Ithini into ojolise kuyo ngokwengeniso yomndilili wesitulo ngasinye kunye nomthwalo wenqwelomoya entsha yaseKuala Lumpur-London Stansted?
U-Azran Osman-Rani: Iintlawulo zethu ziya kuqala ukusuka kwi-£99 indlela enye. Nangona kunjalo, ndilindele ukuba i-avareji yethu yendlela enye yokuhlawula iya kuba malunga ne-£ 180. Isengama-40 ukuya kuma-50 eepesenti exabiso eliphantsi kuneentlawulo ezibizwa ngabo sikhuphisana nabo. Ndilindele ukuhlala okuphakathi kwama-83 ukuya kuma-84 ekhulwini kunyaka wokuqala. Kodwa siya kube sele siqhawuka-kanye ne-70 yepesenti yomthwalo wento.
Ngaba kunokwenzeka ukwenza ingeniso kwindlela ende kangaka?
A. Osman-Rani: Ngokuqinisekileyo! Inqwelo-moya iya kubhabha iiyure ezili-18.5 ngosuku, nto leyo eyingxelo epheleleyo yenqwelo-moya enjalo. Ngokomyinge, iAirbus A340 ibhabha ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezili-12 okanye ezili-13 ngosuku. Siza kuhlala emhlabeni eLondon kuphela imizuzu engama-90 kodwa bekunokwenzeka ukuba senze ujiko ngemizuzu engama-75 kuphela.
Ngaba uya kubonelela ngenkonzo eyongezelelweyo efana nesibonelelo esiphezulu somthwalo okanye uqhagamshelo oluqinisekisiweyo lwabantu ababhabha ngaphaya kweKuala Lumpur?
A. Osman-Rani: Abakhweli banokukhetha kwi-intanethi ukuba bakhethe ukuthwala imithwalo engaphezulu kwibhodi kunye nethuba lokukhetha i-15 kg, i-20 kg okanye i-25 kg. Isibonelelo sethu se-15 kg sibonakala siphantsi kakhulu. Kodwa ngokufunda indlela abakhweli abaziphatha ngayo kwiindlela zethu zaseOstreliya, sibonile ukuba umyinge wobunzima bomthwalo umi kwi-14.2 kg kuphela! Sikwacinga ukwazisa i-out-check in ukwenzela imithwalo yabakhweli abadlulisayo. Sikwacinga ukwazisa kungekudala "unxibelelwano olungcono" ukhetho.
Ngaba ungazisa iinqwelomoya ze-AirAsia X ezisuka kwamanye amasango akuMzantsi-mpuma we-Asia anjengeBangkok okanye iJakarta?
A. Osman-Rani: Ithuba elinjalo alikwazanga ukufezekiswa kwixesha elifutshane njengoko kufuneka kwakhona sifumane ilayisenisi yelizwe lokusebenza iinqwelomoya ezihamba ixesha elide kwaye sibe neenqwelo ze-Airbus A330 okanye i-340 esekelwe kuloo mazwe. Asicingi kwakhona ukwazisa nayiphi na ikhowudi yokwabelana ngenqwelomoya kodwa siya kubhengeza iinqwelomoya ngeKuala Lumpur kunye namaqabane ethu engingqi.
Kuthekani ngekamva le-AirAsia X eYurophu okanye kwenye indawo kwihlabathi liphela?
A. Osman-Rani: Kufuneka sifumane iinqwelo-moya ezininzi ukususela ngo-2010 yaye ngoku sifunda iinkonzo kwizixeko ezibini okanye ezithathu kuMbindi Mpuma. Sijonge e-Abu Dhabi, eDubai naseSharjah e-UAE, eBahrain kodwa nakwiJeddah, nangona iSaudi Arabia ihleli ikhusela ishishini lenqwelomoya. EYurophu, besiya kuqala ukonyusa amaza ethu eLondon ukusuka kwiinqwelomoya ezintlanu ngeveki ukuya kweyemihla ngemihla. Emva koko siya kujonga ekuvuleni indlela yesibini xa sifumana i-airbus yethu yesibini i-A340. Ndimele nditsho ukuba ndihendwa ngokukodwa yiJamani njengoko ndibona amandla amahle ophuhliso apho.
(£1.00=US$1.50)
