IVirginia iAtlantic yenza okokuqala kwimarike yasekhaya yase-UK

IVirginia iAtlantic ityhile izicwangciso zokwenza itrayi yokuqala kwintengiso yasekhaya emfutshane, kwaye izakukhuphisana nembangi yeBritish Airways kwindlela enengeniso eLondon naseManchester.

I-Reuters inike ingxelo yokuba inqwelomoya, eyasekwa ngusomashishini osisinhanha uRichard Branson ngo-1984, yabhengeza izicwangciso zokuqhuba ukubuya kweenqwelo-moya ezintathu ukusuka e-Heathrow ukuya eManchester kwisikhululo senqwelomoya e-England ukusukela ngo-Matshi 2013, ukubonelela ngokhuphiswano kwinkonzo ye-BA yokufutshane.

IVirginia Atlantic ibanga ukuba i-BA, eyinxalenye ye-IAG, isebenza yedwa kuhambo lwaseHeathrow oluya eManchester emva kokuthatha i-UK carrier bmi kulo nyaka.

"I-airline ikholelwa ukuba ukhuphiswano lwale ndlela alukhathalelwanga kwinkqubo yokulungisa kwaye ijolise ekunikezeleni ukhetho kubahambi abangama-650,000 abahamba phakathi kwezi zixeko zibini," utshilo u-Steve Ridgway oyiNtloko yeVirgin Atlantic.

NgokweReuters, le ndlela intsha iya kuba yeyokuqala ukuhamba kweVirgin kwiinqwelomoya zasekhaya kwaye iyakondla ngeenkonzo zayo zokuhamba ixesha elide ukusuka eHeathrow. Ikwaceba nokwazisa ngeenqwelo moya phakathi kweLondon neScotland kwixa elizayo.

URidgway wongeze ukuba malunga nesibini kwisithathu sabantu ababhabha ukusuka eManchester ukuya eLondon emva koko banxibelelana nenye indiza ende; intengiso Virgin Atlantic ufuna isabelo.

I-BA isebenza ngenqwelomoya ezili-17 zokubuya phakathi kweLondon neManchester, ezili-13 zazo zisuka eHeathrow.

"Siyavuya ukubona iVirgin Atlantic inyusa ubukho babo eManchester kwaye sibona ukhuphiswano lubuya kwindlela yaseLondon," utshilo uKen O'Toole, igosa eliphambili lezorhwebo kwiQela leMidlalo laseManchester.

Impikiswano phakathi kweVirgin Atlantic, eyinxalenye yeenqwelo moya zaseSingapore, kunye neBA ziqala emva kweminyaka engaphaya kwama-20 kwinto ekuthiwa “ngamaqhinga angcolileyo”, xa iNtombi enguVirginia ityhola iBA ngokuqhuba iphulo lokuthambisa.

Oko kwaphela nge-BA kunyanzelwa ukuba baxolise esidlangalaleni kwaye bahlawule umonakalo kwi-Branson ne-Virgin. Kukho iimfazwe zamaxabiso, izityholo zokulungiswa kwamaxabiso kunye nemiqolo yoluntu ngaphezulu kobungakanani beebhedi zabakhweli.

Intombi enyulu iyalile ukuba le nkonzo intsha yaba yimpendulo kwiVirgin Rail ngokuhluthwa i-West Coast Mainline franchise egubungela iLondon ukuya eManchester.

ISebe lezoThutho lase-Bhritane kwiveki ephelileyo linike iGroupGroup iminyaka eli-13 yokuloba kumda wonxweme oluseNtshona, isigqibo uBranson ahlasele “njengogeza”.

Intombi enyulu, esenza isicelo sokususwa kunye neendawo zokumisa i-Heathrow ze-BA kwanyanzeleka ukuba izincame njengenxalenye yesivumelwano se-bmi, ithe izakusebenzisa ezinye zeendawo ezikhoyo ukusebenzela indlela yaseManchester eya eLondon.

Umphathi waseIreland u-Aer Lingus kulindeleke ukuba abhide kwiindawo ezithile ukuze akwazi ukubonelela ngeenkonzo phakathi kwekomkhulu laseScotland i-Edinburgh neHeathrow. Izicelo zeendawo zokubeka zibangelwa ukuphela kwale veki.

Intombi enguVirgin iceba ukusebenzisa iinqwelomoya zeAirbus A319 eziqeshwe eLondon ukuya eManchester.