I-Cathay Pacific, enye yeenqwelomoya ezinkulu zase-Asiya, inike ingxelo yokubuyela kwinzuzo yonyaka wonke njengoko kuncitshiswa iindleko kunye nokubheja kwixabiso lepetroli elihlawulweyo.
Inzuzo ye-Net ye-2009 yafika kwi-4.7bn yeedola zaseHong Kong (i-$ 606m; i-£ 405m), xa kuthelekiswa nelahleko ye-8.7bn ye-Hong Kong dollar kwi-2008.
I-fuel hedging ingakumbi incede inkampani yeenqwelomoya ukuthothisa ukwehla kwengeniso ephantse ibe yikota ngelo xesha.
Ngaphandle kwengeniso, uCathay uthe wayelumkile malunga namathemba e-2010.
Iindleko zepetroli
"Ukudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kulo nyaka uphelileyo kubangele iimeko ezinzima kakhulu zoshishino kwi-Cathay Pacific Group kunye nokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya ngokubanzi," yatsho inqwelomoya.
Ichaze ukwanda kwamanani abakhweli kunye neshishini lempahla kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka, kodwa yathi oku akwanelanga ukuchaphazela "ingeniso encitshisiweyo kakhulu" kunyaka opheleleyo.
Ngaphezu koko, ixabiso lepetroli, eliye lanyuka ngokukhawuleza ukusuka phakathi kuka-2009, lihlala linenkani kwaye lisongela ukujongela phantsi inzuzo," kusho usihlalo uChristopher Pratt.
Iinqwelomoya zehlabathi ziye zatsala nzima kulo nyaka uphelileyo njengoko abantu kunye namashishini banciphisa ukubhabha ngexesha lokwehla.
Ngokutsho kwe-International Air Transport Association (Iata), i-2009 yabona ukuhla okukhulu kwi-traffic yabantu abahamba ngeenqwelomoya ngexesha lemfazwe.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba iinqwelomoya ngokudibeneyo zilahlekelwe yi-$11bn (£7.4bn).
