I-SYDNEY - Qantas Airways Ltd. UMlawuli oyiNtloko u-Alan Joyce uthe ngoLwesithathu ukuba umthwali wase-Australia uhlala ekhangele amathuba okudibanisa kodwa akalindelanga ukuba nayiphi na izivumelwano zenzeke phakathi kweenqwelo-moya zase-Asia kwixesha elifutshane kuba imiqobo yokulawula iphezulu kakhulu.
Ukuhanjiswa kwenqwelomoya entsha ye-Boeing 787 eQantas kusalindeleke ukuba yenzeke phakathi ku-2012 kwaye uJoyce uthe ukufika kwabo kuya kunceda ukuvula amathuba e-JetStar yexabiso eliphantsi lokubhabha ukuya kwiindawo ezintsha zaseAsia.
UJoyce uthe udibaniso “yinto elungileyo” kushishino lwezophapho lwehlabathi ukuba yenziwe, ephawula izivumelwano ezinkulu zakutsha nje eYurophu nakuMntla Melika, kubandakanya ne-United Airlines ecetywayo yokudityaniswa ne-Continental Airlines Inc.
“Kucacile ukuba baninzi kakhulu abadlali,” utshilo kwinkomfa yezophapho eSydney. "Kodwa ukudityaniswa konke kuyenzeka kwiimarike ezilawulayo eziye zibe yimarike yenqwelomoya eqhelekileyo nalapho indawo yolawulo ivumela ukuba kwenzeke oko," utshilo.
"I-Asiya yahluke kakhulu."
Ngaphandle kobunzima bolawulo, uJoyce uthe ezinye iinqwelomoya zase-Asia ezixhaswa ngurhulumente zinokungabi nenqanaba elifanayo lokunqweneleka kwezorhwebo ukudibanisa njengabalingane babo babucala.
Amagqabantshintshi akhe abonisa ukuba i-Qantas ihleli ikwi-bearish kakhulu kwimisebenzi yenkampani ukusukela oko iinzame zayo zokudityaniswa neBritish Airways Plc zasilela ngo-2008. IQantas ikwabambe iingxoxo zokudityaniswa ne-Singapore Airlines Ltd. kunye ne-Malaysian Airline System Bhd.
UJoyce uxelele iintatheli kamva ngoLwesithathu ukuba iQantas iza kuqhubeka nokujongana nobunzima bokudityaniswa neenqwelomoya ezingaphandle kweAsia.
“Akukho nalunye udibaniso olukhulu esilubonileyo kukudityaniswa kwelizwekazi,” utshilo uJoyce.
"Abantu baseYurophu nabaseMelika basebenzela ukuvula indawo yolawulo ukuvumela ukuba kwenzeke phakathi kweenqwelomoya kwaye oko kunokwenzeka ukuba ekugqibeleni kuyenzeka."
UJoyce uthe kwinkomfa efanayo kulo nyaka uphelileyo ukuba iQantas yafunda kumava ayo neBritish Airways ukuba ukudityaniswa kweenqwelomoya zelizwe “kunzima kakhulu” ukuphumeza ngokwemiqathango yorhwebo eyamkelekileyo kuwo omabini amaqela.
Imiqobo yolawulo enzima kunye nokubakho kokuphazamiseka kwabaphathi kubonise ubunzima, utshilo ngelo xesha, esongeza ukuba ebengalindelanga ukuba iQantas idibane nenye inqwelo moya ubuncinci iminyaka elishumi.
Xa ebuzwa ngamathuba kwimakethi yaseTshayina, uJoyce uthe ngoLwesithathu uQantas angathanda ukubhabha phakathi kweTshayina neYurophu kodwa akakabinayo imvume kubalawuli baseYurophu. “Urhulumente wase-Australia unaloo nto kwi-ajenda kwaye sinethemba lokuba kwinqanaba elithile liya kuqhutywa,” utshilo.
Ngokubhekiselele kwi-divestments, uJoyce uthe uQantas akafuni kuthengisa nayiphi na impahla ngaphandle kwe-46% yesabelo sayo kwi-Fiji carrier Air Pacific, apho uthethathethwano norhulumente waseFijian luyaqhubeka.
Uye wavuma ukuba umdla kaQantas kushishino lwempahla edibeneyo kunye ne-Australia Post-Star Track Express kunye ne-Australian Air Express-aziqhubi ngokusemandleni abo.
“Bebengasiniki zimbuyekezo ebesinokuzilindela. Sicinga ukuba ikho indlela eyenzeka ngayo kwaye akukho zicwangciso zokuzincama kwezo zabelo,” utshilo uJoyce.
Ukuvela kweshishini lokubhabha rhoqo kweQantas akusekho kwi-ajenda, utshilo uJoyce, esongeza ukuba ishishini lincede ekwahlukaneni kwemivuzo yenqwelo moya ngexesha lengxaki yemali yehlabathi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Imiqobo yolawulo enzima kunye nokubakho kokuphazamiseka kwabaphathi kubonise ubunzima, utshilo ngelo xesha, esongeza ukuba ebengalindelanga ukuba iQantas idibane nenye inqwelo moya ubuncinci iminyaka elishumi.
- Chief Executive Alan Joyce said Wednesday that the Australian carrier remains on the look out for merger opportunities but he doesn’t expect any deals to occur between Asian airlines in the short term because regulatory hurdles are too high.
- “The Europeans and the Americans are working on opening up the regulatory environment to allow that to happen between airlines and that’s a possibility eventually when that does occur.
