USibhiliyoni wase-US uWilbur Ross, owasebenza ngokungabinamali kwe-Continental Airlines Inc. kunye ne-Trans World Airlines Inc. ngeminyaka yoo-1990, uya kutyala imali kwi-SpiceJet Ltd. emva kokuba iindleko zepetroli ezirekhodiweyo ziye zenza nzulu ilahleko yomthuthi wase-India.

I-WL Ross & Co. iya kuthenga i-3.45 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi (i-80 yezigidi zeedola) zeebhondi eziguqulwayo zemali zangaphandle ezigcinwe yi-Istithmar PJSC kunye ne-Goldman Sachs Group Inc., u-Kishore Gupta, umlawuli we-airline esekelwe eNew Delhi, uthe kudliwano-ndlebe lwefowuni. Umxhasi-mali wase-US uza kujoyina ibhodi yeSpiceJet, ngokutsho kwengxelo yenqwelomoya yesibini ngobukhulu eIndiya.

I-SpiceJet yehle ngeepesenti ezingama-67 eMumbai kulo nyaka njengoko amaxabiso epetroli ekhupha imali efunekayo yokuthenga iinqwelomoya zeBoeing Co. URoss usenokuba ubheja ekuphumeleleni abakhweli abaninzi kwimarike yenqwelomoya ekhula ngokukhawuleza yesibini kwihlabathi njengoko ukudityaniswa kunciphisa ukhuphiswano.

"Olu tyalo-mali lubonisa ukuba kusekho inkolelo kwixesha elide lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya zaseIndiya," utshilo u-Binit Somaia, umlawuli we-Indian sub-continent kwiZiko laseSydney le-Asia Pacific Aviation. "Kukho inzala kubatyali-mali xa ii-asethi zifumaneka kuqikelelo olulungileyo."

I-SpiceJet ifumene i-2.2 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-28.55 ye-rupees kurhwebo lwase-Mumbai, emva kokunyuka kwangaphambili ukuya kwi-16 yeepesenti, inika umthwali ixabiso lemarike le-159 yezigidi zeedola.

Ithemba lexesha elide

Ilahleko edibeneyo yabathwali baseIndiya inokuphinda kabini ukuya kwi-1.5 yezigidigidi zeedola kulo nyaka ngenxa yokunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli, ngokutsho kweZiko lezoPhapho, umcebisi weshishini. Ilahleko iya kukhokelela ekudityanisweni, kuncitshiswe ukhuphiswano kunye nokunyusa amaxabiso okukhwela, bekuxele kwangaphambili.

I-Indiya imiselwe ukuba ibe yeyona ikhula ngokukhawuleza kwimarike yokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini izayo njengoko abantu abaninzi bebaphepha oololiwe kwaye bakhethe ukuthotywa kweenqwelo moya, i-Airbus SAS, uqikelelo olukhulu lwe-planemaker yehlabathi ngo-2006. isantya kude kube ngu-7.7 xa kuthelekiswa ne-2025 yepesenti yaseTshayina kunye nomndilili wehlabathi we-7.2 ekhulwini, yayitshilo.

"Sikholelwa ekunyaniseni kwexesha elide lemodeli ye-airline yexabiso eliphantsi e-India, kwaye ukuba ixabiso lepetroli ekugqibeleni liya kuzinza," kusho uRoss kwingxelo.

URoss, inkampani yakhe ene-7.9 yeebhiliyoni zee-asethi phantsi kolawulo, wenza ubutyebi bakhe ngokuthatha iinkampani zentsimbi, amalahle kunye nelaphu. Umthonyama wase-Weehawken, eNew Jersey, uRoss naye wasebenza njengomhlalutyi wenqwelomoya eFaulkner, eDawkins naseSullivan Securities Corp. eNew York.

Intengiselwano lutyalo-mali lwesibini lukaRoss eIndiya. NgoFebruwari 2007, uRoss wafumana i-OCM India Ltd. umenzi we-suiting ogqwesileyo, malunga ne-37 yezigidi zeedola, ngokwengxelo.

Goldman, Istithmar

NM Rothschild & Sons (India) Pvt. wayengumcebisi wezezimali kwiSpiceJet.

URoss uza kuthenga iisecurity eziguqulwayo ze-Istithmar eseDubai kunye neGoldman, utshilo uGupta. Ukuthenga kuya kwenza iSpiceJet ikwazi ukusebenzisa imali kwiakhawunti engakwazanga kuyisebenzisa, utshilo. Iibhondi kulindeleke ukuba ziguqulwe ngo-Dec 2010, utshilo uGupta.

I-airline yayikhulise i-80 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2005 ngokuthengisa iibhondi eziguqulwayo. Kunyaka ophelileyo ithengise izabelo kwiTata Group yaseIndiya kunye neBNP Paribas inyusa i-100 yezigidi zeerandi.

I-SpiceJet ineenqwelo-moya ezingaphezu kwe-20 zendlela enye kwi-odolo kunye ne-Boeing Co. I-airline, eyaqala ukuhamba ngoMeyi ka-2005, ineenqwelo zeenqwelo ze-15.

IQela le-UB laseIndiya, elilawulwa yi-billionaire uVijay Mallya, lalikhuphisana nokuthenga i-SpiceJet, i-Economic Times yabika ngoJulayi 5. Iqela le-UB liqhuba i-Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. kunye ne-Deccan Aviation Ltd.

I-SpiceJet yatshintshela kwi-billionaire Ross njengoko ixabiso elinikezelwe yi-Kingfisher laliphantsi kakhulu.

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