I-Virgin Atlantic Airway ufake isicelo sokuvikelwa kokuqothuka kweSahluko 15 namuhla Esifundeni EsiseNingizimu ye-New York.
Ukuvikelwa kweSahluko 15 kusho ukuthi inkampani yezindiza iphezu kwenqubo yokuhlela kabusha futhi ayiphelelwa yibhizinisi. Uma inhlangano ivala ukusebenza, yilapho ukuvikela kweSahluko 7 kuqala ukusebenza.
I-Virgin Atlantic isebenzela ukuvikela uhlelo lokuhlenga luka-US$1.6 billion olwamenyezelwa yinkampani yezindiza ngoJulayi. Lesi yinkampani yezindiza yesibili uRichard Branson okuye kwadingeka ayicubungule ngokuqothuka esenzela i-Virgin Australia ekuqaleni kuka-2020. Zombili lezi zincwadi zokuqothuka zidalwe yimiphumela yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 oluholela ekushodeni kwabantu abahamba ngendiza.
Ngenkathi iVirgin Atlantic ifaka isicelo kulokho okubizwa ngezokuphatha (ukuqothuka), yatshela inkantolo yaseLondon ukuthi izophelelwa yimali ngenyanga elandelayo uma uhlelo lokuhlenga lungavunyelwa. Inkampani yezindiza isebenzela ukuphinde ixoxisane ngokuqashisa ezindizeni zayo eziningi kanye nezimali ezibolekiwe esizithathile esikhathini esidlule futhi manje ayikwazi ukuzikhokha ngokugcwele.
Emaphepheni asenkantolo, abameli benkampani yezindiza bathi “kudingeka ukubuyiselwa imali okuphelele ukuze kuvikeleke ikusasa lebhizinisi layo futhi kuqinisekiswe ukuthi iyakwazi ukuhlangabezana nezikweletu zayo kanye nezidingo zoxhaso maphakathi noSepthemba 2020.”
I-Virgin Atlantic iyisisebenzi esihamba isikhathi eside esinezindiza phakathi kwe-UK ne-US Izindiza zamiswa ngo-Ephreli ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, kanti inkampani yezindiza isanda kuqalisa kabusha izindiza ngenyanga edlule ngoJulayi.
UBranson unikeze indawo yakhe yokuhlala esiqhingini saseCaribbean njengesibambiso semalimboleko lapho ecela usizo lwezimali kuhulumeni waseBrithani ekuqaleni konyaka, kodwa lokho kwanqatshwa.
I-International Air Transport Association (IATA) ilinganise ukuthi imboni izolahlekelwa yi-US$84 billion kulo nyaka ngenxa ye-COVID-19 kanti imali engenayo izokwehla ngesigamu uma uqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- In court documents, the airline's lawyers stated that “a more comprehensive recapitalization is necessary to secure the future of its business and ensure that it is able to meet its liabilities and funding requirements beyond mid-September 2020.
- The airline is working to renegotiate leases on most of its planes as well as loans it has taken in the past and can now not fully repay.
- Chapter 15 protection means the airline is in the process of restructuring and is not going out of business.
