I-FlyDubai, inkampani yokuqala ethwala izindleko eziphansi ye-emirate, izokwengeza izindawo ezintsha eziyisishiyagalombili ekupheleni konyaka futhi ihlela ukukhula ngesivinini esisheshayo kuze kube ngu-2011, naphezu kokwehla kwemakethe yezindiza emhlabeni wonke, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu sale nkampani yezindiza.
"Asikawuboni umthelela ovela enkingeni yezezimali," uGhaith al-Ghaith etshela uZawya Dow Jones engxoxweni ebisehhovisi lakhe laseDubai. “Sihlela ukukhula ngokushesha ngonyaka ozayo njengoba senzile selokhu saqala futhi ngokushesha okukhulu ngo-2011.”
Inkampani yezindiza, eqale ukusebenza ngoJuni ngesikhathi sokuwohloka komnotho e-emirate, izogxila hhayi kuphela ezindaweni ezimbozwe izindiza ezisebenza ngokugcwele njenge-Emirates Airline kanye ne-Etihad Airways, kodwa futhi nasemadolobheni amancane, asezingeni eliphakeme esifundeni.
"Sibheke izimakethe ezisezingeni eliphezulu nakwezinye izindawo okungekho enye inkampani yezindiza endizela kuzo," kusho u-al-Ghaith, wengeza ngokuthi inkampani yenethiwekhi ibheka izindawo okuyiwa kuzo e-Indian Subcontinent kanye ne-Soviet Union yangaphambili.
Inkampani yezindiza okwamanje indizela e-Beirut, Amman, Damascus, Aleppo nase-Alexandria. Iphinde yethula isevisi e-Djibouti ekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
NgoJulayi, yahlehlisa ukwethulwa kwezindiza zayo eziya eNdiya icaphuna "izinkinga zokusebenza." U-Al-Ghaith wenqabile ukuphawula ngokuthi izinsiza kuleli zingase ziqale nini.
I-FlyDubai izongeza ezinye izindiza ezimbili ze-Boeing (B) 737-800 emkhunjini wayo wezine kulo nyaka futhi ingase ibheke ama-oda amasha ngonyaka ozayo.
"Nakanjani sibheke ukwandisa imikhumbi yethu futhi sizobuyekeza isimo uma usudlulile lo nyaka," kusho u-al-Ghaith.
Ngonyaka odlule, inkampani yenethiwekhi yafaka i-oda lezindiza ezingama-54 ze-Boeing 737-800 ezinemizimba emincane, okuhlanganisa nezine ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sokuqashisa, ezindabeni zenani lama- $ 4bn e-Farnborough Airshow e-UK. Indiza izothunyelwa kuze kube ngu-2016.
Ngaphakathi kwesifunda sase-Gulf, i-FlyDubai iqhudelana nezimbangi zendawo ezizinze e-Sharjah Air Arabia kanye ne-Jazeera Airways yase-Kuwait, kanye nezinye izinkampani zenethiwekhi ezisebenza ngokugcwele njenge-Emirates ne-Etihad, ezilwela ukubhekana nomthelela wokwehla okukhulu kohambo lwabagibeli bamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, i-International Air Transport Association ithe abathwali baseMpumalanga Ephakathi kulindeleke ukuthi balahlekelwe yisamba semali engu-$1.5bn kulo nyaka ngenxa yobuthakathaka bezimakethe zaseYurophu nase-Asia.
U-Al-Ghaith uthe selokhu yethulwa, isici somthwalo we-FlyDubai “sibengcono kunobekulindelekile”, kodwa wenqabile ukunikeza izibalo. Inkampani yezindiza yathwala abagibeli bayo abangu-100,000 ngo-Agasti, ezinyangeni ezintathu ngemuva kokwethulwa.
