I-Jazeera Airways ebiza kancane e-Kuwait ibike ukuthi ilahlekelwe yi-KWD1.26 million dinar (USD$4.4 million) kwikota yesibili, kodwa yabikezela ukuthi kuzoba noshintsho engxenyeni yokugcina ka-2009 njengoba abahambi bebhizinisi bephendukela kubhajethi yezindiza.
Isikhulu esiphezulu uStefan Pichler, obambe izintambo kule nkampani emasontweni ayisithupha edlule, uthe uJazeera naye ubesemkhankasweni wokuthola imali ukuze andise inethiwekhi yakhe futhi ubebheke isizinda esisha sesibili ngemuva kokumisa izindiza ezisuka eDubai kulo nyaka.
"Sibona ukubhukha okuqinile emasontweni nasezinyangeni ezizayo… Sithola isidingo esikhulu sezinkampani kunalokho ebesikuthola ngaphambili," kusho u-Pichler, njengoba izinkampani ziphendukela ezindizeni ezishibhile ukuze zehlise izindleko zokuhamba phakathi nenkinga yezikweletu. "Sizoba noshintsho olukhulu engxenyeni yesibili yonyaka."
“Nginethemba elikhulu lokuthi u-2010 uzoba ngcono kakhulu kuno-2009 ngoba sisebenzise lo nyaka ukuhlanganisa ibhizinisi lethu.”
I-Jazeera, eyaqala ukusebenza ngo-2005, iqhudelana ne-Air Arabia ezinze e-Sharjah kanye ne-flydubai ese-Dubai, eqale ukundiza kulo nyaka.
U-Pichler uthe inkampani yenethiwekhi izimisele ukusizakala ngamanani aphansi ukuze ithole izinto ezithengwayo.
“Sinethuba lokwenza kokubili (indawo yesibili kanye nokuthenga) ngoba iJazeera inemali enhle njengamanje,” kusho yena. "Lesi yisikhathi esihle, hhayi namuhla kuphela kodwa nasezinyangeni eziyi-12 ezizayo."
"Ukuhlelwa kabusha kwenethiwekhi kusuka endaweni ekabili ukuya endaweni eyodwa kube nomthelela kafushane emalini engenayo ku-Q2," kusho u-Pichler esitatimendeni ngaphambili.
Uthe iJazeera izobheka isizinda esisha sesibili eMpumalanga Ephakathi, ikakhulukazi ngaphandle kwesifunda saseGulf.
"Sikhangwa kakhulu ngokubheka eMpumalanga Ephakathi futhi akudingekile kangako (eGulf), lapho kunokuncintisana okukhulu nokugcwala ngokweqile," esho.
I-Jazeera ilahlekelwe ngu-KWD0.9 million ngekota yesibili ka-2008. Ilahlekelwe yi-KWD2.2 million engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka, isho esitatimendeni.
Inkampani yezindiza ithe imali engenayo engxenyeni yokuqala ingene ku-KWD20 million, ngaphandle kokunikeza izibalo eziqhathaniswayo.
I-Jazeera, endizela ezindaweni ezingama-28 eMpumalanga Ephakathi, eNyakatho Afrika nase-India, ihlela ukunweba lokho kube ngama-82 eminyakeni emihlanu ezayo.
"Kube nokuhlehla endaweni yesibili eDubai futhi manje sesiphinde sagxila eKuwait njengesizinda, ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi singakwazi ukugcina ukusebenza kwezindleko eziphansi kakhulu," kusho u-Pichler.
I-Jazeera inoxhaxha lwezindiza eziyi-10 ze-Airbus A320 futhi ilindele ukuthola ezinye ezingama-30 esikhathini esifika ku-2014.
NgoMgqibelo, i-Air Arabia, okuyinkampani ethwala izindleko eziphansi enkulu kunazo zonke eMpumalanga Ephakathi, ithumele ukukhuphuka ngamaphesenti ayishumi kwenzuzo yonke yekota yesibili yafinyelela ku-USD $10 wezigidi.
