Ukuthetha e-Abu Dhabi namhlanje kwiNgqungquthela yeHlabathi yeBhunga lokuHamba kunye noKhenketho, uMongameli we-Etihad Airways kunye neGosa eliLawulayo, uJames Hogan, uxelele ngaphezu kwe-800 yabaphathi abahambahambayo abaphezulu ukuba iinqwelomoya zelifa akunakwenzeka ukuba ziqhubele phambili ngaphandle kokuba zitshintshe kakhulu indlela. wenze ishishini.
Imephu yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya yehlabathi izotywa ngokutsha njengoko iimarike ezintsha ziguquka, iimarike zemveli ziyehla, kwaye ishishini lenqwelomoya lizilungisa kwakhona ukuze livumelane neemeko eziguqukayo, utshilo.
Ukongeza kwimingeni eqhubekayo yokungazinzi kwezoqoqosho kunye nokungaqiniseki okujikeleze amaxabiso epetroli kunye nokubonelela, uMnu Hogan uthe ukukhula okukhawulezayo kokuhamba ngeenqwelo moya kwiimarike ezifana neIndiya, i-Afrika kunye ne-Middle East kuthetha ukuba iinqwelo-moya ziza kufuneka ziphinde zihlaziye amanethiwekhi azo ukuze zivumelane nokutshintsha kwetrafikhi. iyahamba.
Uthe enye yemimandla ekhula ngokukhawuleza yayiyiMbindi Mpuma, apho iindawo ezintsha eziphambili eziquka i-Abu Dhabi zaziphuhlisa ukuxhasa ukukhula koqoqosho olukhawulezayo kummandla weGulf kunye nokudibanisa zombini iimarike ezintsha kunye nezemveli.
Ukuze athathe inxaxheba kwihlabathi elitsha lokuhamba ngeenqwelo-moya, uMnu Hogan uthe isizukulwana esilandelayo seenqwelo-moya siya kufuna "umbono kunye nokuzimisela ukuhluka," ukwenzela ukunciphisa iindleko, ukuphucula imveliso kunye nokufumana iindlela ezifikelelekayo zokufikelela kwiimarike ezintsha.
“Iinqwelomoya kwihlabathi liphela kufuneka ziziqhelanise 'nehlabathi elitsha' kwaye zichonge kwaye zingene kwiimarike zokukhula. Ishishini kufuneka lifumane kwaye liqeqeshe abasebenzi kolu hlumo lutsha, kunye nokuphonononga amathuba okukhula angabizi kakhulu,” utshilo uMnu Hogan.
Uthe i-Etihad Airways yenze imodeli yoshishino enentsika ezintathu, esekwe ekukhuleni kwezinto eziphilayo, intsebenziswano yekhowudi kunye notyalo-mali olulinganayo kwabanye abathwali. Esi sicwangciso sixhaswe luphuhliso lwe-Abu Dhabi njengendawo entsha yothutho lomoya yehlabathi, edibanisa uthungelwano lweenqwelomoya ezisebenzisanayo.
Okwangoku, i-Etihad Airways inezivumelwano ze-codeshare ezingama-42 ezikhoyo, kunye notyalo-mali lwe-equity kwiinqwelo-moya ezine: i-airberlin, i-Air Seychelles, i-Virgin Australia kunye ne-Aer Lingus.
Olu thelelwano luzise inzuzo enkulu kwiziphumo zemali ze-Etihad Airways, kunye ne-codeshare kunye nengeniso yeqabane lokulingana kwi-Q1 ka-2013 inyuke ngeepesenti ezingama-34 ukuya kwi-US$182 yezigidi kunye neminikelo yamahlakani emele i-20 yepesenti yetotali.
UMnu. Hogan uthe: “Isiphakamiso sethu sotyalo-mali lwe-equity siqinisekisa ukuzibophelela kunye nesibophelelo kuzo zombini iinkampani zeenqwelo-moya kwaye silungelelanise ukungena kwethu kwiimarike ezintsha, ngexabiso elifikelelekayo nangaphakathi kwemida yotyalo-mali lwangaphandle. Esi sicwangciso-qhinga sisinceda siphephe inkqubo etsaliweyo esebenzayo ekudityanisweni kunye notyalo-mali olukhulu, kwaye ivumela ukwanda kwethu okuqhubekayo ngokusebenzisa iibrendi zehlabathi ezimisiweyo nezihlonitshwayo, ngelixa sinikezela ngeenzuzo ezihambelanayo kumaqabane ethu, kubandakanya ukufikelela kwinethiwekhi yethu ekhulayo kunye nokonga okubalulekileyo ngemisebenzi ebandakanya ukwabelana ngezibonelelo kunye nokuthenga ngokubambisana. "
UMnu. Hogan uthe isicwangciso se-Etihad Airways yayikukugxila kwiimarike zokukhula kwaye siqhubeke nokwakha "indlela entsha 'yeSilk Road' edibanisa iimarike nge-hub yase-Abu Dhabi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Uthe enye yemimandla ekhula ngokukhawuleza yayiyiMbindi Mpuma, apho iindawo ezintsha eziphambili eziquka i-Abu Dhabi zaziphuhlisa ukuxhasa ukukhula koqoqosho olukhawulezayo kummandla weGulf kunye nokudibanisa zombini iimarike ezintsha kunye nezemveli.
- Hogan said the rapid growth of air travel in markets such as India, Africa and the Middle East meant airlines would need to reshape their networks to accommodate changing traffic flows.
- Hogan said the next generation of airlines would need “the vision and willingness to be different,” in order to cut costs, improve productivity and find affordable ways of accessing new markets.
