MADRID - I-Airline Iberia ithe ngoLwesine izobhidela inkampani ethwala impahla yesibili ngobukhulu eSpain, iSpanair engafakwanga ohlwini, i-SAS yaseScandinavia eyadayiswa ngonyaka odlule.

Umthwali wefulegi laseSpain uthe uzokwenza isithembiso ne-Gestair yaseSpain, inkampani yangasese eqashisa ngezindiza eqashisa izindiza nabasebenzi e-Iberia phakathi kwabanye.

I-Iberia, okuyiyona yona indaba yokuqagelwa kokuthatha, ayizange isho ukuthi izonikela ngamalini ngeSpanair, eyenze ukulahlekelwa ukusebenza ngonyaka odlule.

I-Iberia yenza umnyakazo wayo ngaphansi kwamahora angu-24 ngemuva kokuba inkampani yezokuvakasha iMarsans ihoxise isicelo sayo sokufuna iSpanair, inkampani ethwala izindiza ezingama-65 okuyimbangi enkulu ye-Iberia emzileni ophakathi kweMadrid neBarcelona, okuyiyona ehamba phambili emhlabeni.

"Ibhodi lase-Iberia ligunyaze inkampani ukuthi yethule i-SAS isithembiso, ngokuya ngokuphothulwa kwemibandela ethile, lapho, kanye ne-Gestair Group, izothenga amaphesenti angu-100 enhloko-dolobha," kusho u-Iberia esitatimendeni sokuhwebelana kwamasheya.

I-Air Nostrum, uphiko lwesifunda sase-Iberia kanye nomunye ongase abe umgadli waseSpanair, uthe ngasekupheleni kukaLwesine ngeke yenze isipho sokuthwala impahla, okushiye ugu lucacele umzali walo.

Phakathi kwempi yentengo ebabayo emakethe yasekhaya yaseSpain, i-Spanair yehla isuka ekwenzeni inzuzo ngo-2006 yaya ekulahlekeni kokusebenza kwemiqhele yaseSweden eyizigidi ezingama-295 (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-46.2) ngaphambi kwezinto ezingaphindeki ngonyaka odlule.

I-Spanair inezikweletu ezilinganiselwa ku-10 billion waseSweden, ngokusho kwebhange lokutshalwa kwezimali i-ABN AMRO, ethe ephepheni langoLwesithathu i-SAS "ingaba nenhlanhla ngempela uma ingathola isamba semali ye-Spanair".

Amasheya e-Iberia awazange asabele esimemezelweni sebhidi, okunamahemuhemu kwabezindaba amasonto. I-Iberia ivale amaphesenti angu-0.42 ephansi kuma-euro angu-2.38, kuyilapho isitoko se-SAS sivala amaphesenti angu-3.27 aphansi.

Imibiko yabezindaba ngenyanga edlule yathi u-Iberia uqoke uMorgan Stanley ukuthi ameluleke ngebhidi yeSpanair. Umkhulumeli we-Iberia wenqabile ukuphawula ukuthi ngabe ibhange lokutshala izimali liyeluleka yini, noma kweminye imininingwane yebhidi.

I-SAS ithe ekuqaleni kwale nyanga inani lophiko lwe-Spanair lilinyazwe yizinxushunxushu ezimakethe zomhlaba, kodwa yathi isazoqhubeka nokudayiswa, yenqaba ukunikeza inani lenkampani engaphansi kwayo.

I-SAS ithe inethemba lokuvala ukudayiswa ngekota yesibili ka-2008, njengengxenye yohlelo lwayo lwakamuva lokushintsha ngoJuni odlule kulandela ukulahlekelwa kweminyaka.

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