Equair, inkampani yezindiza yase-Ecuadorian, iqale ukusebenza ngendiza phakathi I-Guayaquil ne-Quito ngo-December 2021. Ngemva konyaka nezinyanga eziyishumi kamuva, inkampani yamemezela ukumiswa kokusebenza kwayo ngenxa yokulahlekelwa okukhulu kwezimali. I-Equair yayinezinhlelo zokuvelela, enikeza “isevisi engcono kakhulu ngentengo” futhi ithole isabelo semakethe esingu-17% emizileni ebalulekile yasekhaya. Babesayine inkontileka yokutshala imali engu-USD 34 million noMnyango Wezokukhiqiza, okuhloswe ngayo ukusisebenzisa phakathi kuka-2021 no-2036.
Ngeshwa, ukusebenza kwezimali kwe-Equair kwakukude nezifiso zabo. Embikweni wabo ka-2022 oya ku-Superintendency of Companies, inkampani yezindiza iveze ukulahlekelwa okumangazayo okungamaphesenti angama-91%. Imali engenayo yokuthengisa yonyaka ifinyelele ku-USD 18.8 wezigidi, kodwa izindleko zafinyelela ku-USD 31.4 wezigidi, okubangele ukulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-USD 17.1 kanye nesabelomali esingesihle se-USD 2.5 million. Ukushoda kwezimali zokusebenza kwezigidi ezingu-7.5 zamaRandi kuqhubekisele phambili izinkinga zabo zezezimali.
Isinqumo se-Equair sokumisa ukusebenza sasidalwe ngokuyinhloko ngenxa yenzuzo engeyinhle, njengoba kubonisiwe ekuhlaziyeni kwabo izimakethe. Ukukhuphuka kwamanani kaphethiloli emhlabeni wonke nakho kwaba nendima, izindleko zikaphethiloli zibalwa ingxenye enkulu yezindleko zabo zokusebenza.
Lokhu kuvalwa bekungalindelekile, ikakhulukazi uma kubhekwa ukuthi i-Equair yayisanda kwandisa ukusebenza kwayo ukuze ihlanganise nezindiza eziya e-El Coca ngo-August 2023. Ekuphenduleni lesi simo, inkampani yezindiza yathembisa ukunikeza ukwesekwa nesiqondiso kubasebenzi bayo abangaphezu kuka-200. I-Equair iphinde yasebenza ne-LATAM Airlines Ecuador ukuze ithuthe abagibeli ababethenge amathikithi kusengaphambili, iqinisekisa ukuthi bangafika lapho beya khona ngaphandle kwezindleko ezengeziwe.
Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 1, 2023, i-LATAM yayihambise ngempumelelo abagibeli be-Equair abangu-2,000 ezindizeni zabo, ngezinhlelo zokusiza isamba sabagibeli abangu-15,000 abathintekile. Uhambo olufushane lwe-Equair lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sezinselelo izinkampani zezindiza ezibhekana nazo ezimakethe ezincintisanayo, ikakhulukazi uma zibhekene nezici ezifana nokushintshashintsha kwentengo kaphethiloli nezimo zomnotho ezinzima.
