I-BANGKOK, eThailand (etN) - Ngexesha lobunzima, into enokubonakala ngathi i-asethi yokuxhaswa ngurhulumente ijika ibe ngumthwalo we-Thai Airways International njengoko i-airline ingakwazi ukulungelelanisa ngokukhawuleza kwimeko ngamaxesha anzima.
Inqaku kwi-Bangkok Post livelise umdla kwizangqa zothutho lomoya eThailand. Kudliwanondlebe olude, i-CEO ye-Bangkok Airways uGqr Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth uvakalise inkxalabo yakhe ngekamva lomthwali welizwe laseThailand. Umseki wenkampani yeenqwelomoya yengingqi iBangkok Airways wayikhalimela inqwelomoya yelizwe, eqikelela ukuba iya kugqabhuka kulo nyaka uzayo ukuba akukho luhlaziyo lwenziwayo. Kumakhwekhwetha entatheli kwezomoya uBoonsong Kositchotethana, uPrasert ubalule ukuba ukwanda kweengxaki zemali, ulawulo olunxulumene nokunqongophala kobunkokeli kunye nezityholo zokugxuphuleka kwezopolitiko norhwaphilizo luxanduva lokuma okumandundu kwenkampani yeenqwelomoya.
Urhwaphilizo kunye nokugxuphuleka kwezopolitiko asiyonto intsha eThailand njengoko bekhona kulo naliphi na ishishini eliqhutywa eThailand, kuquka neBangkok Airways. Kodwa kwi-Bangkok Post udliwano-ndlebe u-Boonsong Kositchotethana, umahluko omkhulu phakathi kwe-Bangkok Airways kunye ne-Thai Airways uhlala kwinto yokuba umthwali welizwe usaxhaswa ngemali kawonke-wonke, eyenza ukuba iphendule ngakumbi kwizenzo zayo.
I-Thai Airways okwangoku ifumana ukwehla okubukhali kwetrafikhi yayo, yongezwa kukungaqiniseki kwezopolitiko eBukumkanini. Kodwa izinto zangaphandle azingonobangela woko. Ngamaxesha anzima, intsebenziswano yezityholo zorhwaphilizo, ukukhethelana phakathi kwabantu kunye nokungabi nabuchule kwebhodi yabalawuli nako kuchaphazela i-Thai Airways' destiny. Kwaye amazwi aphikisayo aqala ukuvakala ngaphakathi kwinqwelomoya abanye abaphathi becinga ukuba iThai Airways isiya eludongeni.
Kangangamashumi eminyaka, urhulumente, ongumnini we-51 yeepesenti yazo zonke izabelo kwiSebe lezeMali (i-70 yepesenti yazo zonke izabelo zisezandleni zoluntu xa kubandakanywa nabanye abanini-zabelo), uye wathatha i-Thai Airways njengento yokudlala yodumo. Nangona kunjalo, nasiphi na isigqibo siyanqunyanyiswa ngokwentando yebhodi yabalawuli, uninzi lwabo ngabaqeshwe kwezopolitiko.
“Abayizingcali kwezothutho lomoya kwaye ukuba i-CEO yethu iyabachasa, iyakugxothwa kwangoko. I-CEO yethu ixhamla kwinkxaso ekumgangatho ophezulu, "wachaza umphathi we-Thai Airways, othetha phantsi kwemeko yokungaziwa.
Ukungabikho kobuchule kuye kwaguqulelwa kwiminyaka edlulileyo kwizigqibo ezingaqhelekanga ezifana nokudlulisa iinqwelomoya zasekhaya ukuya kwiidolophu ezininzi zephondo ukusuka eSuvarnabhumi ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseDon Muang, ukusika abathengi ukuba baqhagamshele kwinethiwekhi ye-TG yamazwe ngamazwe. Esinye isigqeba sangaphambili, esibuzwe ngexesha malunga nokufaneleka kunye nobungcali kweso sigqibo yibhodi yabalawuli, uphendule ngobulumko "akukho luvo."
I-airline iyaqhubeka nokubhabha iindlela ezingenanzuzo kunye nemveliso yokuguga. Kuncinci okwenziweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ukujonga ngokucokisekileyo kwinethiwekhi. “Uphononongo lweendlela ngokuthotywa kwenkampani yeenqwelomoya njengokuba kwenzeka kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo eGaruda okanye eMalaysia Airlines yinto engenakwenzeka ukuba iThai Airways icingelwe,” wavuma ngelitshoyo umphathi.
Ngokwenyani, iThai Airways ihlengahlengisa kuphela iifrikhwensi ukuze ifune kobu busika, ixesha lonyaka eliphezulu laseThailand elinamandla anyuke ngepesenti ezi-2 kuphela.
I-TG nayo ayikwazanga ukusebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo i-subsidiary yayo yeendleko eziphantsi, i-Nok Air (i-39 pesenti yazo zonke izabelo), njengokuncedisana nemisebenzi yayo. Zombini iinqwelomoya zihleli namhlanje zingavisisani kwisicwangciso sophuhliso esifanayo kunye neNok Air ezama ukulungisa iingxaki zemali. Ukugqithiswa kwabasebenzi (abasebenzi abangama-20,000 ngelo xesha), abasebenzi ababi njengoko abasebenzi abaninzi be-PNC okanye kwikomkhulu befumana umsebenzi endaweni yoqhagamshelo lwezopolitiko kunezakhono zabo zokwenyani zezinye zeengxaki ezingakwaziyo ukuzilungisa inkampani yeenqwelomoya.
Kungatshiwo okufanayo malunga nokungakwazi kwe-TG ukutyala imali ngexesha kwinqanawa entsha kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo. Izigqibo malunga nokuvela kweenqanawa ziye zalibaziseka kaninzi kule minyaka idlulileyo ngenxa yotshintsho lukarhulumente. I-Thai Airways i-avareji yobudala beenqwelomoya ifikelela ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-11 xa kuthelekiswa neminyaka eyi-6.6 ye-Singapore Airlines. Ubukho be-17 Airbus A300 kunye ne-18 Boeing 747-400 ubunzima kakhulu kwi-bill ye-fuel ye-airline. Kulo nyaka, iindleko zamafutha kufuneka zifikelele kwi-US$200 yezigidi, i-35 yepesenti yeendleko zizonke zeenqwelo-moya.
Abanye abaphathi be-TG bakhalaza kwakhona ukuba ukusabela okucothayo kwe-TG ukuthoba intlawulo yamafutha eyongeziweyo njengoko i-oyile isihla yenza inkampani yeenqwelo moya ingakhuphisani kakhulu kwiimarike ezininzi. “Kuhambo olude lwezithuthi ezimele ubuninzi beshishini lethu, intlawulo yepetroli yehle ngepesenti ezi-5 ukuya kwi-10 ekhulwini ekuqaleni kukaOkthobha njengoko amaxabiso e-oyile sele ehle ngomyinge wama-40 ekhulwini ngokomyinge. Oku kuncinci kakhulu. Ukugcina intlawulo yepetroli iphezulu ixesha elide ukuze wenze imali eninzi licebo elingalunganga njengoko abo sikhuphisana nabo behlise kabukhali iintlawulo zabo ezongezelelweyo. Uninzi lwabakhweli bethu abanokubakho sele beyile kukhuphiswano ngenxa yokucotha kwethu, ”wongeze watsho umphathi we-TG.
I-Thai Airways kule veki ibhengeze ukuncitshiswa okungaphezulu, ngeli xesha ngeepesenti ezingama-30 kwezona ndlela zininzi kodwa kusenokuba sele kusemva kwexesha ukubamba enye imarike.
Ngokutsho kweKrittaphon Chantalitanon, umlawuli wengingqi yeThai Airways eThailand, e-Indochina naseMyanmar, i-Airbus A340-600 esandula ukufumana kunye nokuhanjiswa kwe-Airbus A330 esibhozo kunyaka ozayo iya kunika isiqabu kwi-airline. Ulawulo lweendleko lukwanyanzelisiwe kwizibonelelo zokujonga imithwalo, ukutya okusemoyeni kunye namanzi athwalwa ebhodini ngendlela yokunciphisa ubunzima.
I-TG kulindeleke ukuba ibone ilahleko yayo yonyaka ifikelela ngaphezulu kwe-9.5 yebhiliyoni ye-baht kulo nyaka (i-US $ 270 yezigidi). Kudliwano-ndlebe neBangkok Post, uGqr. Prasert wathelekisa isiThai nomguli onomhlaza wesigaba esibulalayo, esinethemba elincinane lokuchacha kungekudala. Ubona ukuhlangulwa komthwali welizwe ngokusebenzisa i-privatization epheleleyo kunye nefanelekileyo ukuphepha ukuwa.
“Ayisokuze yenzeke into yokuba uninzi lwezopolitiko lukwibalance,” satsho isigqeba saseThai Airways ngokukrakra.
Likhangeleka njani ikamva? Urhulumente wase-Thai uza kuqhubeka nokukhupha inqwelo moya kumbuzo wodumo njengoko iya kuba yilahleko enkulu kurhulumente waseThailand ukuba afumane umthwali wenqwelomoya okanye abucala. Kodwa olu dumo luya kukhula lubiza kakhulu ngokuhamba kwexesha kwaye luguqulela kwinqwelomoya emileyo engenabuchule buchaziweyo. Ekuphela kwentuthuzelo encinane kudliwano-ndlebe lukaGqr. Ugweba i-Airports Authority yaseThailand (AOT) njengeyonakele kwaye ingasebenzi kakuhle njengomphathi welizwe.
