I-Singapore Airlines ibhengeze kule veki ukuba iqeshe abaqhubi beenqwelo moya bayo bokuqala, ababhinqileyo ababini ababebanjwe njengabaqhubi beenqwelomoya ngo-Agasti. Phambi kokuthatha ulawulo lwenqwelomoya, kuya kufuneka bagqibe uqeqesho eSingapore naseOstreliya kule minyaka mibini ukuya mithathu izayo.

Isithethi se-SIA u-Nicholas Ionides utyhile ukuba i-airline ayinazo iithagethi ngokubhekisele kwinani labasetyhini abafuna ukuliqesha. Siza kuthatha nabani na onobuchule, utshilo. Amahlakani eSilkAir naseScoot sele eqeshe abaqhubi beenqwelo moya, kodwa le yeyokuqala yenqwelomoya.

Ngokubanzi, malunga neepesenti ezintlanu zabaqhubi beenqwelo moya ngabafazi, ngokwe-International Society of Women Airline Pilots, kodwa intshukumo ye-Singapore Airlines sisalathiso sokuba izinto ziyatshintsha.

I-Asiya ijongene ne-100 lezigidi zabakhenkethi abatsha minyaka le, kwaye iinqwelomoya ezininzi zifuna abaqhubi beenqwelomoya kwaye zithengisa ngqo kwabasetyhini ukuhlangabezana nemfuno. Kukho ibango elikhulu kangaka lokuhlangabezana nokukhula ekufuneka inyanzeliswe kwisini, uSherry Carbary, usekela-mongameli weenkonzo zenqwelomoya zeBoeing Co, uxelele iBloomberg.

IBritish Airways sele inefoto yomqhubi wasetyhini kwiwebhusayithi yayo yokuqesha, i-EVA Air iyaqesha kwiiyunivesithi zaseTaiwan, kwaye iVietnam Airlines Corp. yenza iishedyuli zomsebenzi eziqwalasele iimfuno zobomi bosapho.

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