I-DUBLIN / LONDON - I-airline yase-Ireland i-Aer Lingus yanciphisa imbono yayo kwaye yahlaziywa ngokutsha ulawulo phambi kweengeniso ze-diving kunye namanani abagibeli ngoLwesibili njengoko u-Ryanair ophikisana naye wakhupha enye ibhidi yomphathiswa we-beleaguered.
Izabelo kwi-Aer Lingus zehla ngeepesenti ze-20, okwenza ukuba ibe yilahleko ephezulu kwi-stock index yase-Irish .ISEQ, emva kokuba inkampani iqikelele ilahleko kulo nyaka iya kuba yimbi kakhulu kune-79 yezigidi ze-euro ezisezantsi zokulindela kwimarike.
I-airline eyenza ilahleko, umphathi wayo oyintloko uye warhoxa ekuqaleni kwale nyanga esithi umntu omtsha uza kuzisa iimbono ezintsha, uthe uphonononga uluhlu lweendlela ezinokukhetha kuzo, kubandakanya nomthamo wayo ohamba ixesha elide, ukunciphisa iindleko zokusebenza.
I-Aer Lingus inerekhodi yokuguqula iimeko ezinzima kodwa abahlalutyi balumkisa ukuba kukho into enkulu efunekayo.
"I-Aer Lingus ijongene nemingeni efanayo emva kwe-9-11 kwaye kungekudala nje ngo-2007, umda wayo wokusebenza wawuyeyona nto ibhetele kwishishini," watsho umhlalutyi we-NCB uNeil Glynn.
"Siza kwinqanaba apho kufuneka sibone into ebukhali kwakhona."
Inkampani yeenqwelomoya ibone ingeniso yekota yehla ngeepesenti ezili-16 njengoko ukudodobala koqoqosho kuqhube umndilili wexabiso lokukhwela uhle malunga neepesenti ezili-15. Amanani abakhweli ehle nge-6.5 ekhulwini unyaka nonyaka kwangelo xesha linye.
Ityumbe u-Niall Walsh njengegosa eliyintloko lokusebenza ngelixa iGosa lezeMali eliyiNtloko uSean Coyle kunye nentloko yeMicimbi yokuHawul emfutshane uStephen Kavanagh bethatha indima eyongezelelweyo.
Inkampani ithe izakuphonononga iimfuno zayo zenqwelomoya kwi-Airbus njengenxalenye yokuphonononga ishishini layo elide.
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Imbangi enkulu ye-Aer Lingus kunye nomnini-zabelo ophambili, iRyanair, yasikhupha isicelo sesithathu somthwali wombuso wangaphambili kodwa yathi iza kubambelela kwisabelo sayo esikufutshane neepesenti ezingama-30 ngaphandle kokuba ifumene isipho esibalulekileyo.
"Ndicinga ukuba i-Aer Lingus ayinaxabiso. Ukuba imithetho yogcino-zincwadi iyasivumela besiya kusibhala phantsi isiteki sethu siye kuthi xhaxhe,” ingqonyela uMichael O’Leary uxelele inkomfa yeendaba. "Ndiqinisekile ukuba asizukwenza xabiso lesithathu."
I-Aer Lingus isekelwe kwisicwangciso sayo sokukhusela ngokuchasene ne-bid ye-Ryanair yamva nje kwingxabano yokuba inekamva elinenzuzo njenge-airline ezimeleyo, iqikelela inzuzo encinci yangaphambi kwerhafu kwi-2008 kunye ne-2009.
Kodwa abanye abahlalutyi bathi le ngxabano ayisenamanzi.
“Okwangoku, kunzima ukubona u-Aer Lingus esebenza yedwa, kodwa basenayo imali eseleyo kwaye ukuba baphumelele uthethathethwano ne-Airbus oko kuya kunceda,” utshilo umhlalutyi weDavy uStephen Furlong.
I-Ryanair, eyafumana i-bid yayo emva kwe-bid echasayo ngo-2006, yenza isithembiso se-750 yezigidi zee-euro (i-$ 976.1 yezigidi) kwimbangi yayo ngoDisemba kodwa kamva yarhoxisa isicelo emva kokuba urhulumente wase-Ireland, ophethe i-25 yepesenti, wayikhaba.
U-Aer Lingus uthe unemali eyi-594 yezigidi zee-euro ukusuka nge-31 kaMatshi, ezantsi ngeepesenti ezisi-9 ukusuka ekupheleni konyaka.
Kodwa uRyanair's O'Leary uthe i-balance sheet ayinamandla njengoko i-airline igcinwe.
“Baphelelwa yimali ngokukhawuleza. Kucacile ukuba banentsilelo enkulu yomhlalaphantsi abaphinda bayikhanyela ngoDisemba kwaye kuza kufuneka kubekho olunye uhlengahlengiso,” utshilo.
"Ndicinga ukuba uAer Lingus uza kuphelelwa yimali."
