U-Aer Lingus usole imbangi enkulu iRyanair ngokuvimba abantu abafana neBritish Airways ukuthi babambe iqhaza ebhizinisini ngenxa yokuba nesabelo “sephilisi elinobuthi” sikaRyanair enkampanini yezindiza kazwelonke yase-Ireland.
Isikhulu esisha sale nkampani yezindiza, uChristoph Mueller, uthe abaphathi bezinkampani zezindiza zase-Europe baveze ubunikazi beRyanair obungama-29% njengesithiyo kunoma yisiphi isivumelwano. Ozakwethu bokutshalwa kwezimali abangaba khona enkampanini yezindiza edala ukulahlekelwa bahlanganisa iBritish Izindiza kanye nomsebenzisi wase-US i-United Airlines, enobudlelwane nabo bamasu.
“Izabelo ezincane ezivela kumlingani womfelandawonye zikhawulelwe yiRyanair. Izabelo zisebenza njengephilisi likashevu,” usho kanje. U-Mueller wengeze ngokuthi uhlangane nesikhulu esiphezulu seRyanair, uMichael O'Leary, embuthanweni wemboni kodwa bekusamele ahlangane nomuntu oyedwa nomnikazi wamasheya wakhe omkhulu. Enikeza isibonelo seLufthansa yaseJalimane, etshale imali eBrussels Airlines kanye ne-Austrian Airlines, uMueller uthe ukuboshelwa kwenkampani nenye inkampani yezindiza akunakwenzeka ngenkathi iRyanair isahlala kurejista yamasheya. U-Aer Lingus akalona ilungu lezinhlangano ezintathu ezinkulu zezindiza zomhlaba wonke - i-Oneworld, i-Star Alliance noma i-SkyTeam - kodwa u-Mueller uvumile ukuthi, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ukujoyina elinye lamaqembu amakhulu akunakugwenywa.
"Iqiniso lokuthi iRyanair ingumnikazi wamasheya kuyisici esikhawulelayo ekuheheni abanye abaninimasheya bezindiza kuhlaka lomfelandawonye womhlaba," wengeza. I-Aer Lingus ingaphansi kuka-25% kahulumeni wase-Ireland kanti abasebenzi bayo banabanye abangu-14%. U-Mueller ukuchithile ukuqagela kwemboni, okugqugquzelwa ukugxekwa okungapheli kweRyanair, ukuthi i-Aer Lingus ingase iphelelwe yimali esikhathini esizayo esiseduze. Uthe i-Aer Lingus ifinyelela cishe ku-€770m(£672m) futhi yehlisa izinga layo lokushiswa kwemali ngama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-400 ngonyaka.
Isikhulu se-Aer Lingus sengeze ngokuthi inkampani yenethiwekhi ihlehla enkampanini yezindiza ebiza kancane eyethulwe okokuqala nguWillie Walsh, manje oyisikhulu esiphezulu se-BA, futhi izokwenyusa amanani okugibela.
"Ngeke sizame ukugqugquzela imakethe njengesihogo lapho kungekho sidingo esisele," kusho uMueller.
