Etihad Airways, Kamfanin jiragen sama na kasa da kasa na Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa, na ci gaba da gina kasancewarsa a Afirka ta hanyar wata sabuwar yarjejeniya ta codeshare da kulula, kamfanin bayar da lambar yabo ta Afirka ta Kudu.
Yarjejeniyar codeshare tana ba abokan cinikin Etihad Airways zaɓin jirgin sama zuwa manyan biranen Afirka ta Kudu da suka haɗa da Cape Town, Durban, George da Gabashin London ta hanyar Johannesburg.
Etihad Airways zai sanya lambar sa ta EY akan jirage na kulula tsakanin Johannesburg da waɗannan shahararrun biranen bakin teku. Wannan yarjejeniya tana ba baƙi damar shiga ta hanyar shiga da jigilar kaya zuwa wurinsu na ƙarshe.
Sabbin ayyukan codeshare za su ci gaba da siyarwa daga 3 ga Oktoba 2016, tare da tafiya daga farkon jadawalin lokacin sanyi na Arewa a ranar 30 ga Oktoba.
Yarjejeniyar da kulula ta karfafa himmar Etihad Airways ga Afirka kuma ya kawo adadin wuraren da yake hidima a fadin nahiyar zuwa 23 ta hanyar hadin gwiwar codeshare da yake da shi tare da Kenya Airways, Royal Air Maroc, da abokan huldar sahihanci na Air Seychelles.
Peter Baumgartner, babban jami'in kamfanin Etihad Airways, ya ce "kulula wani kamfani ne mai kirkire-kirkire kuma ya samu lambar yabo kuma wannan sabuwar yarjejeniya ta codeshare ta nuna yadda Etihad Airways ke da burin karfafa ayyukanmu a fadin Afirka. Ta hanyar yarjejeniyar, kulula za ta bai wa fasinjojin da ke shigowa kai tsaye daga Johannesburg zuwa wasu muhimman wurare guda hudu da ke gabar tekun Afirka ta Kudu, kuma na tabbata tsayin daka da aka bayar ta wannan kawancen zai jawo hankalin 'yan kasuwa da masu yawon shakatawa iri daya."
Erik Venter, Babban Jami'in kula da iyayen gidan kulula, Comair, ya ce: "Muna farin cikin kara Etihad Airways cikin jerin dabarun hadin gwiwar kamfanonin jiragen sama kuma muna farin cikin neman karin damammaki don fadada dangantakar. Muna sa ran karbar abokan cinikin Etihad Airways a cikin jiragen mu."
