IPANAMA CITY - I-airline yasePanama e-Copa Holding SA ilindele ukubona ukukhula okuphindwe kabini kwinani labakhweli kulo nyaka njengoko umphathiswa esongeza iinqwelomoya kunye nokuhamba kweenqwelomoya kunye noqoqosho lwaseLatin America olubuyiswayo, ngokutsho kwegosa eliphezulu.
Umphathi oPhezulu weCopa uPedro Heilbron uthe kudliwano-ndlebe ukuba inkampani iya kwandisa amandla ayo nge-10%, kunye neejethi ezisibhozo ze-Boeing 737-800, kwaye inyuse inani leenqwelo-moya eziya kwisiXeko saseGuatemala, eLos Angeles, ePunta Cana kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican, kunye neSao Paulo.
Ulindele iavareji yomthwalo womkhweli-okanye ipesenti yezihlalo ezihlala kwiinqwelomoya ngokuhlawula abathengi-ukunyuka ukuya kuma-76% ukusuka kuma-75% ngo-2009. NgoFebruwari, umba womthwalo weCopa ube ngama-81%.
"Siza kuba neendiza ezininzi, kwaye ziya kugcwala," utshilo uHeilbron. I-Copa iya kuzama ukwandisa inani leendawo ezisebenza kuyo kulo mmandla “ukusuka eCanada ukuya eArgentina.”
Ngokusebenzisa indawo yayo ekwisiXeko sasePanama, iCopa ibhabhela kwizixeko eziphambili kuMbindi Merika, kwiCaribbean, nakuMzantsi Merika. Imodeli yeshishini ivumela umphathiswa ukuba asebenze kwiindlela ezinoxinano oluphantsi phakathi kwezixeko zaseLatin America ezineenqwelomoya zemihla ngemihla.
"Ukuba ufuna ukubhabha phakathi kweMaracaibo, Venezuela, kunye neSan Salvador, awunazo iindlela ezininzi," utshilo uStephen Trent, umhlalutyi ozinze eNew York kunye neCitigroup.
I-Copa, ekwangumnini wenkampani yase-Colombia yasekhaya i-Aero Republica, ithumele inzuzo ye-240 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2009, isuka kwi-119 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2008 xa iinqwelomoya zonzakala ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso amafutha.
Inzuzo yenkampani yenqwelomoya iya kunyuka njengoko uhambo lweshishini luthatha kulo mmandla, kwaye imfuno ephezulu iya kuvumela ukuba kunyuke imali yokukhwela, utshilo uTrent.
Izinto zomthwalo nazo zilindeleke ukuba zixhamle kuthelekiso olubuthathaka, ekubeni ngoMeyi-Juni ka-2009, ukuqhambuka komkhuhlane we-A/H1N1 kwadambisa ukuhamba.
I-Trent ineengcebiso zokuthenga kwizabelo ze-Copa, kunye nexabiso elijoliswe kwi-$ 70, xa kuthelekiswa nokuvalwa kwe-55.04 yeedola ngoLwesihlanu.
U-Heilbron waseCopa uthe akaboni naluphi na usongelo olukhuphisanayo oluvela kwiinqwelo-moya eziphantsi kwexabiso eliphantsi, okanye ukudibanisa phakathi kwe-airline yaseColombia i-Avianca kunye ne-El Salvador-based based airline Grupo Taca.
“Endaweni yokuba sibe nabantu ababini esikhuphisana nabo, ngoku siza kuba nomnye kuphela,” utshilo. Uxinzelelo kwiimali zokukhwela lusenokudamba kancinane, wongeze watsho.
I-Copa iceba ukutyala i-250 yezigidi zeedola kulo nyaka, ngokukodwa ukuthenga iijethi ezintsha, kwaye inoqikelelo lwenkcitho yokuqala ye-capital expenditure ye-158 yezigidi zeedola kwi-2011 kunye ne-151 yezigidi zeedola kwi-2012.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ibonelela ngenkxaso-mali yokufunyanwa ngomxube wemali ephumayo kunye neemali-mboleko zebhanki ezineziqinisekiso ezivela kwiBhanki yokuThumela ngaphandle kwe-US.
Iqela labatyalo-mali basePanamani linendima yokulawula kwi-Copa, ethengisa kwi-stock market yaseNew York. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya yase-US i-Continental Airlines Inc. yayinesabelo esincinci kwinkampani yeenqwelomoya, kodwa yasithengisa kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo.
