I-Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates - Inkampani yezindiza yaseSaudi Arabia ebiza kancane iSama Airlines ihlela ukuthenga izindiza ezingu-20 eminyakeni emine ezayo eBoeing noma i-Airbus, kusho isikhulu sayo sezohwebo ngoMsombuluko.
UKevin Steele uthe le nkampani ezimele, okumanje isebenzisa uxhaxha lwezindiza eziyisikhombisa i-Boeing 737-800, izothatha isinqumo ekupheleni konyaka.
"Sibheke ukuphothula ... izindiza ezingama-20 eminyakeni emine," kusho uSteele etshela izintatheli eceleni kwengqungquthela.
Ebuzwa ukuthi yiziphi izindiza inkampani ethwala impahla engazithenga, uSteele uthe ukukhetha kuphakathi kwe-Airbus' A320 noma i-Boeing's 737-800.
“Ukuze usinde kufanele ube yinkampani yezindiza ezingama-20 kuye kwezingama-25,” kusho uSteele. “Sibheke uxhaso lwezimali lwangaphandle. Zonke izinketho ziyacatshangelwa. ”
I-Sama, ehamba ngezindiza ezimfushane eziya ezindaweni ezingu-16 e-Saudi Arabia kanye namazwe aseduze njenge-Egypt ne-Jordan, yasungulwa ngo-2005 futhi yaqala ukundiza ngo-2007.
Izimbangi zayo ezinkulu eSaudi Arabia zihlanganisa inkampani ethwala izindleko eziphansi i-Nas kanye nenkampani yezindiza yezwe iSaudi Arabia Airlines kodwa futhi iqhudelana ne-Air Arabia.
USteele uthe inkampani yezindiza yehle ngamaphesenti ayishumi ukuhamba kwezimoto ngo-Agasti noSepthemba ngenxa yokwesaba ukusabalala komkhuhlane wezingulube. Kuze kube manje, sekunamacala angaphezu kuka-10 aqinisekisiwe wegciwane le-H3,500N1 eSaudi Arabia, ngokusho kwabezindaba zendawo. Bangu-1 abantu asebeshonile.
“Inkinga ebesibhekene nayo ngeye-swine flu ethinte izimoto eziya noma zibuya eJeddah,” usho kanje.
ISaudi Arabia inxuse amaSulumane okungenzeka abe sengozini yaleli gciwane - njengabantu abadala nalabo abanezinkinga zempilo ezikhona - ukuthi bahlehlise uhambo lokuya eMecca kulo nyaka ukugwema ukusabalala.
