Umphathi omkhulu weAir New Zealand uRob Fyfe ucele inkulumbuso engenayo uJohn Key ukuba afunxe imali ethe kratya kukhenketho ukuthintela ukwehla okuninzi kwamanani abatyeleli.
Amanani abakhenkethi abavela kumazwe angaphandle aye ehlile ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi kwaye utyalo-mali kwakhona luyafuneka, ngenkxaso karhulumente, ukuqinisekisa ukuba icandelo elibaluleke kakhulu kwezoqoqosho alinankontileka, utshilo uMnu Fyfe.
Isigqibo sikaMnu Key sokuba ngumphathiswa wezokhenketho sasifanelekile, watsho.
“Inkulumbuso kufuneka ibe ngumthengisi onguNo1 waseNew Zealand.
“Sisizwe esincinci esizama ukwenza impembelelo yethu kwinqanaba lehlabathi. UKhenketho ngoyena mntu singenisa imali eninzi kumazwe angaphandle. Ndibona ingqiqo yendalo kuyo, ”utshilo uMnu Fyfe.
I-Air New Zealand iphantsi kukarhulumente weepesenti ezingama-75.
UMnumzana Key uhlala “ekoneni” kuMnu Fyfe, kwaye abantwana babo bafunda kwisikolo esinye.
“Ngoko sigilana rhoqo, ibe yayingumxholo esasiwuxubusha, kodwa ndiqinisekile ukuba abantu abaninzi baphulaphula uJohn ngazo zonke iintlobo zezinto.
“Ngokuqinisekileyo andizukucinga ukuba ndinempembelelo enkulu kwesi sigqibo,” utshilo uMnu Fyfe.
Ukwakhuphe elinye ilinge lokudityaniswa kwe-Air New Zealand kunye ne-Qantas, athe ngoku iza kuba yingozi kukhenketho lwaseNew Zealand kunokuba ibe yinzuzo ebangwayo kwiinzame ezimbini ezingazange ziphumelele zokufumana imvume kubalawuli bokhuphiswano.
"Ukubaluleka kokuba iNew Zealand ibe nenethiwekhi yenqwelomoya egxile eNew Zealand ibaluleke kakhulu kuqoqosho lwethu, kuba uninzi lwenethiwekhi esibhabhayo ayinangqondo kuthungelwano olugxile eOstreliya okanye inethiwekhi egxile eSingapore okanye naphina."
Malunga nesithathu seendlela zohambo olude ze-Air New Zealand zazingenangeniso, kodwa zazibalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuba uthungelwano lunengeniso.
Ukuba i-Air New Zealand kunye ne-Qantas zidibene, inkxalabo iya kuba kukuba ezo ndlela zincinci aziyi kuqhutywa ukuba izigqibo zenziwe ngaphandle kweSydney, uMnu Fyfe uthe.
Amanye amazwe ayeyiqonda ngokulinganayo imfuneko yokuba nenqwelomoya yelizwe egxile ekuthengiseni isiseko samakhaya awo njengendawo yokusingwa, kwaye olo xinzelelo lusebenze njengomqobo wokudityaniswa, utshilo.
I-Air New Zealand ichitha malunga ne-120 yezigidi zeedola ngonyaka ekukhuthazeni iNew Zealand kumazwe ngamazwe, phantse kabini imali echithwa yi-arhente karhulumente ye-Tourism New Zealand.
"Ngaphandle kwayo yonke le ntetho, ndisathandabuza malunga nokuba siza kubona udibaniso oluxananazileyo lwemida, ngaphandle kweYurophu iphela phakathi kuluntu lwaseYurophu."
Iinzuzo zothungelwano lokuzinzisa ziye zaphunyezwa ubukhulu becala ngezivumelwano ezifana neStar Alliance kunye neOneworld, utshilo uMnu Fyfe.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “The importance of New Zealand having an airline network centred on New Zealand is very critical to our economy, because a lot of the network we fly doesn’t make sense to a network centred on Australia or a network centred on Singapore or wherever.
- Amanye amazwe ayeyiqonda ngokulinganayo imfuneko yokuba nenqwelomoya yelizwe egxile ekuthengiseni isiseko samakhaya awo njengendawo yokusingwa, kwaye olo xinzelelo lusebenze njengomqobo wokudityaniswa, utshilo.
- Ukwakhuphe elinye ilinge lokudityaniswa kwe-Air New Zealand kunye ne-Qantas, athe ngoku iza kuba yingozi kukhenketho lwaseNew Zealand kunokuba ibe yinzuzo ebangwayo kwiinzame ezimbini ezingazange ziphumelele zokufumana imvume kubalawuli bokhuphiswano.
