IVirgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., umthuthi wexesha elide olawulwa ngu-billionaire uRichard Branson, "unonyaka onzima kakhulu" njengemfuno yokuhamba komoya, ngokutsho kwegosa eliyintloko.
"Ayisiyo yokwenza inzuzo kulo nyaka, imalunga nokuqinisekisa ukuba siyayikhusela imali yethu," utshilo u-CEO uSteve Ridgway namhlanje kudliwanondlebe. "Imali yokuhamba kunye nezivuno zihlala ziphantsi kwaye intengiso yeprimiyamu yehle kakhulu."
IVirginia iAtlantic inciphise amandla malunga neepesenti ezisi-7 ngokususa iinqwelomoya ezithile ukuya kwiindawo ezibandakanya iNew York, kwaye mhlawumbi kuya kunciphisa ukuhlala ngakumbi kulo nyaka, utshilo uRidgway. Umntu ophethe iipesenti ezingama-49 zeSingapore Airlines Ltd.
I-Crawley, i-England-based carrier yaphindaphinda kabini i-pretax yenzuzo kulo nyaka uphelileyo njengoko ibithwele abakhweli abaninzi beprimiyamu, isoyisa imeko yelahleko yomnatha kwabo bakhuphisana nabo kubandakanya iBritish Airways Plc kunye neAir France-KLM Group. Intombi enyulu ayinakuliphinda elo thuba.
I-Ridgway icele i-European Union ukuba yongeze ukunqunyanyiswa komthetho ofuna ukuba iinqwelomoya zisebenzise ukusuka nokuhlala kwiindawo zokubeka ubuncinci iipesenti ezingama-80 zexesha, okanye bajongane nokuphulukana nabo kunyaka olandelayo. IPalamente yaseYurophu igcine imfuneko yokuma kude kube nge-24 ka-Okthobha.
Into ebalulekileyo kukuba oku kwenzeka ebusika, utshilo uRidgway. Umzi mveliso kufuneka ulungelelanise ubungakanani kwiimfuno ezikhoyo phaya.
Ukusebenzisana kweenqwelo moya
Intombi eyinyulu ikwafuna i-US ikhanyele i-Bhritane ye-British Airways ekukhuseleni umanyano lwentsebenziswano ne-American Airlines ye-AMR Corp. U-Branson uye waphikisana iminyaka eyonyusa ubudlelwane phakathi kwezi zinto zimbini eziza kuluthintela ukhuphiswano, ngakumbi kwiindlela ze-Atlantic.
Inzuzo ye-Virgin ye-pretax inyuke yaya kwi-68.4 yezigidi zeepawundi (i-108 yezigidi zeedola) kunyaka ophele ngoFebruwari 28 ukusuka kwi-34.8 yezigidi zeepawundi kunyaka ophelileyo, utshilo uVirgin namhlanje kwingxelo. Amanani abakhweli anyuke nge-1.2 yeepesenti ukuya kwi-5.77 yezigidi kunyaka wekhalenda.
Ingeniso yomntu ophetheyo isenokuba sele icotha. Igosa eliyiNtloko le-Airlines lase-Singapore u-Chew Choon Seng uthe nge-14 kaMeyi ukuba iVirgin "ayiqhubi kakuhle." Usekela-Mongameli omkhulu wase-Singapore kwezemali, u-Chan Hon Chew, uthe ngosuku olulandelayo ukuba i-106 yezigidi zeerandi "zelahleko ezihambelana" nenqwelomoya eyabikwa kwikota ephele ngo-Matshi 31 "beza kakhulu" kutyalo-mali lwayo e-UK. Intombi enyulu ayisixeli ngeniso yomvuzo.
I-British Airways yanikela ingxelo yelahleko yayo yokuqala yonyaka ukusukela ngo-2002 ngomhla we-22 kuMeyi. Intsilelo ye-pretax kwithuba eliphele ngo-Matshi 31 yayiziipesenti ezingama-401 zezigidi. I-Air France ithe ngoMeyi 19 izakuqinisa ukuhla kwemisebenzi emva kokungena kwilahleko yayo yokuqala ukusukela nge1996.
Iinqwelo-moya kwihlabathi liphela ziya kuphulukana ne-4.7 yezigidigidi zeedola kulo nyaka, uMbutho Wezothutho Womoya Wezizwe uthe ngoMatshi 24.
