Inqwelo moya yase-UK esekwe kwiVirgin Atlantic isetelwe ukunyusa i-223 yezigidi zeedola zemali, isithethi senqwelomoya ye-Sir Richard Branson kwisitatimende esithunyelwe nge-imeyile.
"Siyaqhubeka nokuqinisa iphepha lethu lokulinganisa silindele ukuphakanyiswa kwezithintelo zokuhamba kumazwe aphesheya kwikota yesibini ka-2021", utshilo umkhulumeli.
Inkxaso mali yamva nje ilandela ukugqitywa kwenqwelo moya ngoJanuwari kwintengiso kunye nokuqeshisa ngokutsha kweBoeing 787s njengenxalenye yesicwangciso sokomeleza iphepha lomncono.
Isivumelwano kunye neGriffin Global Asset Management sonyusa ngaphezulu nje kwe- $ 230 yezigidi kwiiplanethi ezimbini zazenzelwe ukuba iVirgin Atlantic ibuyisele imali mboleko eyathathwa njengenxalenye yesivumelwano sayo sokuhlangula kunyaka ophelileyo.
Kukonyuka kwamva nje, iQela leVirgin's leBranson lisetelwe ukubonelela malunga neepawundi ezili-100 kunye neeponti eziseleyo ezingama-60 ezigidi ziya kubandakanya ukuhanjiswa, ngokuka-Sky News, eyaxela okokuqala ngophuhliso.
Ngo-Novemba, inkampani yathi isivumelwano sayo sokuhlangula i-1.2 yezigidigidi sikhuselekile kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo kwakuthetha ukuba inqwelomoya inokusinda nokuba imeko yokuhamba ibinokuba mandundu.
Intombi esikiweyo yehlisa nge-335 yezigidi zeepawundi kunyaka ophelileyo, u-CEO uShai Weiss uxelele umsitho wecandelo leenqwelomoya ngo-Novemba. Kwaye kwabhengeza ukuphulukana nemisebenzi ngama-4,650 ngexesha lobhubhane, ukunciphisa abasebenzi, kunye nokunciphisa iinqanawa.
