Inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya yesithathu eKuwaiti iza kuthatha indawo ngoJanuwari

I-KUWAIT - I-Kuwait National Airways ithe ngoMvulo iceba ukuqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari, ibe ngumthwali wesithathu kwi-Gulf state ejonge ukukhula kwezithuthi ze-aviation eMiddle East.

Umphathiswa uya kusebenza phantsi kwegama elithi Wataniya Airways - "i-wataniya" isiArabhu "yesizwe" - kwaye iqale ngeenqwelo-moya ezimbini ze-Airbus A320 ezibhabhela kwiindawo e-Gulf kunye ne-Middle East ebanzi, iGosa eliLawulayo eliyiNtloko uGeorge Cooper uxelele iintatheli.

Izabelo zayo ziya kudweliswa kulo nyaka, utshilo.

“Ngoku sithetha neefemu zokuqesha ezinye iinqwelo-moya ezintandathu eziza kuqala ngo-2010,” utshilo uCooper. Ifem kamva inokuthenga iinqwelomoya, utshilo, ngaphandle kokuchaza.

Amalungelo ezendlela kusaxoxwa ngawo, utshilo uCooper ecaleni kwentlanganiso yabaninizabelo.

Ishishini lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kwiGulf liyakhula njengoko uqoqosho olukhulayo olukhuthazwa ngamaxabiso aphakamileyo e-oyile lutsala abakhenkethi, oosomashishini kunye nabasebenzi kowona mmandla mkhulu wokuthengisa ioli kumazwe angaphandle.

I-Emirates ese-Dubai, i-United Arab Emirates' Air Arabia kunye ne-Qatar Airways zithenge iibhiliyoni zeedola zenqwelo moya kwi-Airbus kunye ne-Boeing kule minyaka idlulileyo, zijonge ukuzisa abantu abaninzi kumazwe abo, kunye nabakhweli be-hub kwihlabathi liphela.

Ngokwengxelo yebhodi, uWataniya uceba ekuqaleni ukundiza kwizixeko zaseSaudi zaseRiyadh naseJeddah; IBahrain, iQatar, iDubai, iCairo, iDamasko, iBeirut kunye neJordan iAmman.

Inkampani yeenqwelomoya yaseJamani iLufthansa incede icebisa uWataniya ngesicwangciso sayo.

Kwinqanaba lesibini, i-carrier ihlose ukundiza eLondon, eFrankfurt naseParis, kunye ne-capital yasePhilippines iManila, kunye neThailand yaseBangkok, ngokwengxelo efunyenwe yiReuters kwaye ilungiselele intlanganiso yabanini-zabelo.

Umthwali ufuna ukuba neenqwelomoya ze-12, kubandakanywa neenqwelomoya ezibanzi, ngo-2012, ngokwengxelo. UCooper uxelele iReuters ukuba umthwali uya kuqesha ii-A320 ezintathu ukusuka kumqeshisi we-Aviation Lease & Finance Co (Alafco).

I-Kuwait National Airways - apho i-Kuwait Projects Co kunye nabanye abatyali-mali beenkampani banama-30 ekhulwini-ijonge ukudwelisa izabelo zayo kwi-stock market yaseKuwait ekupheleni konyaka, uSihlalo we-airline u-Abdul Salam al-Bahr uxelele abaninizabelo.

Iya kuba yeyesithathu eKuwait emva kokulahlekelwa ngumthwalo welizwe i-Kuwait Airways- leyo urhulumente afuna ukuyithengisa- kunye ne-Jazeera Airways enexabiso eliphantsi.

Zintathu kuphela iinqwelomoya zoMbindi Mpuma ezidwelisiweyo: iJazeera, iAir Arabia kunye neRoyal Jordanian.

I-Wataniya ifuna ukugxila kubahambi bezoshishino ngokunika indawo eninzi kwinqwelo-moya yayo kunezimbangi, kunye nezihlalo ze-122 kwii-A320 zayo, u-Cooper uthe. I-A320 inokuthwala abantu abaninzi njenge-164, ngokutsho kwewebhusayithi ye-Airbus.

Isekwe kwi-2006 kunye nesabelo esiyinkunzi ye-50 yezigidi zeedina (i-188.8 yezigidi zeedola), i-Kuwait National Airways ithengise i-70 yepesenti yesitokhwe sayo kuluntu ngonyaka omnye.

Ifemu, ephethe iinkampani ezininzi - phakathi kwazo iiProjekthi eziManyeneyo zeeNkonzo zeAviation Co zithumele umvuzo ngesabelo ngasinye se-6.70 fils kwingeniso ye-3.35 yezigidi zeedinari kwiinyanga ezili-19 ukuya kwi-31 kaDec, ngokwengxelo yebhodi. Kukho i-1,000 yeefayile kwi-dinar.

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