Umthwali welizwe okhubazekileyo waseIndiya Air India kuya kufuneka ivalwe ukuba iinzame ezintsha zokuthengisa inqwelomoya eneengxaki ziyasilela ekufumaneni umthengi, utshilo uMphathiswa wezoPhapho welizwe uHardeep Singh Puri.

“Sakube simeme amaxabiso, siza kubona ukuba mangaphi amabhidi aza kungena,” uxelele iPalamente.

Iqela lamagosa kungoku nje ligqibezela inkqubo yokumema amabhidi kwicandelo labucala. Kunyaka ophelileyo, urhulumente wasilela ukutsala nabaphi na amaxabiso xa wayezama ukuthengisa iipesenti ezingama-76 kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya kwaye akhuphe malunga ne-5.1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ematyaleni. I-Air India izele yi-11 yebhiliyoni yetyala lilonke.

NgokukaPuri, urhulumente ngoku uphonononga eminye yemigaqo kwaye uvulelekile ekuthengiseni inqwelomoya iyonke. Omnye weyona miqobo mikhulu, uthe, linani elikhulu labasebenzi.

I-Air India inabasebenzi abasisigxina abangama-9,400 kunye nabasebenzi bekhontrakthi abangama-4,200. Umphathiswa uthe urhulumente uzibophelele ekufumaneni isivumelwano esilungele abasebenzi.

Umthwali uye wasokola ukuhlawula imivuzo kunye nokuthenga amafutha, kunye nelahleko ekhulayo kulandela iinzame zangaphambili zokuthengisa izinto zabucala. Isithethi se-Air India uDhananjay Kumar uthe inkampani ayikwazi ukuhlawula amatyala ayo kwaye imbonakalo yayo imbi.

“Sigxile kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla kwaye asigxininisi kwikamva,” utshilo, esongeza “Nokuba zeziphi na izixhobo esinazo, sizama ukuzisebenzisa ngeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo kwaye sizama ukuqhuba iinqwelomoya zethu.

I-Air India, eyaqala njenge-Tata Airlines ngo-1932 kwaye kamva yaba yekarhulumente, ilahlekelwe yimali ngaphezu kweshumi leminyaka. Inkampani, ebikade yaziwa njenge 'Maharaja of the skys', iphulukene nesabelo semarike kubakhuphisani bexabiso eliphantsi kwenye yeemarike zeenqwelomoya ezikhula ngokukhawuleza kodwa ezinokhuphiswano.

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“We are concentrating on day-to-day operations and not focusing on the future,” he said, adding “Whatever resources we have, we are trying to use them in an optimum manner and trying to run our flights.
According to Puri, the government is now re-evaluating some of the terms and is open to selling the airline in its entirety.
Last year, the government failed to attract any bidders when it tried to sell a 76 percent stake in the airline and offload about $5.