Usozigidi wase-US u-Wilbur Ross, owasebenza ngokuqothuka kwe-Continental Airlines Inc. kanye ne-Trans World Airlines Inc. ngeminyaka yawo-1990, uzotshala imali ku-SpiceJet Ltd. ngemuva kokuba izindleko zikaphethiloli ezirekhodiwe zijule ekulahlekeni kwenkampani yenethiwekhi yase-India.
I-WL Ross & Co. izothenga ama-rupees ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-3.45 (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-80) emali yangaphandle eguqulwayo egcinwe yi-Istithmar PJSC kanye neGoldman Sachs Group Inc., uKishore Gupta, umqondisi wenkampani yezindiza ezinze eNew Delhi, engxoxweni yocingo. Usozimali wase-US uzojoyina ibhodi ye-SpiceJet, ngokusho kwesitatimende senkampani yezindiza yesibili ngobukhulu e-India.
I-SpiceJet yehle ngamaphesenti angu-67 eMumbai kulo nyaka njengoba amanani kaphethiloli eqeda izimali ezidingekayo zokuthenga izindiza ze-Boeing Co. URoss kungenzeka ukuthi uyabheja ngokuwina abagibeli abengeziwe emakethe enkulu yezindiza ekhula ngokushesha emhlabeni wonke njengoba ukuhlangana kunciphisa ukuncintisana.
"Lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kubonisa iqiniso lokuthi kusekhona inkolelo emandleni esikhathi eside ezindiza zaseNdiya," kusho u-Binit Somaia, umqondisi wezwekazi lase-Indian eSikhungweni esizinze eSydney se-Asia Pacific Aviation. "Kunentshisekelo kubatshalizimali uma izimpahla zitholakala ngezilinganiso ezinhle."
I-SpiceJet izuze amaphesenti angu-2.2 yaya ku-28.55 ama-rupees ekuhwebeni kwe-Mumbai, ngemuva kokukhuphuka ngamaphesenti angu-16, okwenza inkampani yenethiwekhi inani lemakethe lika-$159 million.
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Ukulahlekelwa okuhlanganisiwe kwabathwali baseNdiya kungase kuphindwe kabili kuze kufike ku-$1.5 billion kulo nyaka ngenxa yokukhuphuka kwamanani kaphethiloli, ngokusho kweCenter for Aviation, umxhumanisi wezimboni. Ukulahlekelwa kuzoholela ekuhlanganisweni, ukunciphisa ukuncintisana kanye nokukhulisa imali yokugibela, okwakubikezele ngaphambili.
I-India izoba imakethe yezokuvakasha yendiza ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu emashumini amabili eminyaka ezayo njengoba abantu abaningi begwema izitimela futhi bekhetha izinkampani zezindiza ezinesaphulelo, i-Airbus SAS, isibikezelo sezindiza esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngo-2006. Ijubane layo kuze kube ngu-7.7 uma liqhathaniswa nelaseChina elingamaphesenti angu-2025 kanye nesilinganiso somhlaba esingamaphesenti angu-7.2, yayishilo.
"Sikholelwa ekubeni semthethweni kwesikhathi eside kwemodeli yendiza eshibhile eNdiya, nokuthi amanani kaphethiloli ekugcineni azozinza," kusho uRoss esitatimendeni.
URoss, inkampani yakhe enempahla ebalelwa ku-$7.9 billion ngaphansi kwabaphathi, uzenzele ingcebo ngokuthatha izinkampani zensimbi, amalahle nezindwangu eziphelelwe imali. Ongowokuzalwa e-Weehawken, eNew Jersey, uRoss uphinde wasebenza njengomhlaziyi wezindiza e-Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan Securities Corp. eNew York.
Umsebenzi uwutshalomali lwesibili lukaRoss eNdiya. NgoFebhuwari 2007, uRoss wathenga i-OCM India Ltd. umenzi wesuti omubi kakhulu, ngemali elinganiselwa ku-$37 million, ngokusho kwesitatimende.
Goldman, Istithmar
I-NM Rothschild & Sons (India) Pvt. wayengumeluleki wezezimali weSpiceJet.
URoss uzothenga izibambiso eziguqulekayo ezingaphansi kwe-Istithmar neGoldman ezinze eDubai, kusho uGupta. Ukuthenga kuzokwenza iSpiceJet ikwazi ukusebenzisa izimali eziku-akhawunti engakwazi ukuzisebenzisa, esho. Amabhondi kumele aguqulwe ngoDisemba 2010, kusho uGupta.
Inkampani yezindiza yayikhulise i-$ 80 million ngo-2005 ngokuthengisa amabhondi aguqulwayo. Ngonyaka odlule idayisele i-Tata Group yase-India kanye ne-BNP Paribas inyusa amasheya angu-$100 million.
I-SpiceJet inezindiza ezingaphezu kwezingu-20 ezihamba endaweni eyodwa ngoku-oda ne-Boeing Co. Inkampani yezindiza, eyaqala ukundiza ngoMeyi 2005, inoxhaxha lwezindiza eziyi-15.
I-UB Group yase-India, elawulwa usozigidigidi u-Vijay Mallya, yayiqhudelana ukuze ithenge ingxenye ye-SpiceJet, i-Economic Times yabika ngoJulayi 5. I-UB Group iphethe i-Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. kanye ne-Deccan Aviation Ltd.
I-SpiceJet ishintshe ukugxila kubhiliyoni u-Ross njengoba intengo ehlinzekwa yi-Kingfisher yayiphansi kakhulu.
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