U-Aer Lingus utyhole imbangi ye-Ryanair yokuthintela ukuthanda kweBritish Airways ekuthatheni inxaxheba kwishishini ngenxa yesabelo se-Ryanair "yepilisi yetyhefu" kwi-airline yesizwe yase-Ireland.

Umphathi oyintloko omtsha we-airline, uChristoph Mueller, uthe abaphathi bamazwe aseYurophu baye bachaza i-Ryanair ye-29% yobunini beshishini njengomqobo kuyo nayiphi na isivumelwano. Amaqabane otyalo-mali anokubakho kwinkampani yenqwelo moya eyenza ilahleko aquka iBritish Airways kunye ne-US esebenza nge-United Airlines, enobudlelwane bobuchule nabo.

"Isabelo esincinci esivela kumfelandawonye sithintelwe yiRyanair. Isabelo sisebenza njengepilisi enetyhefu,” utshilo. U-Mueller wongeze ukuba uye wadibana nomphathi oyintloko we-Ryanair, uMichael O'Leary, kwindibano yoshishino kodwa kwakungekabikho ukudibana komntu nomnye kunye nomnini-sabelo omkhulu. Echaza umzekelo weLufthansa yaseJamani, etyale imali kwi-Brussels Airlines kunye ne-Austrian Airlines, u-Mueller uthe i-corporate tie-up kunye nenye i-airline yayingenakwenzeka ngelixa i-Ryanair ihlala kwirejista yesabelo. I-Aer Lingus ayilolungu leemanyano ezintathu eziphambili zeenqwelomoya zehlabathi - i-Oneworld, i-Star Alliance okanye i-SkyTeam - kodwa u-Mueller wavuma ukuba, ekuhambeni kwexesha, ukujoyina elinye lamaqela amakhulu akunakuphepheka.

"Inyani yokuba iRyanair ingumnini zabelo yinto ethintelayo ekutsaleni abanye abaninizabelo kwinqwelo moya kwisakhelo somanyano lwehlabathi," wongeze watsho. I-Aer Lingus yi-25% yorhulumente wase-Ireland kunye nabasebenzi bakhe abane-14%. U-Mueller wayichitha intelekelelo yoshishino, ephenjelelwa kukugxekwa okungapheliyo kweRyanair, ukuba i-Aer Lingus inokuphelelwa yimali kungekudala. Uthe i-Aer Lingus inokufikelela malunga ne-770m (£ 672m) kwaye iyacotha ireyithi yokutshisa imali eyi-€400m ngonyaka.

Umphathi we-Aer Lingus wongezelela ukuba umthwali urhola umva kwimodeli yoshishino yenqwelomoya ephantsi ngexabiso eliphantsi kuqala yaziswa nguWillie Walsh, ngoku ongumlawuli oyintloko we-BA, kwaye uya kwandisa iimali zokukhwela.

“Asizukuzama ukuvuselela intengiso njengesihogo apho kungekho mfuno iseleyo,” utshilo uMueller.