Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Air New Zealand, uRob Fyfe, usenxuse undunankulu ozayo uJohn Key ukuthi afake imali ethe xaxa kwezokuvakasha ukuze kunqandwe ukwehla okukhulu kwezibalo zabavakashi.
Izinombolo zabavakashi bakwamanye amazwe zehlile ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho emhlabeni wonke futhi kudingeka kutshalwe kabusha, ngokwesekwa nguhulumeni, ukuze kuqinisekiswe umkhakha obucayi kwezomnotho ungasebenzi, kusho uMnu Fyfe.
Isinqumo sikaMnu Key sokuba ngungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha besifanelekile, esho.
“Undunankulu kufanele abe ngummakethi onguNo1 waseNew Zealand.
“Siyisizwe esincane esizama ukwenza umthelela wethu ezingeni lomhlaba. Ezokuvakasha yizona ezisiholela kakhulu kwamanye amazwe. Ngibona kunengqondo kuyona,” kusho uMnu Fyfe.
I-Air New Zealand ingamaphesenti angama-75 ephethwe uhulumeni.
UMnu Key uhlala “ekhoneni” kuMnuz Fyfe, futhi izingane zabo zifunda esikoleni esisodwa.
Ngakho sinqwamana njalo, futhi kwakuyisihloko esasixoxa ngaso, kodwa ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi abantu abaningi balalela uJohn ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto.
“Ngempela bengingeke ngicabange ukuthi ngibe nomthelela omkhulu kuleso sinqumo,” kusho uMnu Fyfe.
Uphinde waveza ukuthi awukho omunye umzamo wokuhlanganisa i-Air New Zealand neQantas, athe manje sekuzoba yingozi kwezokuvakasha eNew Zealand kunenzuzo efunwa ngesikhathi semizamo emibili eyehluleke ngaphambilini yokuthola imvume kubalawuli bomqhudelwano.
“Ukubaluleka kokuthi iNew Zealand ibe nenethiwekhi yezindiza egxile eNew Zealand kubaluleke kakhulu emnothweni wethu, ngoba inethiwekhi eminingi esiyindizayo ayiwenzi umqondo kunethiwekhi egxile e-Australia noma inethiwekhi egxile eSingapore nanoma yikuphi.”
Cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yemizila edonsa isikhathi eside ye-Air New Zealand yayingenanzuzo, kodwa yayibalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi inethiwekhi yenza inzuzo.
Uma i-Air New Zealand neQantas behlangana ndawonye, ukukhathazeka kungaba ukuthi leyo mizila eseceleni ngeke ihanjiswe uma izinqumo ziphuma eSydney, kusho uMnu Fyfe.
Amanye amazwe ayesiqaphela ngokufanayo isidingo sokuba nenkampani yezindiza kazwelonke egxile ekukhangiseni indawo yawo yasekhaya njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo, futhi leyo ngcindezi isebenze njengesithiyo ekuhlanganisweni, esho.
I-Air New Zealand isebenzisa cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-120 ngonyaka ekukhangiseni iNew Zealand emhlabeni wonke, cishe okuyiphinda kabili imali echithwa yisikhungo sikahulumeni iTourism New Zealand.
"Ngaphezu kwayo yonke le nkulumo, ngisanokungabaza ukuthi sizobona ukuhlanganiswa kwemingcele, ngaphandle kweYurophu yonkana phakathi komphakathi waseYurophu."
Izinzuzo zenethiwekhi zokuhlanganisa bezifinyelelwa kakhulu ngemifelandawonye efana ne-Star Alliance ne-Oneworld, kusho uMnu Fyfe.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “The importance of New Zealand having an airline network centred on New Zealand is very critical to our economy, because a lot of the network we fly doesn’t make sense to a network centred on Australia or a network centred on Singapore or wherever.
- Amanye amazwe ayesiqaphela ngokufanayo isidingo sokuba nenkampani yezindiza kazwelonke egxile ekukhangiseni indawo yawo yasekhaya njengendawo okuyiwa kuyo, futhi leyo ngcindezi isebenze njengesithiyo ekuhlanganisweni, esho.
- Uphinde waveza ukuthi awukho omunye umzamo wokuhlanganisa i-Air New Zealand neQantas, athe manje sekuzoba yingozi kwezokuvakasha eNew Zealand kunenzuzo efunwa ngesikhathi semizamo emibili eyehluleke ngaphambilini yokuthola imvume kubalawuli bomqhudelwano.
