ISTANBUL, Turkey (eTN) – Inqwelo moya yaseTurkey iTurkish Airlines (THY) ibe yinkampani yeenqwelo moya yesixhenxe ngobukhulu eYurophu, idlula iAlitalia yaseItali ngabakhweli abathwalwa kwiinyanga ezisixhenxe zonyaka.
I-THY ithwele abagibeli be-12.16 yezigidi, ukunyuka kweepesenti ze-15.7 ngoJanuwari-Julayi ixesha, kwaye yenyuka ukuya kwindawo ye-7, ngokuhambelana namanani anikezwe nguMbutho we-European Airlines.
I-THY ikhwelise abakhweli abazizigidi ezili-14.9 kwithuba likaJanuwari ukuya ku-Agasti, ukunyuka konyaka-ngonyaka nge-15.4 yeepesenti. Umthuthi waseTurkey uthe ujolise ekunyuseni i-traffic traffic kwi-23.5 yezigidi kwi-2008, ukusuka kwi-19.6 yezigidi zabakhweli kunyaka odlulileyo nangona iimeko ezibi kakhulu kwicandelo lehlabathi.
INKAMPANI yenqwelo-moya yaseItali i-Alitalia eyayineengxaki zemali yaye yabona ukuba inani labakhweli lehla nge-17.4 ekhulwini laya kutsho kwi-11.8 lezigidi. I-THY yabeka indawo yesibhozo ngo-2007 nabakhweli bayo abazizigidi ezili-10.5. ILufthansa yaseJamani igqwesile kuluhlu njengeyona nkampani inkulu yenqwelo moya yaseYurophu enabakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-32.2. IAir France, ebhabhe abantu abazizigidi ezingama-29.6, ibiyeyesibini kwaye iBritish Airways iphume isithathu ngabakhweli abazizigidi ezili-18.7.
Kule minyaka mihlanu izayo, ukukhula ngokukhawuleza kwe-THY kulindeleke ukuba kuxhume kwisihlanu sokuqala kuluhlu lweenkampani ezinkulu zeenqwelomoya zaseYurophu.
Umthwali weflegi waseTurkey ujonge amathuba okuthenga kulo mmandla kwaye uceba ukuqhubeka nokukhula kwawo okungaphezulu kweepesenti ezingama-20 ngonyaka, utshilo umphathi wenkampani kudliwanondlebe.
ITHY, enye yezona nkampani zeenqwelo-moya ezikhula ngokukhawuleza eYurophu, iye yanda ngaphezu kwama-20 ekhulwini ngonyaka kule minyaka mihlanu idluleyo phezu kwako nje ukuwohloka kwembono yehlabathi ngecandelo nokhuphiswano lwangaphakathi. Inkampani ijolise ukugcina isantya kwi-2008.
Umthuthi waseTurkey ukwaxelwe ukuba ujonge phesheya ukuze afumane izinto ezinokufumaneka. Iqinisekise umdla wayo kwi-Austrian Airlines kunye ne-Bosnia-Herzegovina Airlines. Nangona kunjalo, i-THY iphoswe lixesha elisikiweyo lokuthatha inxaxheba kwithenda yokwenziwa komsebenzi wabucala kwi-stake kwi-Austrian Airlines. Amagosa aseBosnia kufuneka agqibezele uvavanyo lwawo kwibhidi yenqwelomoya ekupheleni kukaSeptemba.
I-International Air Transport Association, emele icandelo elinamalungu angama-230, iqikelela ilahleko yehlabathi ngo-2008 iya kuba yi-5.5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. ICEO yeTHY uTemel Kotil uthe: “Umgaqo-nkqubo weTHY phakathi kwezo meko zimbi ngolo hlobo 'yeyona ndlela yokuzikhusela kukukhubekisa.' Sifuna ukusivulela indawo emarikeni. Ngoko sibona lo [moya ombi] njengethuba.” Ngokutsho kwakhe, i-THY ijonge ukufikelela kubakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-40 kunye ne-10 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiintengiso nge-2013.
U-Kotil wongeze ukuba i-THY yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwezinye iinqwelomoya, ngenxa yoko abakhweli abavela eRashiya, eYurophu, kuMbindi Mpuma kunye nakuMbindi weAsia baya bethanda iflegi yaseTurkey kwiinqwelomoya zabo zokuhamba. Inani labakhweli bohambo lonyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-42.9 ukuya kuma-802,166 kwiinyanga ezisixhenxe zokuqala zonyaka.
“Kulo nyaka injongo yethu kukufikelela kwi-1.5 yesigidi sabakhweli abahambayo. Ukuba sinezinga lokukhula ngeepesenti ezingama-50 kulo nyaka uzayo, liya kudlula kwizigidi ezi-2, ”utshilo uKotil, esongeza malunga neepesenti ezingama-26 zabakhweli be-THY ababhabha besiya e-Istanbul ngabakhweli abahambayo.
U-Kotil ukwaqinisekisile ukuba ubulungu benkampani yeenqwelomoya iStar Alliance bube negalelo lepesenti ezili-10 kolu kukhula.
