I-Air China Ltd. izosebenzisa u-HK$6.3 billion ($813 million) ukukhulisa ingxenye yayo e-Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. iye kumaphesenti angu-29.99, yandise ukuba khona kwayo e-Hong Kong ngemva kokuvalwa e-Shanghai.
Inkampani yezindiza enkulu emhlabeni ngenani lemakethe izothenga amasheya e-Cathay ayizigidi ezingu-491.9 ngo-HK$12.88 iyinye ku-Cictic Pacific Ltd., ngokwesitatimende sokuhwebelana kwamasheya namuhla. I-Swire Pacific Ltd. izophinda ithenge u-HK$1 bhiliyoni wamasheya e-Cathay kwa-Ctic ngentengo efanayo, iprimiyamu engu-11%. U-Swire uzohlala engumnikazi wamasheya omkhulu we-Cathay.
I-Air China ezinze eBeijing izonyusa izinga layo e-Cathay lisuke kumaphesenti angu-17.5 ngemva kokuba imizamo yokwakha isikhungo sase-Shanghai iphangiwe uhlelo lwe-China Eastern Airlines Corp. lokuthatha i-Shanghai Airlines Co. njengoba izwe ligweme ukwehla kwezinga lokuhamba ngendiza emhlabeni wonke ngenxa yephakethe likahulumeni lokuvuselela umnotho.
"I-Air China kumele ibambe iqhaza ekwandiseni, uma kubhekwa iqiniso lokuthi ilahlekelwe yithuba e-Shanghai," kusho uJack Xu, umhlaziyi we-Sinopac Securities Asia Ltd. "I-Hong Kong ingenye indlela enhle futhi ngenxa yokwanda kwesiteki, i-Air China ingase ibe nayo. okuningi kusho ekusebenzeni njengokuhlela umzila."
I-Cathay, i-Cictic ne-Air China zizophinde ziqale ukuhweba e-Hong Kong kusasa ngemuva kokumiswa namuhla kusalindwe izimemezelo. Izabelo zikaSwire eCathay zizokhuphukela kumaphesenti angama-42 zisuka kumaphesenti angama-40 kulandela isivumelwano.
ICathay ayinazo izinhlelo ezisheshayo zokwengeza ingxenye yayo engamaphesenti angu-18 e-Air China, kusho iChief Operating Officer uJohn Sloar etshela izintatheli eHong Kong namuhla. I-Air China ngeke iqoke abaphathi be-Cathay, esho.
Isikhashana sokuthatha imali
I-Air China kanye ne-Swire bobabili bathenge i-Cathay eningi ngendlela ababengakwazi ngayo ngaphandle kokuqalisa izipesheli eziyisibopho zokuyithatha, kusho uChristopher Pratt, usihlalo weSwire and Cathay. Izinkulumo ezidayiswayo “zazishesha kakhulu,” engeza.
"Nakuba ngilindele ngokuzethemba ubudlelwano bethu be-Air China ukuthi buqhubeke bukhula, ngingagcizelela ukuthi ukuba nesabelomali esisha ngeke kusho noma yiluphi ushintsho kumasu amanje kanye nokuphathwa kwezimali kanye nokusebenza kwe-Cathay Pacific," kusho uPratt.
I-Air China izothatha izihlalo ezimbili zabaqondisi beCathay njengamanje eziphethwe yiCtic, ngokusho kwesitatimende. Laba bathwali ababili bahlela ukukhulisa ukubambisana ekuthengiseni, ekuqeqesheni nakwezinye izindawo, kusho uPratt.
Isabelo esikhulu se-Air China ku-Cathay "izoqinisa ubudlelwano," kusho uDamien Horth, umhlaziyi we-UBS AG eHong Kong. Uthe “kummangazile” ukuthengiselana.
Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Ctic
Ukuthengisa amasheya e-Cathay kuzovumela i-Cictic Pacific ukuthi igxile kangcono ekusebenzeni kwayo okuyinhloko, u-Kong Dan, usihlalo we-Ctic Group yabazali, uthe eHong Kong namuhla. I-Cictic Pacific ithe ngoMeyi izodayisa izimpahla ezingaphathwanga kahle noma ezinenzuzo ephansi ngemuva kokufuna ibheyili yezwe kulandela ukulahlekelwa kokunye. Inkampani ihlose ukubamba ingxenye yayo esele engu-3%, kusho uPratt wakwaSwire.
I-Cathay yehle ngamaphesenti angu-1.9 ngo-Aug. 14 yaya ku-HK$11.62 e-Hong Kong. Izuze amaphesenti angama-33 kulo nyaka. I-Air China, inkampani yenethiwekhi enkulu kunazo zonke kuzwelonke, ivale kancane ishintshile ngo-HK$4.57 edolobheni. Inyuke ngamaphesenti angama-90 kulo nyaka.
Izinombolo zabagibeli bengxenye yokuqala zikaCathay zehle ngamaphesenti angu-4.2 kwathi ukuthengiswa kwehla ngamaphesenti angama-27, njengoba ukwehla komnotho emhlabeni wonke kwanciphisa uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe. Yenze inzuzo enkulu yezigidi ezingu-HK$812 kulandela inzuzo kaphethiloli engu-HK$2.1 billion.
I-Cathay Fleet
Inkampani yezindiza isebenzisa izindiza ezingu-123, indizela emazweni noma ezindaweni ezingu-36, ngokusho kwesizindalwazi sayo. Iyunithi yayo yaseHong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. isebenzela izindawo ezingama-29, ikakhulukazi ezweni elikhulu. URoy C. Farrell waseMelika kanye noSydney H. de Kantzow wase-Australia basungula iCathay ngo-1946. Umanduleli weSwire Group wathola ingxenye engamaphesenti angu-45 ngo-1948.
I-Air China yayinezindiza ezingu-243 ekupheleni konyaka odlule, okuhlanganisa neyunithi yayo yezimpahla, kanye nenethiwekhi ehlanganisa amadolobha angu-129 nemizila engu-259, isho embikweni wayo wonyaka. Imizila yayihlanganisa izinsiza zomhlaba wonke noma zesifunda ezingama-82 kanye nezasekhaya eziyi-177.
Umthwali uthe ngenyanga edlule ilindele ukubika ukwenyuka ngamaphesenti angama-50 kwenzuzo engxenyeni yokuqala. Isibalo sabagibeli bakhona sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-14, njengoba isikhuthazo saseChina sikhuthaza ukuhamba kwasekhaya. Izibalo zabagibeli kuzwelonke zikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-20 zafinyelela ezigidini eziyi-100.4, ngokusho kwe-Civil Aviation Administration yaseChina.
Umzali we-Air China wenze isithembiso ngonyaka odlule sokuthenga isiteki e-China Eastern ukuze andise indawo yayo e-Shanghai. I-China Eastern yasichitha lesi sicelo futhi manje isivumile ukuthatha umakhelwane omncane i-Shanghai Airlines ukuze ithole ingxenye yemakethe engamaphesenti angama-50 enhlokodolobha yezezimali yaseChina.
