Isango eliselunxwemeni laseKrabi, eThailand, namhlanje lamkele inqwelomoya yokuqala yeQatar Airways ukuba ifike kwisikhululo senqwelomoya samazwe aphesheya ukusuka eDoha, Qatar.
I-Airbus A330-200 yamkelwe sisibuliso samanzi ukuze ingenise inkonzo entsha kane ngeveki kunxweme olusentshona lweThailand. Kwinqwelo-moya yokuqala yayiyi-Qatar Airways iSekela likaMongameli we-Asia Pacific, uMnu. Marwan Koleilat, kunye no-Ambassador waseThailand eQatar, uMhlonishwa uMnu. Soonthorn Chaiyindeepum.
With the launch of this new service Qatar Airways has become the first Middle Eastern airline to provide scheduled services to Krabi, providing fast and convenient access to one of the world’s most popular tourism regions. Travelers can now enjoy year-round services to the incredible islands of Phi Phi National Park, while also enjoying other cultural experiences in the Southern Thai province famous for stunning land and seascapes, world-class diving, national parks and eco-tours.
I-Qatar Airways engu-Sekela Mongameli we-Asia Pacific, Mnu. Marwan Koleilat, uthe: “Ndinovuyo ukukwazi ukuvula inkonzo yokuqala eKrabi, ukubonelela abahambi abasuka kwiimarike eziphambili ngokufikelela ngqo eKrabi nakwiindawo ezishushu zezokhenketho zommandla - ngokungathandabuzekiyo ezinye kwezona ndawo zidumileyo nezifunwayo emva kohambo ehlabathini. I-Thailand ihlala iyimarike ebalulekileyo yeQatar Airways njengoko siqhubeka nokuphonononga iindawo eziphambili eziziisekondari ukulungiselela ngcono umhambi wehlabathi. Iindwendwe ngoku zinokonwabela inkonzo yokuphumelela amabhaso eQatar Airways kwelinye lamanqanawa amancinci kweli shishini xa sibhabha kunye saya eKrabi, Thailand.
"Ukongeza, inkonzo entsha eya eKrabi ivulela indawo yokuhlala abantu baseKrabi nakwingingqi yayo kwaye ndingathanda ukubulela abantu baseThai ngenkxaso yabo kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo."
Ummandla wase-Thai wase-Krabi yiphondo elinobuhle obumangalisayo bendalo, enezakhiwo ezincamathelayo zelitye lekalika ezisingatha iindawo ezininzi eziselunxwemeni. Lo mmandla ulikhaya leTiger Cave Temple eyaziwayo, ulwandle i-Railay. Ko Poda, Khao Phanom Bencha National Park kunye Ko Lanta Yai; Ukudibanisa ukutsala inani elikhulu labakhenkethi abafuna ilanga minyaka le.
IGunya lezoKhenketho kwiRhuluneli yaseThailand, uMnu. Yuthasak Supasorn, uthe: “Sinqwenela ukuvakalisa ulwamkelo lwethu ngobubele kwiQatar Airways nendlela yayo entsha phakathi kweKrabi neDoha. Enkosi kuphehlelelo lwendlela entsha; I-Thailand ngoku inonxibelelwano olungcono kwihlabathi. IKrabi yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo eThailand; emi kuLwandle lweAndaman kunxweme olusemazantsi-ntshona ityebile ngamanxweme aneeperile, amanzi aguqukayo, iingqaqa zekorale, iingxangxasi kunye nemiqolomba yendalo. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iThailand yafumana ngaphezulu kwe-39,000 yabakhenkethi abavela eQatar kwaye ngale ndlela intsha, silindele ukufika kwabakhenkethi abaninzi kwiminyaka ezayo. Le ndlela intsha ikwanika unxibelelwano olukhulu kubahambi abavela kwezinye iindawo ze-GCC, kuMbindi Mpuma, eYurophu naseAfrika. ”
I-Krabi iba yindawo yesithathu e-Thailand esebenzela i-Qatar Airways. Ukulandela inkonzo yokuvulwa kweBangkok kwi1996, iQatar Airways yasungula iinkonzo ePhuket e2010 kwaye izakuqala iinkonzo eChiang Mai kwi2017.
I-Qatar Airways, inqwelomoya yesizwe yelizwe lase-Qatar, yenye yezona nqwelo-moya zikhula ngokukhawuleza kwimbali yophapho, edibanisa abahambi behlabathi kwishishini eliphambili elingaphezulu kwe-150 kunye neendawo zolonwabo kumazwekazi amathandathu. Abahambi bayakonwabela ukuhanjiswa okukhawulezayo nokulungeleyo kwindawo ye-airline-of-the-art hub, kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseHamad eDoha.
Abahambi abanqwenela ukuqhuba uhambo lwabo ukuya kumava okuma, banokusebenzisa i-visa yeeyure ezingama-96 zokuhamba ezinikezelwa ngentsebenziswano neGunya lezoKhenketho laseQatar. Ukuhamba kwabagibeli banokuphonononga izinto ezahlukeneyo ezinokubonelelwa nguDoha- ukusuka kwiZiko loLondolozo lweMbali lamaSilamsi ukuya kwiNdawo yeNkcubeko yaseKatara okanye i-safaris yasentlango ukuya kwisixeko esixineneyo nesixubeneyo.
Ukongeza kwinkonzo yokuvula iKrabi, iQatar Airways iyaqhubeka nokwandisa ukufikelela kwayo kwilizwe liphela. Kwi-2016 kuphela, iQatar Airways ikwazise iinkonzo eAdelaide (Australia), Atlanta (USA), Birmingham (UK), Boston (USA), Helsinki, (Finland), Los Angeles (USA), Marrakech (Morocco), Pisa (Italy) ), Ras Al Khaimah (UAE), eSydney (Australia), Windhoek (Namibia) naseYerevan (Armenia). Iinkonzo eziya eSeychelles ziya kulandela kamva kule nyanga.
