I-HONOLULU, HI - Yintoni eyaqala njengonyaka othembisayo we-Hawaiian Airlines yaphela ngenqaku elibi ngenxa yamaxabiso e-fuel eguquguqukayo kunye "nentlekele yezoqoqosho" eyabangela ukuhla kweedijithi ezimbini ekufikeni kweendwendwe kwilizwe lonke.
I-Hawaiian izolo ibike ilahleko eshiyekileyo ye-US $ 11.9 yezigidi, okanye i-23 yeesenti isabelo, kwikota yesine ye-2008, ukubuyisela inzuzo ye-US $ 3.3 yezigidi, okanye i-7 yeesenti ngesabelo ngasinye, kwixesha elidlulileyo lonyaka.
Ilahleko yekota yeza emva kokuba ingeniso yaseHawaii inyuke ngezigidi ezingama-36.6 zeedola kwiinyanga ezilithoba zokuqala zonyaka ophelileyo emva kokusilela Aloha Iinqwelomoya kunye ne-ATA Airlines kunye ne-US $ 52.5 yezigidi zentlawulo yokuhlawula ngokusemthethweni kwi-Mesa Air Group.
“UmHawaii kwafuneka ajamelane neziganeko ezithathu ezazingalindelekanga kodwa ezicacileyo ebudeni bonyaka: ukusekwa kwababini kwabo sikhuphisana nabo; ukunyuka kwamaxabiso eemveliso zepetroleum kunye nokuwa kwazo okulandelayo; kunye nokudodobala kwezoqoqosho okuye kwahlutha uqoqosho lwethu lwasekhaya, lwesizwe nolwehlabathi,” utshilo umphathi oyintloko waseHawaii uMark Dunkerley. "U-2008 ibingunyaka wamathamsanqa ebengalindelekanga kwaye u-2009 unokufana."
Izabelo zaseHawaii zehla i-22 cent izolo ukuvala kwi-US $ 3.61 kwi-stock market yaseNasdaq.
UHawaii, oyena mphathi mkhulu welizwe, uthe ukubalwa kwabakhweli kunxweme olusentshona ukuya eHawaii ngeenqwelomoya zazithe tyaba ngekota yesine, zibonisa uqoqosho olubuthathaka. Kodwa ukuhamba kweziqithi kunyuke kakhulu, kunyuse inani labakhweli benkampani.
Abakhweli abangaphezu kwesigidi esi-1.9 bakhwele inqwelo-moya eHawaii ebudeni beenyanga ezintathu eziphela ngoDisemba 31, 2008, ulwando lwe-8.6 ekhulwini ukusuka kwixesha langaphambili. Inani labakhweli bale nkampani kubo bonke ngo-2008 linyuke nge-10.7 yeepesenti ukuya phantse kwi-7.9 yezigidi zabathengi.
Ngokubanzi, inani labatyeleli abahamba eHawaii kunyaka odlulileyo lehlile ipesenti ze-10.7 ukuya kwi-6.7 yezigidi, ngokutsho kweSebe lezoShishino, uPhuhliso lwezoQoqosho kunye noKhenketho. Ukufika kwikota yesine kwehle ngeepesenti ezili-13.3 ukusuka kunyaka-ongaphambili.
Kangangonyaka wonke, abantu baseHawaii benze i-US$28.6 yezigidi, okanye iisenti ezingama-57 kwisabelo, ebesinyuke kumvuzo ka-2007 we-US$7.1 yezigidi, okanye i-15 leesenti kwisabelo. Ingeniso yekota yaseHawaii kunye nengeniso yokusebenza nayo ibonise inzuzo.
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ithe ingeniso yayo yokusebenza inyuke ngeepesenti ezili-19.9 ukuya kwi-US $300.5 yezigidi kwikota yesine ngelixa ingeniso yokusebenza ibethe i-US$38.1 yezigidi, ibuyisela umva i-US$2 yezigidi zelahleko yokusebenza kwikota yesine ka-2007.
Oko kuhlaziywe yinkcitho ye-US$21.3 yezigidi ezingasebenzisiyo evela kwiqhinga laseHawaii lokubiyela amafutha, elikhusela inkampani yeenqwelo moya kumaxabiso aguquguqukayo epetroli yejethi. I-Hawaiian irekhode ilahleko xa amaxabiso ehla ngexesha lekota yesine.
Akukho mntu wayenokubhala ibali lika-2008 kunyaka ophelileyo, utshilo uDunkerley.
