A South African Airways ayamba kukhazikitsa njira yopita ku Buenos Aires

South African Airways (SAA) ikhazikitsa njira yatsopano yopita ku Buenos Aires chaka chamawa ngati gawo la njira zokulirakulira,

Ndege zatsopano panjira yapakati pa Johannesburg ndi Buenos Aires ku Argentina zidzayamba pa Epulo 8, 2009 ndipo zizichitika kawiri pa sabata. Airbus A340-200 idzagwiritsidwa ntchito, ndipo ndege zidzanyamuka Lachitatu ndi Lamlungu nthawi ya 09:50 kuchokera ku Johannesburg kufika ku Buenos Aires nthawi ya 16:30.

Ndege zidzanyamuka tsiku lomwelo kuchokera ku Buenos Aires nthawi ya 18:30 kuti ifike m'mawa wotsatira nthawi ya 08:55 pa eyapoti ya OR Tambo International ku Johannesburg. SAA idzawonjezera utumiki wachitatu Lachisanu kuyambira July 2009 kupita mtsogolo. Apaulendo adayamba kusungitsa matikiti opita ku Buenos Aires kuyambira Novembara 28, 2008.

Njira yopita ku Buenos Aires idzathandizana ndi ntchito ya SAA ya ku South America yomwe ilipo tsiku lililonse ku São Paulo ku Brazil ndipo idzadyetsa ndege za ndege kuchokera ku Johannesburg kupita ku Africa, komanso ku Asia ndi Australia.

"Kuchokera ku Johannesburg, apaulendo amatha kuwuluka mosavuta ndi SAA kupita kumadera aku South Africa monga Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth ndi East London, komanso kumadera 19 a ku Africa. SAA imapereka chitetezo kwa apaulendo, kudalirika, kusunga nthawi komanso ntchito zabwino zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri kwa makasitomala athu," inatero SAA m'mawu ake.

Kuonjezeranso malo achiwiri ku South America kumalimbitsa malo a ndege monga chonyamulira chomwe chimakondedwa pakati pa South America ndi Asia. “Tili ndi chikhulupiriro chakuti powonjezera mipando yambiri pamsika tidzakwaniritsa zofuna zamphamvu zochokera ku makontinenti onse omwe akufuna kupindula ndi nthawi yaifupi yowuluka ndi ntchito zapamwamba kudzera ku South Atlantic route,” mkulu wa SAA Khaya Ngqula anatero.

"Buenos Aires ndi msika wabwino kwambiri wa SAA, womwe umapereka kulumikizana kwabwino kumwera konse kwa South America, ndikuwonjezera malo athu odziwika bwino komanso otchuka kwambiri ku Sao Paulo ndi kulumikizana kwake ndi mizinda yayikulu kumpoto kwa South America ndi Central America. ,” Ngqula anawonjezera.

Pakadali pano, SAA yakumana ndi kufunikira kwakukulu panjira yake ya Sao Paulo, yomwe pakadali pano ndi malo okhawo omwe amapita ku South America. Njira ya Buenos Aires idzakhazikika pa kupambana kwa njira iyi, kulola SAA kuti ithandize kuyenda kwa magalimoto kum'mwera kwa dziko lapansi. Kukambitsirana kukuchitikanso ndi ndege za Lan Chile ndi Aeromexico zokhuza mgwirizano wamtsogolo.

Kukula kwa njira ya Buenos Aires kumagwirizana ndi masomphenya a SAA oti akhale ndege yaku Africa yofikira padziko lonse lapansi. Idzakhala njira yoyamba ya SAA potsatira ndondomeko yakuya komanso yofunikira yokonzanso ndegeyo.

"Njira zokonzanso za SAA zidakali m'kati, ndipo zidzatha mu March 2009, koma zagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri ku bungwe pochepetsa ndalama ndi kukulitsa ndalama. Ndalama zonse za R1-biliyoni zinachotsedwa ndipo ndalamazo zidakula ndi 9 peresenti kufika ku South Africa Rand22.26billion mu 2007/08, ndi kukula kwa ndalama zomwe zikuyembekezeka kupitiliranso zomwe zidakhazikitsidwa chaka chino.

"Tsopano tili pomwe tingaganizire za kukula kuti tikhazikitse SAA mtsogolo. Mapulani otukula pano akumalizidwa kuti akwaniritsidwe m’chaka chatsopano chandalama monga Epulo 2009. Mapulani awa adzawonjezera pa zomwe tapeza pokonzanso m’malo mokhazikitsa SAA pa njira yatsopano,” adatero Ngqula.

SAA ndiye chonyamulira chachikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi ku Africa, chokhala ndi ndege zopitilira 60. Kuchokera pamalo ake ku Johannesburg, South Africa, chonyamuliracho chimagwira ntchito panjira zopita ku makontinenti onse asanu.