I-DUBLIN/LONDON - Inkampani yezindiza yase-Ireland i-Aer Lingus yehlise umbono wayo futhi yashintsha kabusha abaphathi lapho ibhekene nezimali ezingenayo kanye nezinombolo zabagibeli ngoLwesibili njengoba imbangi iRyanair ikhipha elinye ibhidi lenkampani ethwele kanzima.
Amasheya ku-Aer Lingus ehle ngamaphesenti angama-20, okuyenze yaba isilahleko esiphezulu enkombeni yamasheya yase-Ireland .ISEQ, ngemva kokuba inkampani isibikezele ukulahlekelwa kulo nyaka kuzoba kubi kakhulu kunomkhawulo ophansi wama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-79 okulindeleke emakethe.
Le nkampani yezindiza elahlekelwe, isikhulu sayo esisule ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ithi umuntu omusha uzoletha imibono emisha, ithe ibuyekeza inqwaba yezinketho, okuhlanganisa namandla ayo okudonsa isikhathi eside, ukuze kwehliswe izindleko zokusebenza.
I-Aer Lingus inomlando wokuguqula izimo ezinzima kodwa abahlaziyi baxwayise ngokuthi kukhona okukhulu okudingekayo.
"I-Aer Lingus ibhekane nezinselelo ezifanayo ngemuva kuka-9-11 futhi muva nje ngo-2007, umkhawulo wayo wokusebenza ubehamba phambili embonini," kusho umhlaziyi we-NCB uNeil Glynn.
“Sizofika esigabeni lapho sidinga ukubona into eqinile futhi.”
Inkampani yezindiza ibone imali engenayo ngekota yehla ngamaphesenti ayi-16 njengoba ukwehla komnotho kwehlisa imali yokugibela yehle cishe ngamaphesenti ayi-15. Izinombolo zabagibeli zehle ngamaphesenti angu-6.5 unyaka nonyaka ngesikhathi esifanayo.
Iqoke u-Niall Walsh njengesikhulu esiphezulu sokusebenza kuyilapho iSikhulu Esiphezulu Sezezimali u-Sean Coyle kanye nenhloko ye-Short Haul Operations u-Stephen Kavanagh bathatha enye indima ngamunye.
Le nkampani ithe izohlola izidingo zayo zezindiza kwa-Airbus njengengxenye yokubuyekezwa kwebhizinisi layo elidonsa isikhathi eside.
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Imbangi enkulu ye-Aer Lingus kanye nomnikazi wamasheya omkhulu, iRyanair, ikuchithile isicelo sesithathu sale nkampani yangaphambili kodwa yathi izobambelela esigxotsheni sayo esingamaphesenti angama-30 ngaphandle uma ithola isithembiso esibalulekile.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi i-Aer Lingus ayinalutho. Uma imithetho yezokubalwa kwezimali isivumela sizobhala phansi isiteki sethu sibe ngu-zero,” kusho isikhulu esiphezulu uMichael O’Leary esithangamini sabezindaba. "Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ngeke senze ibhidi lesithathu."
I-Aer Lingus isekelwe isu layo lokuzivikela ngokumelene nebhidi yakamuva yeRyanair empikiswano yokuthi inekusasa elinenzuzo njengenkampani yezindiza ezimele, ibikezela inzuzo encane yangaphambi kwentela kukho kokubili u-2008 no-2009.
Kodwa abanye abahlaziyi bathi le ngxabano ayisabambeki.
"Okwamanje, kunzima ukubona u-Aer Lingus esebenza yedwa, kodwa basenayo ukheshi futhi uma bephumelela ezingxoxweni ne-Airbus lokho kungasiza," kusho umhlaziyi we-Davy uStephen Furlong.
I-Ryanair, eyazuza isiteki sayo kulandela isicelo esibi ngo-2006, yenza isithembiso sama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-750 (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-976.1) ngembangi yayo ngoDisemba kodwa yabuye yasihoxisa isicelo ngemuva kokuthi uhulumeni wase-Ireland, ophethe amaphesenti angu-25, enqabile.
U-Aer Lingus uthe inesamba semali engama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-594 kusukela ngoMashi 31, sehle ngamaphesenti ayi-9 ukusuka ekupheleni konyaka.
Kodwa u-O'Leary we-Ryanair uthe ibhalansi yayingenamandla njengoba inkampani yezindiza inakekela.
“Baphelelwa yimali ngokushesha. Kuyacaca ukuthi banemali enkulu yempesheni abaphinde bayiphika ngoDisemba futhi kuzomele kube nokuhlelwa kabusha,” usho kanje.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi u-Aer Lingus uzophelelwa yimali."
