I-Austria iqeshe uMerrill kumthombo wentengiso yenqwelo moya

I-LONDON - Urhulumente wase-Austrian utyumbe i-Merrill Lynch & Co Inc ukuba icebise malunga nokuthengiswa kokulahleka kwe-Airlines yase-Austrian (AUA), umthombo owazi kakuhle lo mbandela ngoLwesibili.

Ukuqeshwa kuphawula inyathelo lokuqala elibambekayo likarhulumente ekuthengiseni izabelo zakhe ezingama-43 eepesenti kwi-AUA, okanye inxenye yayo, njengoko ukunyuka kweendleko zeparafini kunomlinganiselo osezantsi womthuthi. Isitofu esiyinkunzi ngumtyali-mali waseSaudi asiphumelelanga ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.

UMerrill Lynch walile ukuphawula. Umphathiswa wezemali wase-Austria kunye nenkampani ephethe urhulumente i-OeIAG nayo ayinakuphawula.

Umphathiswa wezeziMali uWilhelm Molterer uthe kwinyanga ephelileyo uvulelekile kuzo zonke iinketho ze-AUA, kodwa iqabane lobuchule elithatha inxaxheba kumthwali wesizwe yeyona meko inokwenzeka.

I-Social Democrats, ekhokela urhulumente ngokubambisana ne-Molterer's conservatives, kwixesha elidlulileyo belichasa ukuthengiswa kodwa bathi bavuleleke "kwintsebenziswano yobuchule".

Iinkampani zeenqwelomoya eziquka iLufthansa yaseJamani sele iliqabane le-AUA kwisivumelwano senqwelomoya ye-Star Alliance, i-Aeroflot yaseRashiya kunye ne-Air France-KLM zithe ziza kujonga i-AUA ukuba zimenywe ngurhulumente.

I-AUA iqikelele kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba iza kuqhuba ilahleko efikelela kwi-90 yezigidi zeeyuro (i-142 yezigidi zeedola) kulo nyaka ngenxa yokunyuka kweendleko zepetroli engakwaziyo ukuzibuyekeza.

Izabelo zayo ziye zehla ipesenti ze-46 kulo nyaka kwaye zithengisa ipesenti ze-7.4 kwi-3.38 euro nge-1457 GMT ngoLwesibili. Ngeli xabiso, isiteki sikarhulumente sixabisa malunga ne-125 yezigidi zeeyuro.

Reuters.com