I-Deutsche Lufthansa AG, okuyinkampani yezindiza yesibili ngobukhulu e-Europe, izokwehlula ukusebenza kweholo lezimbangi kulo nyaka njengoba inciphisa izindleko futhi ithenga izinkampani ezincane, kusho iChief Executive Officer uWolfgang Mayrhuber.
"Silindele ukwenza inzuzo ngokusobala," kusho uMayrhuber namuhla emhlanganweni waminyaka yonke wabanikazi bamasheya eCologne, eJalimane. "Izimbangi zethu ezinkulu zibikezela ukulahlekelwa."
I-CEO ithe imali etholwa yiLufthansa yonyaka ogcwele isazoba “phansi kakhulu” ngonyaka odlule, lapho inkampani yenethiwekhi inenzuzo eyizigidi ezingama-599 zama-euro (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-796). Imboni yezindiza iyonke izolahlekelwa u-$4.7 billion ngo-2009, izilinganiso ze-International Air Transport Association.
Inkampani yaseJalimane ithenga elawulwa uhulumeni i-Austrian Airlines AG futhi ibambe eduze i-Brussels Airlines NV, ihlose ukukhulisa inethiwekhi yayo yamahabhu aphakathi kwamazwekazi e-Europe ngemva kokuthatha ngo-2007 kwe-Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. Abalawuli be-European Union babuyekeza kokubili okwenziwayo.
"Uma sesizibambe ngempumelelo zonke izithiyo, isikhundla sethu e-Europe sizoba namandla," kusho uMayrhuber. Abathwali base-Austrian naseBelgian "bashaywe kanzima" ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho, futhi "ukuhlanganiswa okwengeziwe kwezinkampani zezindiza eYurophu kuyimfuneko ukuze bakwazi ukuphumelela emqhudelwaneni womhlaba."
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Ukunqamuka kokuqashwa kanye nokuncipha kwenani labagibeli ngasekupheleni kuka-2008 kwalungiselela iLufthansa isidingo esibuthakathaka esingase siqhubeke kuze kuphele u-2009, kusho uMayrhuber.
"Sigxile ekutholeni umphumela futhi sizoqhubeka nokulawula izindleko eziqinile kuzo zonke izingxenye zebhizinisi," esho.
Uphiko lwezimpahla zenkampani, olwalunenzuzo yokusebenza yama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-164 ngo-2008, elilingana namaphesenti angu-12 engqikithi yeqembu, cishe luzolahlekelwa yimali kulo nyaka, kusho i-CEO. Lesi sigaba siveze izinhlelo ngoMashi zokunciphisa amahora abasebenzi kanye nokumisa ezinye zezimpahla zabo, kanti uMayrhuber uthe imakethe izohlala "isezingeni eliphansi kakhulu."
I-Lufthansa yehle ngo-2 cents, noma amaphesenti angu-0.2, yaya ku-9.62 euros ekuhwebeni kwaseFrankfurt, okwenza inkampani yezindiza ibe ngama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.41. Isitoko sehle ngamaphesenti angu-14 kulo nyaka.
