Uyini umgomo wakho ngokuya kwemali engenayo esihlalweni ngasinye kanye nomthwalo wendiza entsha ye-Kuala Lumpur-London Stansted?
U-Azran Osman-Rani: Izimali zethu zokugibela zizoqala zisuka ku- £ 99 ngandlela-thile. Kodwa-ke, ngilindele ukuthi imali yethu ekhokhelwayo yendlela eyodwa ibe ngu- $ 180. Kuseshibhile ngamaphesenti angama-40 kuye kwangama-50 kunemali yokugibela ekhokhiswa yilabo esincintisana nabo. Ngilindele ukuhlala okuphakathi kwamaphesenti angama-83 kuye kwangama-84 ngonyaka wokuqala. Kepha sizovele sihlukane-ngamaphesenti angama-70 umthwalo.
Kungenzeka yini ukwenza inzuzo kulo mzila omude kangaka?
A. Osman-Rani: Impela! Indiza izondiza amahora angu-18.5 ngosuku, okuyirekhodi eliphelele lendiza enjalo. Ngokwesilinganiso, i-Airbus A340 indiza kuze kufike emahoreni ayi-12 noma ayi-13 ngosuku. Sizohlala phansi eLondon kuphela imizuzu engama-90 kepha bekungenzeka ukuthi senze ukujika ngemizuzu engu-75 kuphela.
Ngabe uzohlinzeka ngemisebenzi eyengeziwe efana nesibonelelo semithwalo ephakeme noma ukuxhumana okuqinisekisiwe kwabantu abandiza ngale kweKuala Lumpur?
A. Osman-Rani: Abagibeli sebengakwazi kakade ukukhetha ku-inthanethi ukuze bakhethe ukuthwala imithwalo eyengeziwe ebhodini okungenzeka bakhethe u-15 kg, 20 kg noma 25 kg. Isibonelelo sethu sesisekelo esingu-15 kg sibonakala siphansi kakhulu. Kodwa ngokutadisha ukuziphatha kwabagibeli emizileni yethu yase-Australia, sibonile ukuthi isisindo somthwalo simi ku-14.2 kg kuphela! Sicabanga futhi ukwethula uhlelo lokungena ngokungena kwemithwalo yabagibeli abadlulisayo. Futhi sicabanga ukwethula inketho "yokuxhumana okungcono" maduze.
Ungazethula izindiza ze-AirAsia X kusuka kwezinye izindlela zakho eziseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ezifana neBangkok noma iJakarta?
A. Osman-Rani: Ithuba elinjalo belingafinyelelwa esikhathini esifushane njengoba kufanele futhi sithole ilayisense likazwelonke lokusebenzisa izindiza ezithatha isikhathi eside futhi sibe nemikhumbi ye-Airbus A330 noma engu-340 ezinze kulawo mazwe. Asicabangi futhi ukwethula noma yiziphi izindiza zokwabelana ngamakhodi kepha sizokhangisa izindiza eKuala Lumpur nabalingani bethu besifunda.
Kuthiwani ngekusasa le-AirAsia X eYurophu noma kwenye indawo emhlabeni jikelele?
A. Osman-Rani: Kufanele sithole izindiza eziningi kusukela ngo-2010 futhi njengamanje sifunda izinsizakalo emadolobheni amabili noma amathathu aseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Sibheke e-Abu Dhabi, eDubai naseSharjah e-UAE, eBahrain kodwa naseJeddah, yize i-Saudi Arabia ihlala ivikela imboni yezindiza yayo. EYurophu, besizokhuphula kuqala amaza ethu eLondon kusuka ezindizeni ezinhlanu zamasonto onke kuye kwelilodwa nsuku zonke. Ngemuva kwalokho sizobheka ukuvula umzila wesibili uma sesizothola i-airbus yethu yesibili i-A340. Mangisho ukuthi ngikhohliswe ikakhulukazi yiJalimane njengoba ngibona ithuba elihle lokuthuthuka lapho.
(£ 1.00 = US $ 1.50)
