I-MUMBAI, i-Indiya - I-Kingfisher Airlines iye yanciphisa ukusebenza kwayo nge-50% kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase-Mumbai kule hlotyeni. Ngokweshedyuli entsha, inqwelomoya iya kusebenza kwiinqwelomoya ezingama-24 ngaphandle kweMumbai, endaweni yeenqwelomoya ezingama-50 kwishedyuli yasehlotyeni.
Kulo lonke elaseIndiya, inqwelomoya iya kusebenza ngeenqwelomoya ezili-120 mihla le endaweni yeenqwelomoya ezingaphezu kwama-300 ebezisebenza kulo nyaka uphelileyo. I-Kingfisher iza kusebenzisa iinqwelo-moya ezingama-20 kwizikhephe zayo ezingama-64, ukusebenzisa ishedyuli yasehlotyeni. NgoLwesithathu, i-airline ikhuphe ingxelo echaza ukuba sele iqalile ukusebenza kweshedyuli ye-2012 yehlobo. Nangona kunjalo, ishedyuli yangoku yinxalenye "yesicwangciso sokubamba" kude kusetyenziswe kwakhona imali kunye nokubuyela ekusetyenzisweni ngokupheleleyo kweenqwelo zeenqwelo. Inkampani yeenqwelomoya yathi iza kuzama ukugcina ucwangciso.
Isiteyitimenti siza kusuku emva kokuba uKingfisher eyekile ukusebenza ukusuka eMumbai naseDelhi ukuya eLucknow nasePatna. “Intshukumo ibilindelwe njengoko inqwelomoya ibicutha ukusebenza kwayo kwizixeko ezikumgangatho wesibini. Ibisele iyekile ukusebenza ngenqwelomoya eziya ngqo kwezinye iindlela ezininzi ezidumileyo njengeMumbai-Jaipur, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Trivandrum njl. “Konke oku kuyinxalenye yokucutha ukusebenza okucwangcisiweyo yinkampani yeenqwelomoya.
Kuba imithwalo yabakhweli yehle kakhulu, inkampani yeenqwelomoya ikufumanisa kungenakwenzeka ukusebenza kula macandelo. Nokuba iinqwelomoya phakathi kwemetro azinanto, ”igosa eliphezulu lesikhululo seenqwelomoya lathi.
“EMumbai, ziiflaya kuphela ebezibhukishe iinyanga ezi-3 ukuya kwezi-4 kwangaphambili okanye ngenkqubo yewebhu yewebhu kuphela ezibhabha kwiKingfisher ngoku. Inqwelo moya kuya kufuneka ibambelele kwishedyuli yayo ukuba kufuneka ibuyise ukuzithemba kwabakhweli, ”wongeze watsho. Kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMumbai, inqwelomoya yanciphisa ukusebenza kwayo kakhulu, isebenza nakwi-metro ephambili kwindawo ephantsi.
Iiholide zasehlotyeni lixesha apho uninzi lweenqwelo moya zenza imali ngokungxama kwabakhweli. "I-Kingfisher yonakalise amathuba ayo ngakumbi ngokunciphisa ukusebenza kakhulu ukusuka eMumbai," igosa lesikhululo seenqwelomoya eMumbai lathi.
Ikhawuntara yenqwelo moya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseMumbai ibinxibe imbonakalo yangaphandle, kwaye bambalwa abakhweli abeza ukuzorhoxisa amatikiti abo okubhabha. Abaninzi baye barhoxa kumaziko onxibelelwano njengoko bebengaqinisekanga ukuba inqwelomoya yabo iza kunduluka na. Umfoti oseDelhi, u-Anshika Varma, ose-Mumbai kuhambo, urhoxise itikiti lakhe lokubuyela kwi-Kingfisher. “Ngethamsanqa, ndifumene imbuyiselo epheleleyo ngayo kwaye ndingabhukisha ngokulula itikiti lejethi leSpice,” utshilo uVarma. UVarma wayebhukishe ngesikimu sokubhukisha esingaboniyo kwi-portal yokuhamba.
Kwisiteyitimenti uKingfisher uthe ukumisile ukusebenza kwezinye izikhululo (ebhekisa kuLucknow nasePatna) kodwa uthumele abasebenzi abathile ukuba bancede abakhweli abasabhukisha kwinqwelomoya ukuba babuyisele imali okanye baphinde babhukishe.
“Njengoko sinokuphinda siqalise ukusebenza emva kokuba siphinde safumana imali, uninzi lwabasebenzi kwezi zikhululo bacelwe ukuba bahlale ekhaya ngelixa behlala kuluhlu lwenkampani,” itshilo ingxelo yenqwelomoya. Inkampani yongeze ukuba ilinde izigqibo ezahlukeneyo kumgaqo-nkqubo we-FDI kunye nenkxaso-mali yokusebenza. “Zonke ezi ziza kuba nefuthe elikhulu kwizigqibo zabasebenzi ekuya kufuneka sizithathe,” itshilo ingxelo.
