide seamless connections to most capitals in Africa, and by the end of next year in fact all commercial and political capitals as more aircraft come on line.
- It could not be immediately confirmed though, but it is very much anticipated, that this deal now signed may also be a precursor for a closer cooperation between Air Seychelles – in which Etihad holds a 40 percent share and provides the management – and Kenya Airways to progressively add more flights between Nairobi and Mahe.
