BANGKOK, Thailand (eTN) - Ekubeni u-Piyasvasti Amranand ethathe isikhundla sikaMongameli we-Thai Airways International kunyaka odlulileyo, izinto ziqhubela phambili ngokukhawuleza ukuphucula zombini ukuhamba kwemali kunye nomfanekiso wenkampani yeenqwelomoya. Umthwali welizwe laseThailand uhlengahlengisa ngempumelelo imisebenzi yakhe ngokuba nengeniso kwakhona. UMnu. Amranand ukwalungiselela ikamva lenqwelomoya: inkonzo ebhodini iyaphuculwa ukuze ikhuphisane ngcono nabanye abathwali kulo mmandla, ngelixa imithwalo yeenqwelomoya ezitsha ilindeleke ukuhanjiswa ekuqaleni konyaka ozayo. Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iThai iyalele ii-Airbus A330-300 ezisixhenxe kunye neeBoeing 777-300ER ezisibhozo ngaphezulu kweodolo yenqwelomoya yangaphambili.
I-Thai ngoku ifuna ukubuyisela uluntu lwayo oluhambahambayo ekhaya nakwingingqi. I-Thai ibibandezelekile kule minyaka isixhenxe idlulileyo ngenxa yokwanda kokhuphiswano lwabathwali bexabiso eliphantsi kwimarike yaseThai. Namhlanje, isabelo semarike yabathwali bohlahlo lwabiwo-mali eThailand sifikelele kwipesenti ezingama-22, ukukhula okungaphezulu kweli candelo kuqikelelo. I-Thai Airways 'ripost kukhuphiswano lwabathwali bexabiso eliphantsi lwafika ngo-2004 ngokuphehlelelwa kweNok Air, umthuthi obhabha iindlela zasekhaya. “Nangona kunjalo, ukukhula kweNok Air akusahambelani nesicwangciso sethu. Senze kwacaca ukuba sifuna ukuya ngokwengingqi kwimarike yamaxabiso aphantsi. Asikwazanga ukwandisa ubunini bethu kwinkunzi yeNok Air [ngoku ekwiipesenti ezingama-39]. Kwaye njengoko ukukhula kweNok Air kucotha kakhulu, sijonge enye indlela,” ucacise watsho uMnumzana Amranand.
I-Thai Airways kunye nobudlelwane be-Nok Air abuzange bube lula ukusukela oko kwasekwayo inkampani yeenqwelomoya ebiza ixabiso eliphantsi. Kwaye into yokuba i-Thai Airways igqibe kwelokuba ithathe inyathelo elitsha kwimarike yexabiso eliphantsi ibonisa ukuba kuphezulu kangakanani ukunganeliseki ngeNok Air. Nangona iNok Air iza kuqhubeka nokusebenzela iindawo zasekhaya ezingaqhutywanga yiThai Airways, kubonakala ngathi iThai iyalinikela umva icandelo layo ukuze igxile kwilinge layo elitsha.
Le yindlela iTiger Airways esekwe eSingapore - enye yezona zithwali zohlahlo lwabiwo-mali eziphumeleleyo kuMazantsi mpuma e-Asia - elibone ithuba livela eThailand. I-Tiger Airways Holdings Ltd. yaqala ukusebenza ngoSeptemba ka-2004 kwaye namhlanje ineenqwelo ze-19 ze-airbus A320 ezisebenza kwiindawo ezingama-37 kumazwe ali-11. “Sineendleko eziphantsi kakhulu zokuziphatha kwaye sigxile. Ngoku sithutha abakhweli abazizigidi ezi-5 ngonyaka kwaye sisebenzisa ithuba lokukhululwa kwesibhakabhaka kuMzantsi-mpuma we-Asia kunye namandla amakhulu kwilizwekazi,” ucacise watsho i-CEO yeTiger Airways, uTony Davis.
Ngomhla we-2 ku-Agasti, i-Thai Airways yatyikitya iMemorandam yokuQonda kunye ne-Singapore-based, i-Carrier Airways eneendleko eziphantsi i-Tiger Airways ukudala inqwelomoya entsha yexabiso eliphantsi. I-Thai Tiger Airways kulindeleke ukuba iqalise ukusebenza ekuqaleni kuka-2011 iphuma kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBangkok iSuvarnabhumi. Iimali zeThai kunye neThai Airways ziya kuba nepesenti ezingama-51 zendibaniselwano, ngelixa iTiger Airways iza kubamba ipesenti ezingama-49 eziseleyo. “Sikholelwa kulwazi oluhle lweTiger [] lwemarike ebiza imali ephantsi,” utshilo uPiyasvasti Amranand. Ingqonyela yeTiger Airways uTony Davis wabelane ngemincili yeenqwelomoya malunga nokufudukela eThailand: “IThailand inelona nqanaba libalaseleyo lokukhula e-Asia kukhenketho. Thina ngokwethu sikhula ngokulandelelana. Sajika saba nengeniso emva kweminyaka emithathu siseSingapore; senze inzuzo emva kweenyanga ze-18 e-Australia. Siza kugxila kwilinge lethu elitsha laseThailand ukuze siqiniseke ukuba siyalenza libe nengeniso. ”
Akukho nokuba iThai okanye iTiger ityhile ukuba iTiger yaseThai iya kujongeka njani ukusuka kusuku lokuqala. Ekuphela kwesityhilelo kukuba umphathiswa uya kuqala ngenqanawa ye-5 Airbus A320. Akukho ndawo zibhengeziweyo, ngelixa ukugaya kuza kuqalisa kungekudala, ngesithembiso sokuba iThai Tiger Airways iya kuzimela ngokupheleleyo kwisigqibo solawulo lwayo – into efunekayo eThailand.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- And the fact that Thai Airways decided to seize a new initiative in the low-cost market shows how high the unsatisfaction is with Nok Air.
- On August 2, Thai Airways signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore-based, low-cost carrier Tiger Airways to create a new low-cost airline.
- Although Nok Air will continue to serve domestic destinations not flown by Thai Airways, it looks like Thai is turning its back on its subsidiary to concentrate on its newest venture.
