Udidi lweshishini kuphela ngenqwelomoya i-Silverjet ebize abaphathi njengoko amawaka abakhweli zomoya ezonakele izicwangciso zabo zokuhamba xa inqwelo moya yema ngenqwelomoya.
Malunga ne-7,000 UK kunye ne-2,500 yabathengi ababengengabo base-UK bachaphazeleka njengoko iingxaki zenkxaso-mali zikhokelele ekunqunyanyisweni kweenkonzo yi-Silverjet.
USilverjet kamva wathi "ngokuzisola okukhulu" wayenyule uBegbies Traynor njengabalawuli emva kokusilela ukufumana inkxaso-mali.
Ukuwa kweSilverjet kulandela oko kweStansted ukuya eUSA lonke ushishino lodidi lweeos kunye ne-MAXjet. Bobathathu bebengamaxhoba okunyuka okuphezulu kwezulu kumaxabiso epetroli kunye nokuhla koqoqosho kumacala omabini eAtlantic.
Owayesakuba ngumphathi omkhulu weSilverjet uLawrence Hunt uthe: “Ndibuhlungu kakhulu ukwenza esi sibhengezo namhlanje.
"Iqela leSilverjet lisebenze ngokuzimisela kakhulu ukuzama ukuguqula le meko, nangona ixesha lifikile, khange sikwazi ukufumana inkxaso-mali efunekayo ukuze siqhubeke nemisebenzi yethu."
Umphathi, owaqala iinkonzo ngoJanuwari 2007, wabhabha kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLuton eBedfordshire saya eNew York naseDubai.
Inqwelomoya yayo yokugqibela yemka eDubai yaya eLuton ngo-7.30 kusasa ngolwesiHlanu kodwa ezinye iinqwelomoya ezintlanu zarhoxiswa.
Abakhweli abanomsindo bafika eLuton bafumana izicwangciso zabo zisezintlungwini, ngelixa abasebenzi beSilverjet abangama-300 beshiyeke bengaqinisekanga ngekamva. Abanye abakhweli bebengagutyungelwanga yi-Civil Aviation Authority-run bonding nangona bobabini i-British Airways, iVirgin Atlantic kunye ne-Dubai ephethe i-Emirates babonelela ngezivumelwano ezikhethekileyo kubakhweli beSilverjet ababhadlileyo.
ISilverjet ayiphumelelanga ukufumana imali ebaluleke kakhulu yezigidi zeepawundi. Izabelo zalo bezinqunyanyisiwe ukusukela kwiveki ephelileyo. Umnumzana Hunt ucele uxolo kubathengi kwaye wabaxelela ukuba i-Silverjet ayinakubanakho ukubuyisela imali
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- All three were to a large extent victims of the sky-high rise in aviation fuel prices as well as the downturn of economies on both sides of the Atlantic.
- “The Silverjet team has worked exceptionally hard to try and turn this situation around, however with the time available, we were unable to secure the funding required to continue our operations.
- Malunga ne-7,000 UK kunye ne-2,500 yabathengi ababengengabo base-UK bachaphazeleka njengoko iingxaki zenkxaso-mali zikhokelele ekunqunyanyisweni kweenkonzo yi-Silverjet.
