United Airlines (UAL) yakatangazve sevhisi yayo yekutanga isina kumira mushe kuenda nekubva kuHong Kong munaKurume 6, 2023, ichimaka ndege yekutanga yekufambisa ndege kubuda muguta kubva pakatanga denda. United yemazuva ese isingamire sevhisi kubva kuHong Kong (HKG) kuenda San Francisco (SFO) inobatanidza zvakananga Hong Kong vafambi kuenda kunhandare huru yendege kuUS West Coast, uye maguta mazhinji muUS, Canada, Mexico neLatin America anoona hub yayo.
Musi wa6 Kurume pagedhi rekusimuka reUnited flight UA862 paHong Kong International Airport, Walter Dias, director wedunhu reKutengesera kweGreater China neSoutheast Asia, uye Consul General Gregory May weUS Consulate vakapemberera kudzoka kweSan Francisco sevhisi isina kumira. kuenda kuHong Kong nekutaura vafambi vasati vakwira ndege.
Walter Dias, United Airlines'Regional director wezvekutengesa weGreater China, Korea neSoutheast Asia, akati, "Gore rino United iri kupemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi mana muHong Kong uye tinofara kukwanisa kudzokera kumusika uyu wakakosha. Isu tinotarisira zvikuru kugamuchira vatengi veHong Kong pane yedu HKG-SFO sevhisi zvakare. Vatengi vari kufamba kubva kuHong Kong kuenda kuUS vachawana nyore, nyore kubatana paSan Francisco hub yedu kuenda kunzvimbo dzinopfuura makumi manomwe muUS, Canada neLatin America. Tinotarisirawo kuunza vatengi vedu vakavimbika kuNorth America kuguta rine mukurumbira reHong Kong!”
Consul Gregory May wemumiriri weUS akati, "Tinoona kutangwazve kweUnited Airlines' non-stop service kuSan Francisco sedanho rakakura kumberi mukudzoreredza basa rendege rekuUS kuHong Kong mushure memakore matatu akaoma. Mumwedzi iri mberi, tine chido chekugamuchira vashanyi vakawanda vanobva kuHong Kong uye kubatanidza vafambi vanobva mhiri kweAsia Pacific kuUnited States.”
United yakasimbisa kuzvipira kwayo kumusika weHong Kong uko iyo ndege iri kupemberera kusvitsa kwayo makore makumi mana gore rino.
United's Hong Kong-San Francisco Service
Flight UA862 ichabva kuHKG zuva nezuva na12:20 pm uye ichasvika muSFO na8:45 am zuva rimwe chetero. Ndege yekudzoka, UA877, ichabva kuSFO zuva nezuva na10:40 pm uye ichasvika muHKG na6:00 am mazuva maviri gare gare.
Ndege dzese dzichashandisa Boeing 777-300ER ndege.
