Equair, inqwelomoya yase-Ecuadorian, iqalise ukusebenza kwayo ngokubhabha phakathi IGuayaquil kunye neQuito ngoDisemba 2021. Emva konyaka kunye neenyanga ezilishumi kamva, inkampani ibhengeze ukunqunyanyiswa kwemisebenzi yayo ngenxa yelahleko enkulu yemali. I-Equair yayinezicwangciso zamabhongo, ibonelela “ngeyona nkonzo ilungileyo ngexabiso” kwaye ifumana i-17% yesabelo semarike kwiindlela eziphambili zasekhaya. Babetyikitye isivumelwano sotyalo-mali esizizigidi ezingama-34 zeedola kunye neSebe leMveliso, bejonge ukusisebenzisa phakathi kowama-2021 ukuya kowama-2036.
Ngelishwa, ukusebenza kwezimali kwe-Equair bekukude kwiminqweno yabo. Kwingxelo yabo ye-2022 kwi-Superintendency of Companies, i-airline ibonise ipesenti yelahleko eyothusayo ye-91%. Ingeniso yentengiso yonyaka ifikelele kwi-USD 18.8 yezigidi, kodwa iindleko zifikelele kwi-USD 31.4 yezigidi, okubangele ilahleko ye-USD 17.1 yezigidi kunye ne-equity engalunganga ye-USD 2.5 yezigidi. Ukushokoxeka kwenkunzi esebenzayo ye-7.5 yezigidi zeerandi kuqhubele phambili kwiingxaki zabo zemali.
Isigqibo se-Equair sokunqumamisa ukusebenza besibalelwa ikakhulu kwingeniso ephantsi, njengoko kubonisiwe kuhlalutyo lwabo lwemarike. Ukunyuka kwamaxabiso epetroli kumazwe ngamazwe nako kudlale indima, iindleko zepetroli zibalelwa kwinxalenye enkulu yeendleko zabo zokusebenza.
Oku kuvalwa kwakungalindelekanga, ngokukodwa ukuba i-Equair yayisandul 'ukwandisa imisebenzi yayo ukuze iquke iinqwelomoya eziya e-El Coca ngo-Agasti 2023. Ekuphenduleni le meko, i-airline yathembisa ukubonelela ngenkxaso kunye nesikhokelo kubasebenzi bayo abangaphezu kwama-200. I-Equair iphinde yasebenza neLATAM Airlines yase-Ecuador ukufudusa abakhweli ababethenge amatikiti kwangaphambili, iqinisekisa ukuba banokufika kwiindawo abaya kuzo ngaphandle kweendleko ezongezelelekileyo.
Ukususela ngo-Oktobha 1, i-2023, i-LATAM ihambise ngempumelelo abagibeli be-Equair be-2,000 kwiinqwelo-moya zabo, kunye nezicwangciso zokuncedisa abagibeli abachaphazelekayo be-15,000. Uhambo olufutshane lwe-Equair lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo semicelimngeni ezijongene neenqwelo moya kwiimarike ezikhuphisanayo, ngakumbi xa zijongene nemiba efana nokuhla kwamaxabiso epetroli kunye neemeko ezinzima zoqoqosho.
