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Inothi Lomhleli: Bhalisela Ukuvula Umhlaba, iphephandaba lamasonto onke le-CNN Travel. Thola izindaba mayelana nokuvulwa kwezindawo, ugqozi lokuzidela okuzayo, kanye nokwakamuva kwezokundiza, ukudla neziphuzo, ukuthi ungahlala kuphi nokunye ukuthuthukiswa kohambo.
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Yizinto zamaphupho amabi. Uzama ukuya ndawana thize, usulungisile futhi wahlela futhi wenza konke okusemandleni akho nokho ugcina usubuyela lapho oqale khona.
Lokho kumayelana nokwenzeka kumuntu ojwayele ukuhamba ngendiza uBryan Gottlieb nabanye abagibeli be-Air New Zealand ngoLwesine ngesikhathi uhambo lwabo oluhleliwe olusuka e-Auckland luya e-John F. Kennedy International Airport eNew York luphazanyiswa ukunqamuka kukagesi esikhumulweni sezindiza.
Iqembu le-JFK Itheminali yoku-1 ivaliwe futhi ezinye zezindiza ezazihlelelwe ukuhlala lapho kudingeke ukuthi ziphambukiswe. Ezinye izindiza zamazwe ngamazwe zifike kwezinye izikhumulo zezindiza: Newark, Washington Dulles, Boston Logan.
Indiza ka-Gottlieb, i-ANZ2, yaphenduka phakathi nendiza futhi yahlala e-Auckland, ngaphezu kwamahora angu-16 isuke esikhumulweni sezindiza esifanayo. Isizinda sokulandela indiza ye-FlightAware amalogi a isikhathi sokundiza esiphelele amahora angu-16 nemizuzu engu-25, indiza ibuyela emuva cishe phakathi nohambo lwayo oluhleliwe.
“Bengilele kamnandi, futhi ngavuka nginomuzwa wokuthi ngizofika e-JFK maduze,” kusho uGottlieb emyalezweni abewuthumele ku-CNN Travel. Khona-ke “umgibeli owayeseduze kwami wangithinta ehlombe wathi ‘ubuwazi ukuthi cishe sesibuyile e-Auckland?’”
UGottlieb uthe uzakwabo agibele naye umnikeze lezi zindaba amahora amabili noma amathathu ngaphambi kokuthi indiza ihlale. Isimemezelo mayelana nokuguqulwa asizange sifike kwaze kwaba yilapho indiza isizobuyela eNew Zealand, wathi, nakuba “uwubona umzila wethu ku-tracker, futhi nezwi lase lisabalele.”
Uthe ngesikhathi umshayeli wendiza enza lesi simemezelo, “uvumile ukuthi ingxenye yesinqumo isekelwe ekusebenzeni kahle kwenkampani yezindiza, nokuthi ukuntuleka kwabasebenzi esikhumulweni sezindiza esiseduze ne-JFK bekuzodala ukubambezeleka kwendiza.”
Abagibeli bebengajabule.
“Wonke umuntu kuleyo ndiza ubengathanda kakhulu ukuba kunoma yisiphi isikhumulo sezindiza e-US, ngingasho lutho ngeNewark noma iLaGuardia khona kanye endaweni efanayo,” kusho uGottlieb, umklami wegeyimu owayelibangise ekhaya ohambweni lomsebenzi lwamasonto amahlanu. ukujoyina isiphetho somsila wohambo lwephathi yomfowabo.
I-Air New Zealand ithe ngoLwesine esitatimendeni esithunyelwe yi-CNN Travel ukuthi “ukuphambukela kwelinye itheku laseMelika bekuzosho ukuthi indiza izohlala phansi izinsuku ezimbalwa, kube nomthelela kwezinye izinsiza ezihleliwe namakhasimende.”
Ngaleso sikhathi, indiza yayisesendleleni ebuyela e-Auckland, futhi inkampani yezindiza yathi ithimba layo selikulungele ukusiza amakhasimende ayo ngokubhukha kabusha insizakalo elandelayo etholakalayo.
“Siyaxolisa ngokuphazamiseka futhi sibonga amakhasimende ethu ngokubekezela nokuqonda,” kusho isitatimende. I-CNN ifinyelele inkampani yezindiza ukuthola eminye imininingwane ngoLwesihlanu kodwa ayizange iphendule ngokushesha.
UGottlieb, ohlala eNew York, uchithe amahora ayisishiyagalombili esikhumulweni sezindiza e-Auckland elinde indiza yakhe elandelayo eya e-Los Angeles, lapho ayezoxhuma khona e-JFK. I-Air New Zealand imnikeze amavawusha okudla enani lika-$100, kodwa akabanga nayo inhlanhla yokuthenga indawo yokuphumula yekilabhu yokwethembeka ukuze ayozijabulisa e-Auckland. Wayengakaze ezwe ngesinye isinxephezelo ngesikhathi exhumana ne-CNN.
Indiza ephambukisiwe bekuwumzamo wesibili ka-Gottlieb wokufika ekhaya. Indiza yakhe yokuqala ebuyela e-United States ngoMsombuluko ikhanseliwe ngenxa yomonakalo isishingishane esihlasele eNew Zealand kuleli viki. Izinhlelo zikankosikazi wakhe zokumjoyina emasontweni amabili okugcina ekuhlala kwakhe zaphazamiseka ngesikhathi indiza yakhe ikhanseliwe ngenxa yalokhu izikhukhula zesikhumulo sezindiza e-Auckland ekupheleni kukaJanuwari.
Ngokubambezeleka kwehora le-16 i-Auckland eya e-Auckland, waphuthelwa iqembu le-bachelor ngokuphelele. Mayelana nohambo, “bekuyinto yasendle ngokuqinisekile!”
UGottlieb uphoxekile ngempendulo yenkampani yezindiza “ezingeni lebhizinisi” futhi wathi isinqumo sabo sokuphindela e-Auckland “simayelana nomgomo wabo oyinhloko, hhayi izinhlelo zabagibeli bazo.”
Kodwa izisebenzi zendiza zazisiza kakhulu.
“Impela lesi isipiliyoni sokuvakasha esibi kakhulu kwengake ngaba nakho, kodwa ekugcineni, lezi zinto ziyenzeka, futhi ngihlala ngizama ukukhumbula ukuthi akekho noyedwa kubantu engixhumana nabo owayenento yokwenza nezinqumo ezingibambezele. – bonke benza konke okusemandleni abo futhi babenomusa ngokusemthethweni. ”
Futhi iNew Zealand ingenye yezindawo azikhonzile uGottlieb.
“Abantu nesifunda kuyathandeka. Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi ngifisa sengathi ngabe kuseduze kancane. ”
