E-MUMBAI, India - I-Kingfisher Airlines inciphise ukusebenza kwayo ngo-50% esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMumbai kuleli hlobo. Ngokohlelo olusha, inkampani yezindiza izosebenzisa izindiza ezingama-24 eziphuma eMumbai, esikhundleni sezindiza ezingama-50 ohlelweni lwasehlobo.
E-India yonkana, inkampani yezindiza izosebenzisa izindiza zansuku zonke eziyi-120 esikhundleni sezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-300 ebizisebenzisa ngonyaka odlule. I-Kingfisher izosebenzisa izindiza ezingu-20 ezinkampanini zayo ezingu-64, ukuze iqhube uhlelo lwasehlobo. NgoLwesithathu, inkampani yezindiza ikhiphe isitatimende esithi isiqalile ukusebenza ngohlelo lwehlobo lika-2012. Kodwa-ke, ishejuli yamanje iyingxenye “yohlelo lokubamba” kuze kube yilapho isetshenziswa kabusha futhi ibuyele ekusetshenzisweni ngokugcwele kwemikhumbi yezindiza. Inkampani yezindiza ithe izozama ukugcina uhlelo.
Lesi sitatimende siza ngemuva kosuku uKingfisher emise ukusebenza kusuka eMumbai naseDelhi kuya eLucknow nasePatna. “Lokhu bekulindelwe njengoba inkampani yezindiza ibinciphisa ukusebenza kwayo emadolobheni asezingeni II. Ibisivele iyekile ukusebenzisa izindiza eziqondile eziya kweminye imizila eminingi edumile njengeMumbai-Jaipur, Mumbai-Hyderabad, Mumbai-Trivandrum njll, ”kusho izikhulu. “Konke lokhu kuyingxenye yokuncishiswa kokusebenza okuhlelwa yinkampani yezindiza.
Njengoba imithwalo yabagibeli yehle kakhulu, inkampani yezindiza ikuthola kungenzeki ukusebenza kule mikhakha. Ngisho nezindiza ezihamba phakathi kwama-metro azinalutho,” kusho isikhulu sezindiza.
“EMumbai, amaflaya kuphela abesebhukhe izinyanga ezi-3 kuye kwezi-4 kusengaphambili noma ngezinhlelo zengosi yewebhu yibona kuphela abandiza ngeKingfisher manje. Inkampani yezindiza kuzofanele ibambelele esimisweni sayo uma kufanele ibuyise ukuzethemba kwabagibeli,” wengeza. Esikhumulweni sezindiza saseMumbai, inkampani yezindiza yanciphisa ukusebenza kwayo kakhulu, yasebenza ngisho nakuma-metro amakhulu ngendlela enciphile.
Amaholide asehlobo yisikhathi lapho izinkampani zezindiza eziningi zisebenzisa imali yokujaha abagibeli. "I-Kingfisher isicekele phansi amathuba ayo ngokunciphisa kakhulu ukusebenza okuvela eMumbai," kusho isikhulu sezindiza saseMumbai.
Ikhawunta yenkampani yezindiza esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Mumbai ibibukeka njengegwadule, kunabagibeli abambalwa abasazokhansela amathikithi abo endiza. Abaningi bakhansele ngezikhungo zezingcingo njengoba bebengenaso isiqiniseko sokuthi indiza yabo izohamba yini ekugcineni. Umthwebuli wezithombe ozinze eDelhi, u-Anshika Varma, oseMumbai ohambweni, ukhansele ithikithi lakhe lokubuyela eKingfisher. “Ngenhlanhla, ngithole imbuyiselo ephelele ngayo futhi esikhundleni salokho bengingabhuka kalula ithikithi lendiza ye-Spice,” kusho uVarma. U-Varma wayebhukhe ngohlelo lokubhuka olungaboni esikhungweni sezokuvakasha.
Esitatimendeni uKingfisher uthe usekumisile ukusebenza kwezinye iziteshi (ebhekise kuLucknow noPatna) kodwa usethumele abasebenzi abathile ukuze basize abagibeli abasabhukha enkampanini yezindiza ukuze babuyiselwe imali noma babhukhe kabusha.
"Njengoba singaphinde siqale ukusebenza ngemuva kokuthola amandla, iningi labasebenzi bakulezi ziteshi licelwe ukuthi lihlale emakhaya libe lisaphuma ohlwini lwenkampani," kusho isitatimende senkampani yezindiza. Inkampani yengeze ngokuthi ilinde izinqumo ezehlukene ngenqubomgomo ye-FDI kanye noxhaso lwemali yokusebenza. “Konke lokhu kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu ezinqumweni zabasebenzi okuzomele sizithathe,” kusho isitatimende.
