Ngaphandle kwento yokuba i-AirAsia ayinayo inqwelo moya esekelwe eSingapore, iSixeko sesiXeko sijika ngoku sesinye sezona ndawo zixakekileyo zomthuthi obomvu-namhlophe, onexabiso eliphantsi. "Indawo yaseSingapore itshintshile kakhulu kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo kunye nabasemagunyeni baqonda izibonelelo zophuhliso oluluqilima lweenqwelomoya zexabiso eliphantsi," utshilo u-Azran Osman-Rani, i-CEO ye-AirAsia X, i-AirAsia's long-haul subsidiary.
Kangangeminyaka, iSingapore yanikelwa kuphela eBangkok yiThai AirAsia ngenxa yesivumelwano senkululeko phakathi kweSingapore neThailand, esibonelele ngesakhono sasimahla phakathi kwamazwe omabini kulo naliphi na i-Singaporean okanye i-Thai carrier. Emva koko kwalandelwa ukuphumla okuncinci kwemithetho phakathi kwe-Indonesia kunye neSingapore, inika ithuba le-Indonesia AirAsia ukudibanisa iSingapore ukuya ePekanbaru. I-boom enkulu yeza, nangona kunjalo, ngesigqibo seMalaysia neSingapore sokukhulula amandla phakathi kwamazwe omabini. I-AirAsia ngoku ibhabha kasibhozo ngemini isuka eKuala Lumpur isiya eSingapore, ijika le ndlela ibe yeyona ndlela ixakekileyo yeqela lamazwe ngamazwe. Iqela le-AirAsia namhlanje libonelela ngeenqwelo moya ezisuka eSingapore ukuya kwiindawo ezili-14 - ezi-2 ukuya eThailand, ezi-5 ukuya e-Indonesia, kunye ne-7 ukuya eMalaysia- inani elinokuthelekiswa neJakarta, isiseko somoya sesithathu esikhulu se-AirAsia, kunye neenqwelomoya eziya kwiindawo ezili-16…
Ukongezwa okutsha kwinethiwekhi yaseSingapore yiMiri (Sarawak) kunye neTawau (Sabah), eye yazuza, okokuqala, indiza yamazwe ngamazwe engapheliyo. Lilonke, iQela le-AirAsia libonelela ngee-frequencies zeveki ezingaphezu kwe-400 ezivela eSingapore, elilingana ne-13 yemihla ngemihla yokubuya. NgoMatshi ophelileyo, i-CEO yeQela le-AirAsia uTony Fernandes, yabelane ngombono wayo wokunikezela ukuya kuthi ga kwi-50 yokubuya rhoqo ngosuku kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseChangi. Ngeli xesha, i-AirAsia kulo nyaka ilindele ukuthutha abakhweli abamalunga nezigidi ezibini ukusuka naseSingapore. “Amandla ethu angoku eSingapore axhomekeke ngakumbi nangakumbi kubahambi beshishini abatshintsha indlela yabo yokuhamba ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho. Ukuya kuthi ga kwi-30 pesenti yabakhweli bethu kuthungelwano lwethu lwehlabathi ngabahambi beshishini, ”wongeze watsho u-Osman-Rani.
Ngaba inyathelo elikhulu elilandelayo le-AirAsia linokuba kukuseta i-subsidiary yayo kwisiXeko seSixeko? Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuba singathetha ngayo. “Kodwa abasemagunyeni baseSingapore baya bebhetyebhetye ngakumbi,” utshilo u-Osman-Rani. Ngaphandle kweSingapore, i-AirAsia Group iya kuqhubeka nokuqinisa inethiwekhi yayo yasekhaya e-Indonesia kwaye yongeze iindawo eziya e-India nase-China ngaphandle kweMalaysia naseThailand. "Sinesicwangciso sokukhonza ubuncinane izixeko ezili-9 eIndiya kunye nezixeko ezi-5 zaseTshayina," wongezelela i-AirAsia X CEO. Ngexesha elide, i-AirAsia X inokuthi yandise kwindawo ye-Gulf ngaphambi kokuvula indawo entsha eYurophu.
