I-Air China Ltd. iya kuchitha i-HK $ 6.3 yezigidigidi (i-813 yezigidi zeedola) ukunyusa i-stake yayo kwi-Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. ukuya kwi-29.99 yeepesenti, ukwandisa ubukho bayo e-Hong Kong emva kokuvalelwa ngaphandle kwe-Shanghai.
I-airline enkulu yehlabathi ngexabiso lemarike iya kuthenga i-491.9 yezigidi zezabelo ze-Cathay ze-HK $ 12.88 nganye kwi-Cictic Pacific Ltd., ngokwengxelo yokutshintshiselana kwempahla namhlanje. I-Swire Pacific Ltd. iya kuthenga kwakhona i-HK $ 1 yebhiliyoni yezabelo ze-Cathay kwi-Ctic ngexabiso elifanayo, i-premium ye-11 yepesenti. USwire uya kuhlala engoyena mnini sabelo mkhulu kaCathay.
I-Air China esekelwe eBeijing iya kwandisa i-stake yayo e-Cathay ukusuka kwi-17.5 yeepesenti emva kokuba iinzame zokwakha i-hub yase-Shanghai zachithwa yi-China Eastern Airlines Corp. isicwangciso sokuthatha i-Shanghai Airlines Co. njengoko ilizwe lithintele ukudodobala kwehlabathi lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngenxa yephakheji yokuvuselela uqoqosho lukarhulumente.
"I-Air China kufuneka isebenze ekwandiseni, ngenxa yokuba ilahlekelwe lithuba eShanghai," utshilo uJack Xu, umhlalutyi weSinopac Securities Asia Ltd. "IHong Kong yenye indlela efanelekileyo kwaye ngokunyuka kwe-stake, i-Air China ingaba nayo. ngakumbi kusetyenziso olufana nocwangciso lwendlela."
I-Cathay, i-Cictic kunye ne-Air China ziza kuphinda ziqalise ukurhweba eHong Kong ngomso emva kokunqunyanyiswa namhlanje kusalindwe izibhengezo. Izabelo zeSwire eCathay ziza kunyuka ziye kuma-42 epesenti ukusuka kuma-40 eepesenti kulandela isivumelwano.
I-Cathay ayinayo izicwangciso ezikhawulezayo zokongeza kwi-18 yepesenti ye-Air China, iGosa eliPhezulu eliSebenzayo uJohn Slosar uxelele iintatheli eHong Kong namhlanje. I-Air China ayizu kuqesha nabaphi na abaphathi eCathay, utshilo.
Ixesha elifutshane lokuThatha
I-Air China kunye ne-Swire bobabini bathenge iCathay eninzi njengoko babenako ngaphandle kokubangela ukunikezelwa okunyanzelekileyo, utshilo uChristopher Pratt, usihlalo weSwire kunye neCathay. Iintetho ezithengiswayo "zakhawuleza kakhulu," wongeze watsho.
"Nangona ndilindele ngokuzithemba intsebenziswano yethu yobuchule kunye ne-Air China ukuba iqhubeke ikhula, ndiya kugxininisa ukuba i-shareholding entsha ayiyi kuthetha naluphi na utshintsho kwisicwangciso esikhoyo kunye nokusebenza kunye nokulawulwa kwemali ye-Cathay Pacific," kusho uPratt.
I-Air China iya kuthatha izihlalo ezimbini zomlawuli weCathay ngoku ezigcinwe nguCtic, ngokwengxelo. Abathwali babini baceba ukunyusa intsebenziswano kwiintengiso, uqeqesho kunye nezinye iindawo, utshilo uPratt.
Isabelo esikhulu se-Air China e-Cathay "ngokuqinisekileyo siya komeleza intsebenziswano," utshilo uDamien Horth, umhlalutyi we-UBS AG eHong Kong. Uthe "wothuswa" yintengiselwano.
Uphononongo lweCitic
Ukuthengisa izabelo zeCathay kuya kuvumela i-Cictic Pacific ukuba igxininise ngakumbi kwimisebenzi yayo ephambili, u-Kong Dan, usihlalo weqela le-Ctic yomzali, uthe eHong Kong namhlanje. I-Ctic Pacific ithe ngoMeyi izakuthengisa izinto zexabiso ezingalawulwanga kakuhle okanye ezinembuyekezo ephantsi emva kokuba ifune ibheyile karhulumente kulandela ilahleko ephuma kuyo. Inkampani ijonge ukubambelela kwi-3 yepesenti eseleyo, utshilo uPratt kaSwire.
I-Cathay yehla nge-1.9 ekhulwini ngo-Agasti 14 ukuya kwi-HK $ 11.62 eHong Kong. Iye yazuza ama-33 ekhulwini kulo nyaka. I-Air China, eyona nkampani inkulu kwilizwe jikelele, ivale itshintshile kancinci nge-HK $4.57 esixekweni. Inyuke ngama-90 ekhulwini kulo nyaka.
Amanani abakhweli besiqingatha sokuqala seCathay ehle nge-4.2 yeepesenti kwaye intengiso yehla ngeepesenti ezingama-27, njengoko ukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kuye kwanyusa uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe. Yenze ingeniso eshiyekileyo ye-HK $812 yezigidi kulandela i-HK $2.1 yeebhiliyoni ze-fuel-hedging gain.
Cathay Fleet
I-airline isebenza ngeenqwelo-moya ze-123, ibhabha kumazwe okanye imimandla ye-36, ngokutsho kweWebhsayithi yayo. Iyunithi yayo yaseHong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. ibonelela ngeendawo ezingama-29, ikakhulu kumhlaba omkhulu. URoy C. Farrell waseMerika noSydney H. de Kantzow waseOstreliya baseka iCathay ngowe-1946. Umanduleli weSwire Group wafumana ama-45 ekhulwini ngowe-1948.
I-Air China yayineenqwelomoya ze-243 ekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo, kubandakanywa neyunithi yayo yempahla, kunye nenethiwekhi egubungela izixeko ze-129 kunye neendlela ze-259, yathi kwingxelo yayo yonyaka. Iindlela zibandakanya iinkonzo zamazwe ngamazwe okanye zengingqi ezingama-82 kunye ne-177 zasekhaya.
Umphathiswa uthe kwinyanga ephelileyo ulindele ukunika ingxelo ngepesenti ezingama-50-kunye nokunyuka kwenzuzo yesiqingatha sokuqala. Amanani abakhweli ayo anyuke ngeepesenti ezili-14, njengoko inkuthazo yaseTshayina yakhuthaza ukuhamba ekhaya. Amanani abakhweli kwilizwe lonke anyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-20 ukuya kwi-100.4 yezigidi, ngokutsho kwe-Civil Aviation Administration yaseTshayina.
Umzali wase-Air China wenze isithembiso kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba athenge isibonda e-China eMpuma ukuze kwandiswe indawo yayo e-Shanghai. I-China Eastern iye yasikhaba isicelo kwaye ngoku ivumile ukuthatha ummelwane omncinci we-Shanghai Airlines ukuze ifumane i-50 yepesenti yesabelo semarike kwinkunzi yezemali yase-China.
