I-MANILA (eTN) - Njengoko umkhweli womoya wamazwe ngamazwe e-Philippines ewela kwi-1st isiqingatha se-2009 ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi, i-Cebu Pacific Air ayigcini nje ngokugqithisa umkhwa, kodwa ihlala ithembele kakhulu ngekamva layo njengoko ichazwe nguCandice Alabanza Iyog. , uCebu Pacific usekela-mongameli weNtengiso kunye noNxibelelwano.
Ngokwe Philippines Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), bebonke abakhweli bezithuthi bamazwe ngamazwe behle nge-0.5 ekhulwini ukuya kwi-6.26 yezigidi kwisiqingatha sokuqala sika-2009 xa kuthelekiswa nexesha elifanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo. I-Philippine Airlines, ephethe iflegi yasePhilippines, yabona ukuthuthwa kwabakhweli bamazwe ngamazwe kwehla nge-9 ekhulwini, iCebu Pacific ngokuchaseneyo ikhule nge-18.7 ekhulwini ukuya phantse kuma-800,000 abakhweli kwiindlela zayo zamazwe ngamazwe.
UCandice Alabanza Iyog wathi: “Silindele ukuthwala abakhweli abazizigidi ezisi-9 kulo nyaka, ngaphezu kwama-30 ekhulwini kunowama-2008. Zininzi izinto ezichaza indlela esiqhuba ngayo. Siye sakhulisa amandla njengoko siqhubekile ukuzisa kulo nyaka iinqwelomoya ezintlanu ezintsha. Iinqanawa zethu ziphantse zaphindaphindeka kabini ukususela ekupheleni kuka-2007. Kwaye le ngxaki ibe nefuthe elihle kuthi njengoko abakhweli abaninzi baye bayeka ngesiquphe ukusuka kwilifa ukuya kubathwali bebhajethi.”
I-Cebu Pacific kulindeleke ukuba iguqule inzuzo kulo nyaka. Kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka, inkampani yeenqwelomoya ibhale phantsi ingeniso ye-US$37.5 yezigidi xa kuthelekiswa nelahleko ye-US$322 yezigidi kunyaka wonke ka-2008.
“Siyaqhubeka ukuba nempumelelo njengoko sinikezela ngamaxabiso okuthengisa amaninzi afana neemali zokukhwela ze-“Go-Lite”. Okwangoku, sivakalelwa kukuba uqoqosho ludodobala ngengqiqo yokuba kufuneka sibe ndlongondlongo kwezorhwebo ukuze sitsale abantu ukuba babhabhe. Ngenxa yoko, isivuno sethu esiphakathi sehle ngeepesenti ezingama-20 kulo nyaka, ”utshilo uVP wenqwelomoya. Ngokutsho kwakhe, iintlawulo ze-"Go-Lite" zibalelwa kwi-15-20 yeepesenti zentengiso yayo iyonke.
I-Cebu Pacific, nangona kunjalo, ayinakho ukukhetha kodwa ukukhula njengoko umthwali webhajethi eqhubeka nokuthatha inqwelomoya entsha. I-airline iya kuba ekupheleni konyaka i-41 yeenqwelomoya, i-21 Airbus A319 okanye i-A320 kunye ne-ATR72 ezilishumi, ezisebenza ngokukodwa kwi-traffic inter-island esuka eCebu okanye eDavao. Kuze kube yi-2011, iCebu Pacific ilindele ukuthatha ezinye iinqwelomoya ezilithoba.
Ukwandiswa okungakumbi kusendleleni. “Enyakeni, siye sakhulisa uthungelwano lwethu ukusuka kwiindawo ezingama-41 ukuya kwezingama-46, kuquka izixeko ezili-14 zamazwe ngamazwe. Ngoku singabathwali abakhulu basekhaya kwaye sigubungela phantse zonke iindawo ezinokusingwa elizweni. Kumazwe ngamazwe, sisajonga iindawo ezintsha zokuya kuMntla-mpuma Asia. Sijonge kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya esitsha sase-Ibaraki kufuphi neTokyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo siya kusungula indlela entsha phakathi kweManila neBrunei kungekudala, ”yongeza i-VP.
Iifrikhwensi ezongezelelweyo nazo zongezwa ukusuka eManila ukuya eKuala Lumpur, eJakarta naseHong Kong.
Uthungelwano nangona kunjalo lutshintshwe kancinci kumaphondo apho i-Cebu Pacific yaziva kunzima ukugcwalisa iindlela zamazwe ngamazwe eziphuma eCebu naseDavao. Inqwelomoya irhoxisiwe iCebu-Bangkok kunye neDavao-Hong Kong. E-Clark, inqwelomoya yehlisa kancinci amandla ayo ukuya eBangkok kodwa isabona ukubakho kweenqwelomoya ezintsha eziphuma kwisango lamazwe ngamazwe leManila elizayo. Iimali zokuhamba kunye nokungena nangona kunjalo sele zibonelelwe ngoqhagamshelo olukhawulezayo olucetywayo ngeManila okanye eCebu kwezinye iindawo zokufikela ekhaya. "Sikwacinga ngokuvula iziseko ezitsha kwixesha elide kunye neenqwelomoya ezongeziweyo kwiinqanawa zethu," utshilo u-Iyog.
Kuthekani ngeendlela ezihamba ixesha elide ezilondolozwe kwi-AirAsia X? U-Iyog uhlala ethandabuza. Ndiyazi ukuba umongameli wethu uye wavuselela amaxesha amaninzi ngamajelo eendaba ukuba sibhabhe umgama omde, ngakumbi e-United States. Nangona kunjalo, andiyilindelanga kwikamva elibonakalayo. Kodwa awazi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni.”
