I-LONDON, eNgilani - I-airline yaseSpain i-Iberia iceba ukulahla imisebenzi ye-4,500, okanye i-22% yabasebenzi bayo, njengenxalenye yokulungiswa okujoliswe ekuhlanguleni i-airline enzima.
Iqela le-International Airlines, elenziwe ngokudityaniswa kwe-Iberia kunye neBritish Airways ngo-2011, lathi umthwali waseSpain uza kunciphisa umthamo nge-15% kuwo wonke uthungelwano kwaye asuse iinqwelomoya ezingama-25 kwinkonzo.
I-Iberia inenzuzo yendalo kwiindlela ezihamba ixesha elide eziya eLatin America, ngenxa yendawo ekuyo kunye nobudlelwane bembali, kodwa abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi baye bathatha isabelo esikhulu ngakumbi kwishishini labo elifutshane kunye neliphakathi.
Kwakhona iye yabethwa kanobom kukudodobala kwezoqoqosho eSpain naseYurophu.
"I-Iberia ilwela ukusinda kwaye siya kuyiguqula ukunciphisa isiseko sayo seendleko ukuze ikhule ngokunenzuzo kwixesha elizayo," kusho umphathi we-IAG uWillie Walsh.
I-IAG yenze umnikelo ngoLwesine oxabisa i-113 yezigidi zee-euro ukuthenga i-54.15% ye-Spanish yexabiso eliphantsi le-Vueling ye-Vueling ayikabikho, kwaye yathi ilindele ukuvelisa ukonga ngokudibanisa ngokupheleleyo inqwelomoya esekwe e-Barcelona kwiqela.
Umlawuli oyintloko we-Iberia uRafael Sanchez-Lozano uthe inqwelomoya ayinangeniso kuzo zonke iimarike zayo kwaye yalumkisa ngenyathelo eliqatha ngakumbi ukuba iimanyano ziyasilela ukuvuma isicwangciso sohlengahlengiso ekupheleni kukaJanuwari ka-2013.
“Ukuba asifikeleli kwimvumelwano kuya kufuneka sithathe amanyathelo aqatha nto leyo eya kukhokelela ekwehleni okukhulu kwezakhono nemisebenzi,” utshilo.
I-IAG ithumele inzuzo yokusebenza ye-17 yezigidi zeedola kwiinyanga ezisithoba ukuya ekupheleni kukaSeptemba. Ilahleko ye-Iberia ye-262 yezigidi zeedola iphantse yacima yonke inzuzo ye-euro yezigidi ezingama-286 kwiBritish Airways.
"Ingeniso yekota yesithathu iye yathintelwa ngenxa yee-Olimpiki zaseLondon, kodwa okwangoku siqaphela ukuba ingeniso yeyunithi ibuyela kwindlela yayo elungileyo kwikota yesine," utshilo u-IAG.
Ilindele ukuthumela ilahleko yokusebenza malunga ne-€ 120 yezigidi kwi-2012 emva kwezinto ezikhethekileyo kunye nelahleko kwi-subsidiary yayo ye-bmi.
