I-Serbia ithathe isigqibo sokuthengisa i-JAT Airways, inkampani yeenqwelomoya yelizwe laseBalkan, ekuhambeni kwexesha lasehlotyeni. Umthuthi weflegi uza kudweliswa ngokusemthethweni ukuthengiswa ekupheleni kwenyanga, kodwa urhulumente kufuneka aqale achaze imiqathango yekhontrakthi yokwenza izinto zabucala, enokuthi ibandakanye isolotya elinokufuna ukuba nabani na onokuba ngumthengi alondoloze iwonga lesizwe lenkampani yenqwelomoya. Urhulumente waseSerbia ujonge ukuthengisa iipesenti ezingama-51 zezabelo zabathwali kwaye ucele iBhanki yoTyalomali yaseRotschild ukuba isebenze njengomcebisi wayo.
Umfanekiso wezezimali we-JAT Airways, nangona kunjalo, awukho mhle kakhulu, njengoko umthuthi uqokelele ityala le-209 yezigidi zee-euro kwaye ingeniso yayo yonyaka eshiyekileyo kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo iye yandanda malunga ne-3.8 yezigidi zeedola kuphela. Ngokwenyani, i-JAT isazama ukwakha kwakhona emva kweeMfazwe zaseYugoslavia zeminyaka yee-1990, ezaphantse zaphelisa umsebenzi womthwali. Umzekelo, inqwelomoya kungenzeka ukuba iqalise ukusebenza ngenqwelomoya ngqo ukuya eCroatia ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, emva kokuba ekugqibeleni inikwe ilayisenisi yokumisa kweli lizwe lalisakuba yiYugoslavia. Esi sithuthi sithetha nje sibhabha sisiya kwiindawo ezingama-38, uninzi lwazo eziseYurophu, nezimbalwa ezongezelelekileyo kwizixeko ezikuMntla Afrika nakuMbindi Mpuma. Uninzi lweenqwelomoya ezithobekileyo zeenqwelo moya zeBoeing 737, kunye neenqwelomoya ezincinci zeATR zengingqi.
Kwixesha elidlulileyo, i-Aeroflot Russian Airlines kunye ne-Air India zombini zibonise umdla kwi-JAT Airways, kodwa ezi bhidi ezinokubakho ziye zapheliswa ngenxa yokungaqiniseki kwezopolitiko eSerbia. Urhulumente waseSerb, nangona kunjalo, ngoku ubonakala enomdla wokuthengisa iJAT, kunye nezinye iinkampani eziphantsi kukarhulumente, ezixabisa i-30 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
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