Inkampani yezindiza eyake yagubha usuku lwayo lokuzalwa ngokusokwa kwezingane ezingu-1500 futhi izishaya isifuba ngokuba inkampani yesikhathi esisodwa ka-Jennifer Hawkins ijoyina izimpi zasemoyeni zesabelomali sase-Australia - futhi ithembisa ukunikeza amanani entengo aphezulu.
Inkampani ephethe isabelomali sase-Indonesia, i-Lion Air, iqinisekise ukuthi izoqala ukubonakala emhlabeni wonke ngokuthatha amaphesenti angu-49 esabelo se-Lion Air Australia ukuze isebenze izinsiza zasekhaya nezidonsa isikhathi eside ezivela e-Australia.
UDavid Charlton, isikhulu esiphezulu seSky Air World, okuyibhizinisi lendiza yezingane ehweba esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Eagle Farm eBrisbane, ukuqinisekisile ukuthi inkampani yakhe izoba ngabanikazi bamaphesenti angama-51 asele ebhizinisi elisha.
Njengomphumela wesivumelwano i-Lion Air Australia izoba namalungelo okuhamba ngendiza afanayo ukuze isebenze lapha njenganoma iyiphi inkampani yezindiza ephethwe yi-Australia.
Ngaphansi kwemithetho yase-Australia umtshali-zimali wakwamanye amazwe angaba namaphesenti angu-49 enkampani yezindiza yendawo, kodwa umongameli weLion Air uRusdi Kiranait kubikwa ukuthi wathi inkampani yakhe izoba opharetha futhi ilawule ibhizinisi.
I-Lion Air Australia ihlose ukuthola ama-Boeing 737-900ER amasha ayisithupha emoyeni kulo nyaka - ngaphezu kwemikhumbi yokuqala ye-Tiger Airways lapha.
Inkampani yezindiza futhi isungula inkampani engaphansi eThailand.
"Lokhu kuhamba kuzonikeza ukuthutheleka okwengeziwe ezimakethe zasekhaya ezivele ziqhudelana kakhulu e-Australia naseThailand. Umphakathi ojikelezayo yiwona ongaba abawinile abakhulu ekuqhubekeni nengcindezi yokwehla kwemali yokugibela, uma i-Lion Air iphumelela ukuqalisa ukusebenza kuwo womabili la mazwe,” kusho umkhulumeli weCenter for Asia Pacific Aviation uDerek Sadubin.
Umongameli weLion Air uRusdi Kirana kubikwa ukuthi uthe yinkampani yase-Australia eza e-Lion yafaka isicelo ngemuva kokuzwa ngezinhlelo zokunwetshwa kwale nkampani.
"Ifemu yase-Australia kanye ne-Lion bavumelene ngokuhlangana ne-Lion elawula amasheya angu-49% kodwa igunyaza amalungelo amaningi kubaphathi," esho.
I-Lion Air yayiyinkampani yezindiza esemthethweni yakwa-Hawkins ngenkathi ivakashela e-Indonesia njengoMiss Universe ngo-2004. Isizindalwazi sayo siphinde siveze ukuthi yasokwa ngobuningi izingane zase-Jakarta ngawo lowo nyaka ukuze zigubhe usuku lwayo lokuzalwa lwesithathu.
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