Etihad Airways, ʻO ka mokulele mokuʻāina o United Arab Emirates, ke hoʻomau nei i ke kūkulu ʻana i kona noho ʻana ma ʻApelika ma o kahi ʻaelike codeshare hou me kulula, ka mea lawe uku haʻahaʻa lanakila o ʻApelika Hema.
Hāʻawi ka codeshare i nā koho mokulele ʻo Etihad Airways i kekahi mau kūlanakauhale nui ma ʻApelika Hema e komo pū me Cape Town, Durban, George a me East London ma o Johannesburg.
E kau ʻo Etihad Airways i kāna code EY ma nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma waena o Johannesburg a me kēia mau kūlanakauhale kahakai kaulana. Hāʻawi kēia ʻaelike i ka poʻe malihini e komo i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻoili ukana i ko lākou wahi hope loa.
E kūʻai aku ana nā lawelawe codeshare hou mai ka lā 3 ʻOkakopa 2016, me ka huakaʻi mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papa kuhikuhi Northern Winter ma 30 ʻOkakopa.
ʻO ka ʻaelike me kulula e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokō ʻana o Etihad Airways i ʻApelika a lawe mai i ka huina o nā wahi e lawelawe ai ma ka ʻāina ʻē aʻe i 23 ma o kāna hui codeshare e noho nei me Kenya Airways, Royal Air Maroc, a me ka hoahana kaulike kaulike ʻo Air Seychelles.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Peter Baumgartner, Luna Hoʻokele o Etihad Airways: "He mokulele hou a lanakila ʻo kulula a ʻo kēia ʻaelike codeshare hou e hōʻike ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka Etihad Airways e hoʻoikaika i kā mākou hana ma ʻApelika. Ma o ka ʻaelike, e hāʻawi ʻo kulula i nā poʻe holo komo mai Johannesburg a i ʻehā mau wahi koʻikoʻi ma ke kahakai kaulana o ʻApelika Hema, a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au ʻo ka lōʻihi i hāʻawi ʻia ma o kēia hui ʻana e ʻoluʻolu i nā poʻe ʻoihana a me nā huakaʻi leʻaleʻa.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Erik Venter, Luna Nui o ka hui makua o kulula, ʻo Comair: “ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻohui ʻana iā Etihad Airways i kā mākou papa inoa ulu o nā hui mokulele hoʻolālā a hauʻoli i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā manawa hou e hoʻonui ai i ka pilina. Manaʻo mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku o Etihad Airways ma luna o kā mākou mau mokulele.
