I-SINGAPORE - I-Tiger Airways, i-airline ephantsi ephantsi kwe-Singapore Airlines, yathi ngoMvulo inokuthenga enye i-carrier yexabiso eliphantsi e-Asia emva kokunyuka kweendleko zepetroli kunye nokhuphiswano olunzima luthumele ezinye zeembangi zayo kwi-tailspin.
UMlawuli oyiNtloko weTiger uTony Davis uxelele iintatheli ukuba wayekwiingxoxo namaqela amathandathu e-Asiya malunga namaphulo anokubakho adibeneyo okanye ukuthengwa ukuze kukhule ukukhula.
“Ngenxa yokuguquguquka esikubonayo kwimarike, kunokubakho amathuba okuba sikhule kulo mmandla ngemisebenzi ye-M&A,” utshilo uDavis, esongeza ukuba izakusebenzisa imali yabanini-zabelo ye-S$24 yezigidi (i-17.7 yezigidi zeedola) kuhlumo olunjalo. .
UDavis wongezelela iTiger esekelwe eSingapore yayingenayo imfuneko ecinezelayo yokunyusa imali kwi-stock market kunye nokuba iimeko zemarike ezimbi zenza ixesha elibi lokudada izabelo zayo.
"I-IPO iya kwenzeka xa zonke iimeko zilungelelaniswa, kwaye xa sinesidingo semali yokutofwa, kodwa kungekhona ngoku," kusho uDavis. Umthwali webhajethi i-Oasis Hong Kong Airlines iye ekubhangisweni kwangoko kule nyanga njengoko iindleko eziphezulu zepetroli kunye nokhuphiswano olunzima lwabangela ilahleko enkulu, ngelixa i-Adam Air yase-Indonesia yamiselwa ngoMatshi emva kokusilela kwiintlawulo zokuthenga kwayo inqwelomoya.
I-Tiger Airways, ethe kunyaka ophelileyo yaqala inkonzo yayo yexabiso eliphantsi ngokupheleleyo e-Australia kwaye iza kusungula intsebenziswano eMzantsi Korea ekupheleni kwalo nyaka, yathi iya kukhula ngokongeza inkampani enye ngonyaka kwipotifoliyo yayo.
Ihlosi liqhuba iqela le-Airbus A12 ezili-320 ezine-60 ngaphezulu ngokomyalelo kwaye ibhabhela kwiindawo ezingama-29 eAsia Pacific. UDavis uthe inqwelomoya ayizukuyinyusa intlawulo yayo yepetroli okanye amaxabiso etikiti ukuphelisa iindleko ezinyukayo zamafutha kodwa iya kulawula ezinye iindleko kwaye inokunciphisa iindlela ezingathandwayo.
Ulindele ukuba i-Tiger ibhukishe inzuzo kwiinyanga ze-12 ukuya ku-Matshi 2008, inzuzo yokuqala yonyaka opheleleyo ukususela ekuqalisweni kwayo ngoSeptemba 2004, njengoko umphathiswa wathengisa izihlalo ze-2.25 yezigidi ngeli xesha, malunga nesiqingatha ukusuka kunyaka odlulileyo.
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