I-Kuwait enexabiso eliphantsi i-Jazeera Airways ibike ilahleko ye-KWD1.26 yezigidi zeedinari (i-USD $ 4.4 yezigidi) kwikota yesibini, kodwa yaxela kwangaphambili inguqu kwinxalenye yokugqibela ka-2009 njengoko abahambi bezoshishino bephendukela kwiinqwelo-moya zebhajethi.
Umphathi oyintloko uStefan Pichler, othathe i-helm kwi-carrier kwiiveki ezintandathu ezidlulileyo, uthe i-Jazeera ikwindlela yokuthenga ukuze yandise inethiwekhi yayo kwaye ijonge indawo yesibini emva kokumisa iinqwelomoya ezisuka eDubai kulo nyaka.
“Sibona ubhukisho olomeleleyo kwiiveki nakwiinyanga ezizayo… Sifumana imfuno enkulu yeshishini kunokuba besiyifumana ngaphambili,” utshilo u-Pichler, njengoko iinkampani zibhenela kwiinqwelo-moya ezixabisa kancinci ukucutha iindleko zokuhamba phakathi kwengxaki yetyala. "Siza kuba nenguqu ebalulekileyo kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka."
“Ndiqinisekile ukuba unyaka ka-2010 uzakubangcono kakhulu kuno-2009 kuba sisebenzise lo nyaka ukumanyanisa ishishini lethu.”
I-Jazeera, eyaqala ukusebenza ngo-2005, ikhuphisana ne-Air Arabia esekwe e-Sharjah kunye ne-flydubai ese-Dubai, eqale ukubhabha kulo nyaka.
U-Pichler uthe umphathiswa unomdla wokusebenzisa amaxabiso aphantsi ukuze afumane izinto ezithengiweyo.
“Sinethuba lokuzenza zombini (indawo yesibini kunye nezinto ezithengwayo) kuba iJazeera inemali entle ngoku,” utshilo. "Eli lixesha elifanelekileyo, kungekuphela namhlanje kodwa nakwiinyanga ezili-12 ezizayo."
"Ukuhlengahlengiswa kwenethiwekhi ukusuka kwi-hub kabini ukuya kwi-hub enye yokusebenza kube nefuthe elincinci kwingeniso kwi-Q2," utshilo u-Pichler ngaphambili kwingxelo.
Uye wathi iJazeera izakukhangela indawo yesibini entsha kuMbindi Mpuma, ngakumbi ngaphandle kommandla weGulf.
"Sitsalwa ngakumbi ekujongeni kuMbindi Mpuma yonke kwaye akuyomfuneko kakhulu kwi (Gulf), apho kukho ukhuphiswano olukhulu kunye nokugqithisa," watsho.
I-Jazeera ithumele ilahleko ye-KWD0.9 yezigidi kwikota yesibini ka-2008. Ilahleko yayo kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka yafika kwi-KWD2.2 yezigidi, yatsho kwingxelo.
I-airline ithe ingeniso kwisiqingatha sokuqala ingene kwi-KWD20 yezigidi, ngaphandle kokunika amanani athelekisekayo.
IJazeera, ibhabhela kwiindawo ezingama-28 kuMbindi Mpuma, kuMntla Afrika naseIndiya, iceba ukwandisa loo nto iye kuma-82 kwiminyaka emihlanu ezayo.
"Kwakukho ukubuyisela umva kwindawo yesibini eDubai kwaye ngoku siphinde sagxila eKuwait njengendawo, ukuze siqinisekise ukuba singakwazi ukugcina owona msebenzi uphantsi," utshilo uPichler.
I-Jazeera ineenqwelo-moya ze-10 ze-Airbus A320 kwaye ilindele ukufumana i-30 ngaphezulu kwixesha le-2014.
NgoMgqibelo, i-Air Arabia, eyona nto ithwala ixabiso eliphantsi kuMbindi Mpuma, ikhuphe ipesenti ezili-10 zokunyuka kwengeniso yekota yesibini ukuya kwi-USD $ 24.5 yezigidi.
