KUALA LUMPUR – I-Malaysian Airline System (MAS) ithe ngoMsombuluko ibuyele ekwenzeni inzuzo ngo-2007 yaze yakwazi ukweqa yonke imigomo yayo yezezimali ngemuva kokubika ukulahlekelwa yinsalela ngonyaka odlule.
Inkampani yezindiza kuzwelonke ithe inzuzo yekota yesine ikhuphuke yafinyelela ku-242 million ringgit isuka ezigidini eziyi-122 ngonyaka ngaphambili ngesivuno esithuthukisiwe kanye nesidingo esinamandla sabagibeli.
Inzuzo yonyaka wonke yeqe yafinyelela ku-851 million ringgit isuka ekulahlekeni kwengqikithi yama-ringgit angu-136 million ngo-2006.
Izilinganiso zokuvumelana zibeke inzuzo ye-MAS ku-592 million ringgit ngo-2007.
Inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke iphinde yamemezela ukuthi inezabelo ze-2.5 sen share.
Imali engenayo yekota yesine ye-MAS ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-8 isuka ngonyaka odlule yaya ku-4.07 billion ringgit ngemva kokuba imali engenayo yabagibeli ikhule ngamaphesenti angu-14.
Ngonyaka ogcwele, imali engenayo ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-13 kuma-ringgit ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-15.3 ngesidingo esinamandla sabagibeli kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwesivuno okuqhubekayo.
Inzuzo yokusebenza ibe ngcono yafinyelela ku-798 million ringgit isuka ekulahlekeni kwezigidi ezingama-296 zama-ringgit phambilini, ngenani eliqinile elingamaphesenti angama-71.5 lomthwalo wabagibeli kanye nesivuno esikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-12 saya ku-27 sen ngekhilomitha ngalinye lomgibeli.
'Sesihambe ibanga elide ekulahlekelweni kwethu ama-ringgit angu-1.3 billion kanye nokuqothuka ngo-2005 ukuze sizuze le nzuzo eyirekhodi eminyakeni emibili nje kuphela," kusho inkampani esitatimendeni. 'Sinayo futhi imali ebhange, imali enempilo engu-5.3 billion ringgit esizoyisebenzisela ukukhulisa iMAS."
'Seqe yonke imigomo yethu yezezimali futhi sedlule umgomo wethu ka-2007 (noma umkhawulo) owawuhlosiwe wama-ringgit ayizigidi ezingu-300 ngamaphesenti angu-184," isho.
'Sizosebenzisa imali enqwabelene (engama-ringgit ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5.3) ekuthengeni izindiza. Ingcosana yemali izobekelwa lokho, futhi enye imali izosetshenziselwa ukwenza izinhlelo zethu eziningi zisebenze futhi sithuthukise izinsiza zamakhasimende ethu kanye nokunciphisa izindleko,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali uTengku Azmil.
U-Azmil uthe inkampani yezindiza nayo iphakathi kokusungula inqubomgomo entsha yezabelo kodwa wakuchitha ukuthi kungenzeka bakhokhe imali ebuya kanye.
'Ngeke ngikwazi ukukunikeza imininingwane size siqedele izinombolo. Sizobheka inqubomgomo yokuphatha imali edidiyelwe.”
Inqubomgomo yezabelo izomenyezelwa ngesinye isikhathi kulo nyaka.
'I-MAS isesimweni esihle sokukhula ngokwezinto eziphilayo futhi uma ithuba (i-M&A) livela, sizokwazi ukuwubamba umcimbi nathi," kusho u-Idris Jala, isikhulu esiphezulu se-MAS, lapho ebuzwa mayelana nokuhlangana kwenkampani yezindiza kanye nemisebenzi yokuthenga.
Imibiko yakamuva yabezindaba ithe uhulumeni uvulelekile emcabangweni wokunqamula isiteki sakhe enkampanini ukuze iMAS ikwazi ukusungula ubudlelwano obunesu nezinye izinkampani zezindiza.
U-Idris uthe ulindele ukuthi kube nezikhathi ezinzima ezizayo nakuba kubhekwe ukuthi enze inzuzo ngo-2007.
'Ngenzuzo eyirekhodi, asisho ukunqoba. Umhlaba uzoba nzima kakhulu eminyakeni embalwa ezayo (futhi) ngesimo esinzima nesincintisanayo, singalahlekelwa yimali eningi.”
Uthe ngaphandle kwanoma yiziphi izimo ezingavamile, inkampani yezindiza ifisa ukuzuza umgomo wayo wenzuzo efinyelela ku-Ringgit 1 billion ngo-2008.
Umbono webhizinisi lempahla ubukeka umuhle yize yehle ngamaphesenti amabili emalini engenayo yempahla engxenyeni yesine ngenxa yokuncintisana okunzima, kusho u-Idris.
Uphiko oluthwala impahla lwenkampani yezindiza kazwelonke, i-MasKargo, lungene ebudlelwaneni bomhlaba wonke nomthumeli wezimpahla omkhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni, i-DHL Global Forward, kanye no-DB Schenker.
Isikhulu se-MAS sithe imali engaba khona yalokhu kubambisana okubili ingadlula ama-ringgit ayizigidi ezingama-350 ngonyaka.
Emthelela wamanani aphezulu kawoyela, u-Idris uthe ukukhuphuka kwamadola aseMelika angama-1-5 umphongolo ngamunye kuzoba nomthelela we-ringgit wezigidi ezingama-50-250 emgqeni wawo ophansi.
'I-MAS izokwehlisa ngokukhuthala umthelela ngokunyuka kokubiyelwa kwenani likaphethiloli kanye nokonga kukaphethiloli," esho.
Mayelana nesimo sama-oda we-MAS wezindiza eziyisithupha ze-Airbus A380, isikhulu esiphezulu sezezimali u-Azmil uthe izingxoxo zisesigabeni sokugcina kodwa akukho okuqinisekisiwe. I-MAS icele isinxephezelo ngokubambezeleka kokulethwa kwendiza.
'Siyaqhubeka nengxoxo yethu ne-Airbus. Senze inqubekela phambili encomekayo emasontweni ambalwa edlule kodwa sisakhuluma futhi akukho esikuphothulile,” kusho u-Azmil.
(1 US dollar = 3.22 ringgit)
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